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)
| infinitive | simple | chigner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | chignant /ʃi.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | chigné /ʃi.ɲe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | 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 /ʃi.ɲə.ʁe/ |
chigneras /ʃi.ɲə.ʁa/ |
chignera /ʃi.ɲə.ʁa/ |
chignerons /ʃi.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ |
chignerez /ʃi.ɲə.ʁe/ |
chigneront /ʃi.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | chignerais /ʃi.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
chignerais /ʃi.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
chignerait /ʃi.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
chignerions /ʃi.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chigneriez /ʃi.ɲə.ʁje/ |
chigneraient /ʃi.ɲə.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 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “chigner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.