insinuer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin insinuo, insinuare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.si.nɥe/
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Verb
insinuer
- insinuate (make way for by subtle means)
- insinuate; hint
- Synonym: laisser entendre
Conjugation
Conjugation of insinuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | insinuer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | insinuant /ɛ̃.si.nɥɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | insinué /ɛ̃.si.nɥe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | insinue /ɛ̃.si.ny/ | insinues /ɛ̃.si.ny/ | insinue /ɛ̃.si.ny/ | insinuons /ɛ̃.si.nɥɔ̃/ | insinuez /ɛ̃.si.nɥe/ | insinuent /ɛ̃.si.ny/ |
imperfect | insinuais /ɛ̃.si.nɥɛ/ | insinuais /ɛ̃.si.nɥɛ/ | insinuait /ɛ̃.si.nɥɛ/ | insinuions /ɛ̃.si.ny.jɔ̃/ | insinuiez /ɛ̃.si.ny.je/ | insinuaient /ɛ̃.si.nɥɛ/ | |
past historic2 | insinuai /ɛ̃.si.nɥe/ | insinuas /ɛ̃.si.nɥa/ | insinua /ɛ̃.si.nɥa/ | insinuâmes /ɛ̃.si.nɥam/ | insinuâtes /ɛ̃.si.nɥat/ | insinuèrent /ɛ̃.si.nɥɛʁ/ | |
future | insinuerai /ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁe/ | insinueras /ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁa/ | insinuera /ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁa/ | insinuerons /ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁɔ̃/ | insinuerez /ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁe/ | insinueront /ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | insinuerais /ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁɛ/ | insinuerais /ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁɛ/ | insinuerait /ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁɛ/ | insinuerions /ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁjɔ̃/ | insinueriez /ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁje/ | insinueraient /ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | insinue /ɛ̃.si.ny/ | insinues /ɛ̃.si.ny/ | insinue /ɛ̃.si.ny/ | insinuions /ɛ̃.si.ny.jɔ̃/ | insinuiez /ɛ̃.si.ny.je/ | insinuent /ɛ̃.si.ny/ |
imperfect2 | insinuasse /ɛ̃.si.nɥas/ | insinuasses /ɛ̃.si.nɥas/ | insinuât /ɛ̃.si.nɥa/ | insinuassions /ɛ̃.si.nɥa.sjɔ̃/ | insinuassiez /ɛ̃.si.nɥa.sje/ | insinuassent /ɛ̃.si.nɥas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | insinue /ɛ̃.si.ny/ | — | insinuons /ɛ̃.si.nɥɔ̃/ | insinuez /ɛ̃.si.nɥe/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms
- insinuation
Further reading
- “insinuer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
īnsinuer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of īnsinuō
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
insinuer
- imperative of insinuere