pinailler

French

Etymology

Uncertain

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.na.je/
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Verb

pinailler

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) nitpick, split hairs (to correct minutiae or find fault)

Conjugation

Conjugation of pinailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pinailler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pinaillant
/pi.na.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pinaillé
/pi.na.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pinaille
/pi.naj/ 		pinailles
/pi.naj/ 		pinaille
/pi.naj/ 		pinaillons
/pi.na.jɔ̃/ 		pinaillez
/pi.na.je/ 		pinaillent
/pi.naj/
imperfect pinaillais
/pi.na.jɛ/ 		pinaillais
/pi.na.jɛ/ 		pinaillait
/pi.na.jɛ/ 		pinaillions
/pi.naj.jɔ̃/ 		pinailliez
/pi.naj.je/ 		pinaillaient
/pi.na.jɛ/
past historic2 pinaillai
/pi.na.je/ 		pinaillas
/pi.na.ja/ 		pinailla
/pi.na.ja/ 		pinaillâmes
/pi.na.jam/ 		pinaillâtes
/pi.na.jat/ 		pinaillèrent
/pi.na.jɛʁ/
future pinaillerai
/pi.naj.ʁe/ 		pinailleras
/pi.naj.ʁa/ 		pinaillera
/pi.naj.ʁa/ 		pinaillerons
/pi.naj.ʁɔ̃/ 		pinaillerez
/pi.naj.ʁe/ 		pinailleront
/pi.naj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pinaillerais
/pi.naj.ʁɛ/ 		pinaillerais
/pi.naj.ʁɛ/ 		pinaillerait
/pi.naj.ʁɛ/ 		pinaillerions
/pi.na.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		pinailleriez
/pi.na.jə.ʁje/ 		pinailleraient
/pi.naj.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 pinaille
/pi.naj/ 		pinailles
/pi.naj/ 		pinaille
/pi.naj/ 		pinaillions
/pi.naj.jɔ̃/ 		pinailliez
/pi.naj.je/ 		pinaillent
/pi.naj/
imperfect2 pinaillasse
/pi.na.jas/ 		pinaillasses
/pi.na.jas/ 		pinaillât
/pi.na.ja/ 		pinaillassions
/pi.na.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		pinaillassiez
/pi.na.ja.sje/ 		pinaillassent
/pi.na.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pinaille
/pi.naj/ 		— pinaillons
/pi.na.jɔ̃/ 		pinaillez
/pi.na.je/ 		—
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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