chiffonner

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From chiffon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʃi.fɔ.ne/
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Verb[edit]

chiffonner

  1. (transitive) to crumple, crease
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to bother, to perplex
    Il y a quelque chose qui me chiffonne dans cette affaire. ― Something bothers me about this whole affair.

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of chiffonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple chiffonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple chiffonnant
/ʃi.fɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle chiffonné
/ʃi.fɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present chiffonne
/ʃi.fɔn/ 		chiffonnes
/ʃi.fɔn/ 		chiffonne
/ʃi.fɔn/ 		chiffonnons
/ʃi.fɔ.nɔ̃/ 		chiffonnez
/ʃi.fɔ.ne/ 		chiffonnent
/ʃi.fɔn/
imperfect chiffonnais
/ʃi.fɔ.nɛ/ 		chiffonnais
/ʃi.fɔ.nɛ/ 		chiffonnait
/ʃi.fɔ.nɛ/ 		chiffonnions
/ʃi.fɔ.njɔ̃/ 		chiffonniez
/ʃi.fɔ.nje/ 		chiffonnaient
/ʃi.fɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 chiffonnai
/ʃi.fɔ.ne/ 		chiffonnas
/ʃi.fɔ.na/ 		chiffonna
/ʃi.fɔ.na/ 		chiffonnâmes
/ʃi.fɔ.nam/ 		chiffonnâtes
/ʃi.fɔ.nat/ 		chiffonnèrent
/ʃi.fɔ.nɛʁ/
future chiffonnerai
/ʃi.fɔn.ʁe/ 		chiffonneras
/ʃi.fɔn.ʁa/ 		chiffonnera
/ʃi.fɔn.ʁa/ 		chiffonnerons
/ʃi.fɔn.ʁɔ̃/ 		chiffonnerez
/ʃi.fɔn.ʁe/ 		chiffonneront
/ʃi.fɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional chiffonnerais
/ʃi.fɔn.ʁɛ/ 		chiffonnerais
/ʃi.fɔn.ʁɛ/ 		chiffonnerait
/ʃi.fɔn.ʁɛ/ 		chiffonnerions
/ʃi.fɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		chiffonneriez
/ʃi.fɔ.nə.ʁje/ 		chiffonneraient
/ʃi.fɔn.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 chiffonne
/ʃi.fɔn/ 		chiffonnes
/ʃi.fɔn/ 		chiffonne
/ʃi.fɔn/ 		chiffonnions
/ʃi.fɔ.njɔ̃/ 		chiffonniez
/ʃi.fɔ.nje/ 		chiffonnent
/ʃi.fɔn/
imperfect2 chiffonnasse
/ʃi.fɔ.nas/ 		chiffonnasses
/ʃi.fɔ.nas/ 		chiffonnât
/ʃi.fɔ.na/ 		chiffonnassions
/ʃi.fɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		chiffonnassiez
/ʃi.fɔ.na.sje/ 		chiffonnassent
/ʃi.fɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chiffonne
/ʃi.fɔn/ 		— chiffonnons
/ʃi.fɔ.nɔ̃/ 		chiffonnez
/ʃi.fɔ.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).

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Etymology[edit]

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Verb[edit]

chiffonner

  1. (Jersey) to dust

Derived terms[edit]

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