meringuer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡe/
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Verb
meringuer
- to cover with a layer of meringue
Conjugation
Conjugation of meringuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | meringuer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | meringuant /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | meringué /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | meringue /mə.ʁɛ̃ɡ/ |
meringues /mə.ʁɛ̃ɡ/ |
meringue /mə.ʁɛ̃ɡ/ |
meringuons /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡɔ̃/ |
meringuez /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡe/ |
meringuent /mə.ʁɛ̃ɡ/ |
| imperfect | meringuais /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡɛ/ |
meringuais /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡɛ/ |
meringuait /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡɛ/ |
meringuions /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡjɔ̃/ |
meringuiez /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡje/ |
meringuaient /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | meringuai /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡe/ |
meringuas /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡa/ |
meringua /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡa/ |
meringuâmes /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡam/ |
meringuâtes /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡat/ |
meringuèrent /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡɛʁ/ | |
| future | meringuerai /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡʁe/ |
meringueras /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡʁa/ |
meringuera /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡʁa/ |
meringuerons /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/ |
meringuerez /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡʁe/ |
meringueront /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | meringuerais /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ |
meringuerais /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ |
meringuerait /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ |
meringuerions /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
meringueriez /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡə.ʁje/ |
meringueraient /mə.ʁɛ̃.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 | meringue /mə.ʁɛ̃ɡ/ |
meringues /mə.ʁɛ̃ɡ/ |
meringue /mə.ʁɛ̃ɡ/ |
meringuions /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡjɔ̃/ |
meringuiez /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡje/ |
meringuent /mə.ʁɛ̃ɡ/ |
| imperfect2 | meringuasse /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡas/ |
meringuasses /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡas/ |
meringuât /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡa/ |
meringuassions /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ |
meringuassiez /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡa.sje/ |
meringuassent /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | meringue /mə.ʁɛ̃ɡ/ |
— | meringuons /mə.ʁɛ̃.ɡɔ̃/ |
meringuez /mə.ʁɛ̃.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “meringuer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.