zinguer
French
Etymology
From zinc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɛ̃.ɡe/
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Verb
zinguer
- to zinc, to cover or galvanize with zinc
Conjugation
Conjugation of zinguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | zinguer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | zinguant /zɛ̃.ɡɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | zingué /zɛ̃.ɡe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | zingue /zɛ̃ɡ/ | zingues /zɛ̃ɡ/ | zingue /zɛ̃ɡ/ | zinguons /zɛ̃.ɡɔ̃/ | zinguez /zɛ̃.ɡe/ | zinguent /zɛ̃ɡ/ |
| imperfect | zinguais /zɛ̃.ɡɛ/ | zinguais /zɛ̃.ɡɛ/ | zinguait /zɛ̃.ɡɛ/ | zinguions /zɛ̃.ɡjɔ̃/ | zinguiez /zɛ̃.ɡje/ | zinguaient /zɛ̃.ɡɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | zinguai /zɛ̃.ɡe/ | zinguas /zɛ̃.ɡa/ | zingua /zɛ̃.ɡa/ | zinguâmes /zɛ̃.ɡam/ | zinguâtes /zɛ̃.ɡat/ | zinguèrent /zɛ̃.ɡɛʁ/ | |
| future | zinguerai /zɛ̃.ɡʁe/ | zingueras /zɛ̃.ɡʁa/ | zinguera /zɛ̃.ɡʁa/ | zinguerons /zɛ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/ | zinguerez /zɛ̃.ɡʁe/ | zingueront /zɛ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | zinguerais /zɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ | zinguerais /zɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ | zinguerait /zɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ | zinguerions /zɛ̃.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ | zingueriez /zɛ̃.ɡə.ʁje/ | zingueraient /zɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | zingue /zɛ̃ɡ/ | zingues /zɛ̃ɡ/ | zingue /zɛ̃ɡ/ | zinguions /zɛ̃.ɡjɔ̃/ | zinguiez /zɛ̃.ɡje/ | zinguent /zɛ̃ɡ/ |
| imperfect2 | zinguasse /zɛ̃.ɡas/ | zinguasses /zɛ̃.ɡas/ | zinguât /zɛ̃.ɡa/ | zinguassions /zɛ̃.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ | zinguassiez /zɛ̃.ɡa.sje/ | zinguassent /zɛ̃.ɡas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | zingue /zɛ̃ɡ/ | — | zinguons /zɛ̃.ɡɔ̃/ | zinguez /zɛ̃.ɡe/ | — | |
| 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
- zingueur
Further reading
- “zinguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.