chigner
French
Etymology
Formed by apheresis from rechigner.
Verb
chigner (intransitive)
- (informal, pejorative) to whine, moan, complain, or grumble in a childish manner. (followed by de to mean "about")
- Synonym: pleurnicher
Conjugation
Conjugation of chigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | chigner | avoir chigné | |||||
| gerund | en chignant | en ayant chigné | |||||
| present participle | chignant /ʃi.ɲɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | chigné /ʃi.ɲe/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | chigne /ʃiɲ/ |
chignes /ʃiɲ/ |
chigne /ʃiɲ/ |
chignons /ʃi.ɲɔ̃/ |
chignez /ʃi.ɲe/ |
chignent /ʃiɲ/ |
| imperfect | chignais /ʃi.ɲɛ/ |
chignais /ʃi.ɲɛ/ |
chignait /ʃi.ɲɛ/ |
chignions /ʃi.ɲjɔ̃/ |
chigniez /ʃi.ɲje/ |
chignaient /ʃi.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | chignai /ʃi.ɲe/ |
chignas /ʃi.ɲa/ |
chigna /ʃi.ɲa/ |
chignâmes /ʃi.ɲam/ |
chignâtes /ʃi.ɲat/ |
chignèrent /ʃi.ɲɛʁ/ | |
| future | chignerai /ʃiɲ.ʁe/ |
chigneras /ʃiɲ.ʁa/ |
chignera /ʃiɲ.ʁa/ |
chignerons /ʃiɲ.ʁɔ̃/ |
chignerez /ʃiɲ.ʁe/ |
chigneront /ʃiɲ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | chignerais /ʃiɲ.ʁɛ/ |
chignerais /ʃiɲ.ʁɛ/ |
chignerait /ʃiɲ.ʁɛ/ |
chignerions /ʃi.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chigneriez /ʃi.ɲə.ʁje/ |
chigneraient /ʃiɲ.ʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | chigne /ʃiɲ/ |
chignes /ʃiɲ/ |
chigne /ʃiɲ/ |
chignions /ʃi.ɲjɔ̃/ |
chigniez /ʃi.ɲje/ |
chignent /ʃiɲ/ |
| imperfect1 | chignasse /ʃi.ɲas/ |
chignasses /ʃi.ɲas/ |
chignât /ʃi.ɲa/ |
chignassions /ʃi.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ |
chignassiez /ʃi.ɲa.sje/ |
chignassent /ʃi.ɲas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | chigne /ʃiɲ/ |
— | chignons /ʃi.ɲɔ̃/ |
chignez /ʃi.ɲe/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
- chignard
Further reading
- “chigner” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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