chinoiser

French

Etymology

From chinois +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃi.nwa.ze/
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Verb

chinoiser

  1. to argue; to quibble; to squabble

Conjugation

Conjugation of chinoiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple chinoiser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple chinoisant
/ʃi.nwa.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle chinoisé
/ʃi.nwa.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present chinoise
/ʃi.nwaz/ 		chinoises
/ʃi.nwaz/ 		chinoise
/ʃi.nwaz/ 		chinoisons
/ʃi.nwa.zɔ̃/ 		chinoisez
/ʃi.nwa.ze/ 		chinoisent
/ʃi.nwaz/
imperfect chinoisais
/ʃi.nwa.zɛ/ 		chinoisais
/ʃi.nwa.zɛ/ 		chinoisait
/ʃi.nwa.zɛ/ 		chinoisions
/ʃi.nwa.zjɔ̃/ 		chinoisiez
/ʃi.nwa.zje/ 		chinoisaient
/ʃi.nwa.zɛ/
past historic2 chinoisai
/ʃi.nwa.ze/ 		chinoisas
/ʃi.nwa.za/ 		chinoisa
/ʃi.nwa.za/ 		chinoisâmes
/ʃi.nwa.zam/ 		chinoisâtes
/ʃi.nwa.zat/ 		chinoisèrent
/ʃi.nwa.zɛʁ/
future chinoiserai
/ʃi.nwaz.ʁe/ 		chinoiseras
/ʃi.nwaz.ʁa/ 		chinoisera
/ʃi.nwaz.ʁa/ 		chinoiserons
/ʃi.nwaz.ʁɔ̃/ 		chinoiserez
/ʃi.nwaz.ʁe/ 		chinoiseront
/ʃi.nwaz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional chinoiserais
/ʃi.nwaz.ʁɛ/ 		chinoiserais
/ʃi.nwaz.ʁɛ/ 		chinoiserait
/ʃi.nwaz.ʁɛ/ 		chinoiserions
/ʃi.nwa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		chinoiseriez
/ʃi.nwa.zə.ʁje/ 		chinoiseraient
/ʃi.nwaz.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 chinoise
/ʃi.nwaz/ 		chinoises
/ʃi.nwaz/ 		chinoise
/ʃi.nwaz/ 		chinoisions
/ʃi.nwa.zjɔ̃/ 		chinoisiez
/ʃi.nwa.zje/ 		chinoisent
/ʃi.nwaz/
imperfect2 chinoisasse
/ʃi.nwa.zas/ 		chinoisasses
/ʃi.nwa.zas/ 		chinoisât
/ʃi.nwa.za/ 		chinoisassions
/ʃi.nwa.za.sjɔ̃/ 		chinoisassiez
/ʃi.nwa.za.sje/ 		chinoisassent
/ʃi.nwa.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chinoise
/ʃi.nwaz/ 		— chinoisons
/ʃi.nwa.zɔ̃/ 		chinoisez
/ʃi.nwa.ze/ 		—
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:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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