guigner
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡi.ɲe/
Etymology 1
Noun
guigner m (plural guigners)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old French guignier, from Frankish *wingjan, from Proto-Germanic *winkaną, also the source of English wink, from Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bow, bend, arch, curve”).
Verb
guigner
- (transitive) to eye (sneak a look at)
Conjugation
Conjugation of guigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | guigner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | guignant /ɡi.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | guigné /ɡi.ɲe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | guigne /ɡiɲ/ |
guignes /ɡiɲ/ |
guigne /ɡiɲ/ |
guignons /ɡi.ɲɔ̃/ |
guignez /ɡi.ɲe/ |
guignent /ɡiɲ/ |
| imperfect | guignais /ɡi.ɲɛ/ |
guignais /ɡi.ɲɛ/ |
guignait /ɡi.ɲɛ/ |
guignions /ɡi.ɲjɔ̃/ |
guigniez /ɡi.ɲje/ |
guignaient /ɡi.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | guignai /ɡi.ɲe/ |
guignas /ɡi.ɲa/ |
guigna /ɡi.ɲa/ |
guignâmes /ɡi.ɲam/ |
guignâtes /ɡi.ɲat/ |
guignèrent /ɡi.ɲɛʁ/ | |
| future | guignerai /ɡi.ɲə.ʁe/ |
guigneras /ɡi.ɲə.ʁa/ |
guignera /ɡi.ɲə.ʁa/ |
guignerons /ɡi.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ |
guignerez /ɡi.ɲə.ʁe/ |
guigneront /ɡi.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | guignerais /ɡi.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
guignerais /ɡi.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
guignerait /ɡi.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
guignerions /ɡi.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
guigneriez /ɡi.ɲə.ʁje/ |
guigneraient /ɡi.ɲə.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 | guigne /ɡiɲ/ |
guignes /ɡiɲ/ |
guigne /ɡiɲ/ |
guignions /ɡi.ɲjɔ̃/ |
guigniez /ɡi.ɲje/ |
guignent /ɡiɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | guignasse /ɡi.ɲas/ |
guignasses /ɡi.ɲas/ |
guignât /ɡi.ɲa/ |
guignassions /ɡi.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ |
guignassiez /ɡi.ɲa.sje/ |
guignassent /ɡi.ɲas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | guigne /ɡiɲ/ |
— | guignons /ɡi.ɲɔ̃/ |
guignez /ɡi.ɲe/ |
— | |
| 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
Further reading
- “guigner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.