pignocher
French
Etymology
Alteration of Middle French espinocher, from espinoche (“morsel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi.ɲɔ.ʃe/
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Verb
pignocher
- (intransitive) to pick at one's food
Conjugation
Conjugation of pignocher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | pignocher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | pignochant /pi.ɲɔ.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | pignoché /pi.ɲɔ.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | pignoche /pi.ɲɔʃ/ |
pignoches /pi.ɲɔʃ/ |
pignoche /pi.ɲɔʃ/ |
pignochons /pi.ɲɔ.ʃɔ̃/ |
pignochez /pi.ɲɔ.ʃe/ |
pignochent /pi.ɲɔʃ/ |
| imperfect | pignochais /pi.ɲɔ.ʃɛ/ |
pignochais /pi.ɲɔ.ʃɛ/ |
pignochait /pi.ɲɔ.ʃɛ/ |
pignochions /pi.ɲɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
pignochiez /pi.ɲɔ.ʃje/ |
pignochaient /pi.ɲɔ.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | pignochai /pi.ɲɔ.ʃe/ |
pignochas /pi.ɲɔ.ʃa/ |
pignocha /pi.ɲɔ.ʃa/ |
pignochâmes /pi.ɲɔ.ʃam/ |
pignochâtes /pi.ɲɔ.ʃat/ |
pignochèrent /pi.ɲɔ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | pignocherai /pi.ɲɔʃ.ʁe/ |
pignocheras /pi.ɲɔʃ.ʁa/ |
pignochera /pi.ɲɔʃ.ʁa/ |
pignocherons /pi.ɲɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
pignocherez /pi.ɲɔʃ.ʁe/ |
pignocheront /pi.ɲɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | pignocherais /pi.ɲɔʃ.ʁɛ/ |
pignocherais /pi.ɲɔʃ.ʁɛ/ |
pignocherait /pi.ɲɔʃ.ʁɛ/ |
pignocherions /pi.ɲɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pignocheriez /pi.ɲɔ.ʃə.ʁje/ |
pignocheraient /pi.ɲɔʃ.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 | pignoche /pi.ɲɔʃ/ |
pignoches /pi.ɲɔʃ/ |
pignoche /pi.ɲɔʃ/ |
pignochions /pi.ɲɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
pignochiez /pi.ɲɔ.ʃje/ |
pignochent /pi.ɲɔʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | pignochasse /pi.ɲɔ.ʃas/ |
pignochasses /pi.ɲɔ.ʃas/ |
pignochât /pi.ɲɔ.ʃa/ |
pignochassions /pi.ɲɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
pignochassiez /pi.ɲɔ.ʃa.sje/ |
pignochassent /pi.ɲɔ.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pignoche /pi.ɲɔʃ/ |
— | pignochons /pi.ɲɔ.ʃɔ̃/ |
pignochez /pi.ɲɔ.ʃe/ |
— | |
| 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
- “pignocher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.