chigner
French
Etymology
Formed by apheresis from rechigner.
Verb
chigner (intransitive)
- (informal, derogatory) 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)
| present participle | chignant /ʃi.ɲɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | chigné /ʃi.ɲe/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | chigner | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | chignant /ʃi.ɲɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (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 historic2 | 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 | 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 | chigne /ʃiɲ/ |
chignes /ʃiɲ/ |
chigne /ʃiɲ/ |
chignions /ʃi.ɲjɔ̃/ |
chigniez /ʃi.ɲje/ |
chignent /ʃiɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | chignasse /ʃi.ɲas/ |
chignasses /ʃi.ɲas/ |
chignât /ʃi.ɲa/ |
chignassions /ʃi.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ |
chignassiez /ʃi.ɲa.sje/ |
chignassent /ʃi.ɲas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | chigne /ʃiɲ/ |
— | chignons /ʃi.ɲɔ̃/ |
chignez /ʃi.ɲe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
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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