couiner

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwi.ne/
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Verb

couiner

  1. (intransitive, of an object) to creak, squeak
  2. (intransitive, of an animal or person) to squeal, squeak

Conjugation

Conjugation of couiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple couiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple couinant
/kwi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle couiné
/kwi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present couine
/kwin/ 		couines
/kwin/ 		couine
/kwin/ 		couinons
/kwi.nɔ̃/ 		couinez
/kwi.ne/ 		couinent
/kwin/
imperfect couinais
/kwi.nɛ/ 		couinais
/kwi.nɛ/ 		couinait
/kwi.nɛ/ 		couinions
/kwi.njɔ̃/ 		couiniez
/kwi.nje/ 		couinaient
/kwi.nɛ/
past historic2 couinai
/kwi.ne/ 		couinas
/kwi.na/ 		couina
/kwi.na/ 		couinâmes
/kwi.nam/ 		couinâtes
/kwi.nat/ 		couinèrent
/kwi.nɛʁ/
future couinerai
/kwin.ʁe/ 		couineras
/kwin.ʁa/ 		couinera
/kwin.ʁa/ 		couinerons
/kwin.ʁɔ̃/ 		couinerez
/kwin.ʁe/ 		couineront
/kwin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional couinerais
/kwin.ʁɛ/ 		couinerais
/kwin.ʁɛ/ 		couinerait
/kwin.ʁɛ/ 		couinerions
/kwi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		couineriez
/kwi.nə.ʁje/ 		couineraient
/kwin.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 couine
/kwin/ 		couines
/kwin/ 		couine
/kwin/ 		couinions
/kwi.njɔ̃/ 		couiniez
/kwi.nje/ 		couinent
/kwin/
imperfect2 couinasse
/kwi.nas/ 		couinasses
/kwi.nas/ 		couinât
/kwi.na/ 		couinassions
/kwi.na.sjɔ̃/ 		couinassiez
/kwi.na.sje/ 		couinassent
/kwi.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — couine
/kwin/ 		— couinons
/kwi.nɔ̃/ 		couinez
/kwi.ne/ 		—
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).

Derived terms

  • couinement

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