égrener

French

Etymology

From é- +‎ grain +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /e.ɡʁə.ne/

Verb

égrener

  1. to shell, pod (maize, peas, wheat etc.)
  2. to gin (cotton)
  3. to ripple (flax)
  4. (reflexive) to drop off the stalk or bunch
  5. to dish out
  6. to rattle off, go through (a list)
    • 2000, Jean-François Parot, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès 2012, p. 12:
      Il chut de tout son long, égrenant à nouveau un chapelet d'horribles jurons.
      He fell full length, reeling off another string of appalling curses.
    • 1973, Claude Simon, Tryptique, Éditions de Minuit 1973, p. 12
      Les sons de la cloche égrenant les quarts, les demies et les heures...
      The sounds of the clock rattling off the quarters, the halves and the hours...

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il égrène rather than *il égrene. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.

Conjugation of égrener (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle égrenant
/e.ɡʁə.nɑ̃/
past participle égrené
/e.ɡʁə.ne/
infinitive
simple égrener
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple égrenant
/e.ɡʁə.nɑ̃/
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 égrène
/e.ɡʁɛn/		 égrènes
/e.ɡʁɛn/		 égrène
/e.ɡʁɛn/		 égrenons
/e.ɡʁə.nɔ̃/		 égrenez
/e.ɡʁə.ne/		 égrènent
/e.ɡʁɛn/
imperfect égrenais
/e.ɡʁə.nɛ/		 égrenais
/e.ɡʁə.nɛ/		 égrenait
/e.ɡʁə.nɛ/		 égrenions
/e.ɡʁə.njɔ̃/		 égreniez
/e.ɡʁə.nje/		 égrenaient
/e.ɡʁə.nɛ/
past historic2 égrenai
/e.ɡʁə.ne/		 égrenas
/e.ɡʁə.na/		 égrena
/e.ɡʁə.na/		 égrenâmes
/e.ɡʁə.nam/		 égrenâtes
/e.ɡʁə.nat/		 égrenèrent
/e.ɡʁə.nɛʁ/
future égrènerai
/e.ɡʁɛn.ʁe/		 égrèneras
/e.ɡʁɛn.ʁa/		 égrènera
/e.ɡʁɛn.ʁa/		 égrènerons
/e.ɡʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/		 égrènerez
/e.ɡʁɛn.ʁe/		 égrèneront
/e.ɡʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional égrènerais
/e.ɡʁɛn.ʁɛ/		 égrènerais
/e.ɡʁɛn.ʁɛ/		 égrènerait
/e.ɡʁɛn.ʁɛ/		 égrènerions
/e.ɡʁɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 égrèneriez
/e.ɡʁɛ.nə.ʁje/		 égrèneraient
/e.ɡʁɛn.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 égrène
/e.ɡʁɛn/		 égrènes
/e.ɡʁɛn/		 égrène
/e.ɡʁɛn/		 égrenions
/e.ɡʁə.njɔ̃/		 égreniez
/e.ɡʁə.nje/		 égrènent
/e.ɡʁɛn/
imperfect2 égrenasse
/e.ɡʁə.nas/		 égrenasses
/e.ɡʁə.nas/		 égrenât
/e.ɡʁə.na/		 égrenassions
/e.ɡʁə.na.sjɔ̃/		 égrenassiez
/e.ɡʁə.na.sje/		 égrenassent
/e.ɡʁə.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — égrène
/e.ɡʁɛn/		 — égrenons
/e.ɡʁə.nɔ̃/		 égrenez
/e.ɡʁə.ne/		 —
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).

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • égrenage

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