grincer

French

Etymology

From earlier grigner, originally from Old High German grînan

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɛ̃.se/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

grincer

  1. to squeak (emit sound)
  2. to creak, rasp, squeal
  3. (of teeth) to gnash
  4. (of birds) to squawk

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.

Conjugation of grincer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle grinçant
/ɡʁɛ̃.sɑ̃/
past participle grincé
/ɡʁɛ̃.se/
infinitive
simple grincer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple grinçant
/ɡʁɛ̃.sɑ̃/
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 grince
/ɡʁɛ̃s/		 grinces
/ɡʁɛ̃s/		 grince
/ɡʁɛ̃s/		 grinçons
/ɡʁɛ̃.sɔ̃/		 grincez
/ɡʁɛ̃.se/		 grincent
/ɡʁɛ̃s/
imperfect grinçais
/ɡʁɛ̃.sɛ/		 grinçais
/ɡʁɛ̃.sɛ/		 grinçait
/ɡʁɛ̃.sɛ/		 grincions
/ɡʁɛ̃.sjɔ̃/		 grinciez
/ɡʁɛ̃.sje/		 grinçaient
/ɡʁɛ̃.sɛ/
past historic2 grinçai
/ɡʁɛ̃.se/		 grinças
/ɡʁɛ̃.sa/		 grinça
/ɡʁɛ̃.sa/		 grinçâmes
/ɡʁɛ̃.sam/		 grinçâtes
/ɡʁɛ̃.sat/		 grincèrent
/ɡʁɛ̃.sɛʁ/
future grincerai
/ɡʁɛ̃.sʁe/		 grinceras
/ɡʁɛ̃.sʁa/		 grincera
/ɡʁɛ̃.sʁa/		 grincerons
/ɡʁɛ̃.sʁɔ̃/		 grincerez
/ɡʁɛ̃.sʁe/		 grinceront
/ɡʁɛ̃.sʁɔ̃/
conditional grincerais
/ɡʁɛ̃.sʁɛ/		 grincerais
/ɡʁɛ̃.sʁɛ/		 grincerait
/ɡʁɛ̃.sʁɛ/		 grincerions
/ɡʁɛ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 grinceriez
/ɡʁɛ̃.sə.ʁje/		 grinceraient
/ɡʁɛ̃.sʁɛ/
(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 grince
/ɡʁɛ̃s/		 grinces
/ɡʁɛ̃s/		 grince
/ɡʁɛ̃s/		 grincions
/ɡʁɛ̃.sjɔ̃/		 grinciez
/ɡʁɛ̃.sje/		 grincent
/ɡʁɛ̃s/
imperfect2 grinçasse
/ɡʁɛ̃.sas/		 grinçasses
/ɡʁɛ̃.sas/		 grinçât
/ɡʁɛ̃.sa/		 grinçassions
/ɡʁɛ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/		 grinçassiez
/ɡʁɛ̃.sa.sje/		 grinçassent
/ɡʁɛ̃.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — grince
/ɡʁɛ̃s/		 — grinçons
/ɡʁɛ̃.sɔ̃/		 grincez
/ɡʁɛ̃.se/		 —
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

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.