lorgner
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔʁ.ɲe/
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Verb
lorgner (transitive)
- to ogle
- to leer
- to covet
- to look at using a monocle or lorgnette
- to look ahead (to)
Conjugation
Conjugation of lorgner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | lorgner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | lorgnant /lɔʁ.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | lorgné /lɔʁ.ɲe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | lorgne /lɔʁɲ/ | lorgnes /lɔʁɲ/ | lorgne /lɔʁɲ/ | lorgnons /lɔʁ.ɲɔ̃/ | lorgnez /lɔʁ.ɲe/ | lorgnent /lɔʁɲ/ |
imperfect | lorgnais /lɔʁ.ɲɛ/ | lorgnais /lɔʁ.ɲɛ/ | lorgnait /lɔʁ.ɲɛ/ | lorgnions /lɔʁ.ɲjɔ̃/ | lorgniez /lɔʁ.ɲje/ | lorgnaient /lɔʁ.ɲɛ/ | |
past historic2 | lorgnai /lɔʁ.ɲe/ | lorgnas /lɔʁ.ɲa/ | lorgna /lɔʁ.ɲa/ | lorgnâmes /lɔʁ.ɲam/ | lorgnâtes /lɔʁ.ɲat/ | lorgnèrent /lɔʁ.ɲɛʁ/ | |
future | lorgnerai /lɔʁ.ɲə.ʁe/ | lorgneras /lɔʁ.ɲə.ʁa/ | lorgnera /lɔʁ.ɲə.ʁa/ | lorgnerons /lɔʁ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | lorgnerez /lɔʁ.ɲə.ʁe/ | lorgneront /lɔʁ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | lorgnerais /lɔʁ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | lorgnerais /lɔʁ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | lorgnerait /lɔʁ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | lorgnerions /lɔʁ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ | lorgneriez /lɔʁ.ɲə.ʁje/ | lorgneraient /lɔʁ.ɲə.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 | lorgne /lɔʁɲ/ | lorgnes /lɔʁɲ/ | lorgne /lɔʁɲ/ | lorgnions /lɔʁ.ɲjɔ̃/ | lorgniez /lɔʁ.ɲje/ | lorgnent /lɔʁɲ/ |
imperfect2 | lorgnasse /lɔʁ.ɲas/ | lorgnasses /lɔʁ.ɲas/ | lorgnât /lɔʁ.ɲa/ | lorgnassions /lɔʁ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ | lorgnassiez /lɔʁ.ɲa.sje/ | lorgnassent /lɔʁ.ɲas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | lorgne /lɔʁɲ/ | — | lorgnons /lɔʁ.ɲɔ̃/ | lorgnez /lɔʁ.ɲe/ | — | |
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). |
Derived terms
- lorgnette
Related terms
- lorgnon
Further reading
- “lorgner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.