renifler
French
Etymology
From re- + nifler (“to irritate, annoy”), from the same Germanic root as Italian niffo, niffa (“snout”); related to Low German Niff (“nose, mouth, bill”), Dutch neb (“nose, beak”), English neb (“nose, beak, face”). More at neb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.ni.fle/
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Verb
renifler
- to sniff
- to turn up one's nose (at)
- to smell (sense with the nose)
Conjugation
Conjugation of renifler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | renifler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | reniflant /ʁə.ni.flɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | reniflé /ʁə.ni.fle/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | renifle /ʁə.nifl/ | renifles /ʁə.nifl/ | renifle /ʁə.nifl/ | reniflons /ʁə.ni.flɔ̃/ | reniflez /ʁə.ni.fle/ | reniflent /ʁə.nifl/ |
imperfect | reniflais /ʁə.ni.flɛ/ | reniflais /ʁə.ni.flɛ/ | reniflait /ʁə.ni.flɛ/ | reniflions /ʁə.ni.fli.jɔ̃/ | renifliez /ʁə.ni.fli.je/ | reniflaient /ʁə.ni.flɛ/ | |
past historic2 | reniflai /ʁə.ni.fle/ | reniflas /ʁə.ni.fla/ | renifla /ʁə.ni.fla/ | reniflâmes /ʁə.ni.flam/ | reniflâtes /ʁə.ni.flat/ | reniflèrent /ʁə.ni.flɛʁ/ | |
future | reniflerai /ʁə.ni.flə.ʁe/ | renifleras /ʁə.ni.flə.ʁa/ | reniflera /ʁə.ni.flə.ʁa/ | reniflerons /ʁə.ni.flə.ʁɔ̃/ | reniflerez /ʁə.ni.flə.ʁe/ | renifleront /ʁə.ni.flə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | reniflerais /ʁə.ni.flə.ʁɛ/ | reniflerais /ʁə.ni.flə.ʁɛ/ | reniflerait /ʁə.ni.flə.ʁɛ/ | reniflerions /ʁə.ni.flə.ʁjɔ̃/ | renifleriez /ʁə.ni.flə.ʁje/ | renifleraient /ʁə.ni.flə.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 | renifle /ʁə.nifl/ | renifles /ʁə.nifl/ | renifle /ʁə.nifl/ | reniflions /ʁə.ni.fli.jɔ̃/ | renifliez /ʁə.ni.fli.je/ | reniflent /ʁə.nifl/ |
imperfect2 | reniflasse /ʁə.ni.flas/ | reniflasses /ʁə.ni.flas/ | reniflât /ʁə.ni.fla/ | reniflassions /ʁə.ni.fla.sjɔ̃/ | reniflassiez /ʁə.ni.fla.sje/ | reniflassent /ʁə.ni.flas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | renifle /ʁə.nifl/ | — | reniflons /ʁə.ni.flɔ̃/ | reniflez /ʁə.ni.fle/ | — | |
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
- renifleur
Further reading
- “renifler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.