giguer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French giguer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.ɡe/

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Verb

giguer

1. (intransitive, archaic) to dance the jig
2. (intransitive, archaic) to dance, gambol, prance, frolic

   Synonyms: gambader, danser

Conjugation

Conjugation of giguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	giguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	giguant /ʒi.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gigué /ʒi.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gigue /ʒiɡ/	gigues /ʒiɡ/	gigue /ʒiɡ/	giguons /ʒi.ɡɔ̃/	giguez /ʒi.ɡe/	giguent /ʒiɡ/
	imperfect	giguais /ʒi.ɡɛ/	giguais /ʒi.ɡɛ/	giguait /ʒi.ɡɛ/	giguions /ʒi.ɡjɔ̃/	giguiez /ʒi.ɡje/	giguaient /ʒi.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	giguai /ʒi.ɡe/	giguas /ʒi.ɡa/	gigua /ʒi.ɡa/	giguâmes /ʒi.ɡam/	giguâtes /ʒi.ɡat/	giguèrent /ʒi.ɡɛʁ/
	future	giguerai /ʒi.ɡʁe/	gigueras /ʒi.ɡʁa/	giguera /ʒi.ɡʁa/	giguerons /ʒi.ɡʁɔ̃/	giguerez /ʒi.ɡʁe/	gigueront /ʒi.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	giguerais /ʒi.ɡʁɛ/	giguerais /ʒi.ɡʁɛ/	giguerait /ʒi.ɡʁɛ/	giguerions /ʒi.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	gigueriez /ʒi.ɡə.ʁje/	gigueraient /ʒi.ɡʁɛ/
(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	gigue /ʒiɡ/	gigues /ʒiɡ/	gigue /ʒiɡ/	giguions /ʒi.ɡjɔ̃/	giguiez /ʒi.ɡje/	giguent /ʒiɡ/
	imperfect2	giguasse /ʒi.ɡas/	giguasses /ʒi.ɡas/	giguât /ʒi.ɡa/	giguassions /ʒi.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	giguassiez /ʒi.ɡa.sje/	giguassent /ʒi.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gigue /ʒiɡ/	—	giguons /ʒi.ɡɔ̃/	giguez /ʒi.ɡe/	—
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).

Descendants

• →? English: jig

Further reading

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