aiguillonner

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.ne/, /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.ne/

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Verb

aiguillonner

1. (figuratively) to prod

Conjugation

Conjugation of aiguillonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	aiguillonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	aiguillonnant /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.nɑ̃/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		aiguillonné /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.ne/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	aiguillonne /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔn/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔn/	aiguillonnes /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔn/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔn/	aiguillonne /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔn/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔn/	aiguillonnons /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.nɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.nɔ̃/	aiguillonnez /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.ne/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.ne/	aiguillonnent /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔn/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔn/
	imperfect	aiguillonnais /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.nɛ/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.nɛ/	aiguillonnais /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.nɛ/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.nɛ/	aiguillonnait /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.nɛ/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.nɛ/	aiguillonnions /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.njɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.njɔ̃/	aiguillonniez /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.nje/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.nje/	aiguillonnaient /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.nɛ/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	aiguillonnai /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.ne/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.ne/	aiguillonnas /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.na/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.na/	aiguillonna /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.na/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.na/	aiguillonnâmes /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.nam/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.nam/	aiguillonnâtes /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.nat/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.nat/	aiguillonnèrent /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.nɛʁ/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	aiguillonnerai /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔn.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔn.ʁe/	aiguillonneras /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔn.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔn.ʁa/	aiguillonnera /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔn.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔn.ʁa/	aiguillonnerons /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/	aiguillonnerez /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔn.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔn.ʁe/	aiguillonneront /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	aiguillonnerais /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔn.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔn.ʁɛ/	aiguillonnerais /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔn.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔn.ʁɛ/	aiguillonnerait /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔn.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔn.ʁɛ/	aiguillonnerions /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	aiguillonneriez /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.nə.ʁje/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.nə.ʁje/	aiguillonneraient /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔn.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔn.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	aiguillonne /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔn/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔn/	aiguillonnes /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔn/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔn/	aiguillonne /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔn/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔn/	aiguillonnions /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.njɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.njɔ̃/	aiguillonniez /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.nje/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.nje/	aiguillonnent /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔn/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔn/
	imperfect2	aiguillonnasse /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.nas/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.nas/	aiguillonnasses /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.nas/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.nas/	aiguillonnât /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.na/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.na/	aiguillonnassions /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	aiguillonnassiez /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.na.sje/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.na.sje/	aiguillonnassent /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.nas/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	aiguillonne /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔn/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔn/	—	aiguillonnons /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.nɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.nɔ̃/	aiguillonnez /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.ne/ or /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.ne/	—
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).

Further reading

• “aiguillonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.