bigler
See also: Bigler
French
Etymology
From Middle French biscler, from Vulgar Latin *bisoculāre, a compound of bis (“twice”) and oculus (“eye”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.ɡle/
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Verb
bigler
- (intransitive, archaic) to squint, be cross-eyed
- (transitive, slang) to glance (at)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bigler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | bigler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | biglant /bi.ɡlɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | biglé /bi.ɡle/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | bigle /biɡl/ | bigles /biɡl/ | bigle /biɡl/ | biglons /bi.ɡlɔ̃/ | biglez /bi.ɡle/ | biglent /biɡl/ |
imperfect | biglais /bi.ɡlɛ/ | biglais /bi.ɡlɛ/ | biglait /bi.ɡlɛ/ | biglions /bi.ɡli.jɔ̃/ | bigliez /bi.ɡli.je/ | biglaient /bi.ɡlɛ/ | |
past historic2 | biglai /bi.ɡle/ | biglas /bi.ɡla/ | bigla /bi.ɡla/ | biglâmes /bi.ɡlam/ | biglâtes /bi.ɡlat/ | biglèrent /bi.ɡlɛʁ/ | |
future | biglerai /bi.ɡlə.ʁe/ | bigleras /bi.ɡlə.ʁa/ | biglera /bi.ɡlə.ʁa/ | biglerons /bi.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/ | biglerez /bi.ɡlə.ʁe/ | bigleront /bi.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | biglerais /bi.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ | biglerais /bi.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ | biglerait /bi.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ | biglerions /bi.ɡlə.ʁjɔ̃/ | bigleriez /bi.ɡlə.ʁje/ | bigleraient /bi.ɡlə.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 | bigle /biɡl/ | bigles /biɡl/ | bigle /biɡl/ | biglions /bi.ɡli.jɔ̃/ | bigliez /bi.ɡli.je/ | biglent /biɡl/ |
imperfect2 | biglasse /bi.ɡlas/ | biglasses /bi.ɡlas/ | biglât /bi.ɡla/ | biglassions /bi.ɡla.sjɔ̃/ | biglassiez /bi.ɡla.sje/ | biglassent /bi.ɡlas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | bigle /biɡl/ | — | biglons /bi.ɡlɔ̃/ | biglez /bi.ɡle/ | — | |
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
- bigleux
Further reading
- “bigler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.