guigner

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡi.ɲe/

Etymology 1

From guigne +‎ -er.

Noun

guigner m (plural guigners)

1. wild cherry tree

Etymology 2

From Old French guignier, from Frankish *wingjan, from Proto-Germanic *winkaną.

Verb

guigner

1. (transitive) to eye (sneak a look at)

Conjugation

  Conjugation of guigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		guigner			avoir guigné
gerund		en guignant			en ayant guigné
present participle		guignant /ɡi.ɲɑ̃/
past participle		guigné /ɡi.ɲe/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	guigne /ɡiɲ/	guignes /ɡiɲ/	guigne /ɡiɲ/	guignons /ɡi.ɲɔ̃/	guignez /ɡi.ɲe/	guignent /ɡiɲ/
	imperfect	guignais /ɡi.ɲɛ/	guignais /ɡi.ɲɛ/	guignait /ɡi.ɲɛ/	guignions /ɡi.ɲjɔ̃/	guigniez /ɡi.ɲje/	guignaient /ɡi.ɲɛ/
	past historic1	guignai /ɡi.ɲe/	guignas /ɡi.ɲa/	guigna /ɡi.ɲa/	guignâmes /ɡi.ɲam/	guignâtes /ɡi.ɲat/	guignèrent /ɡi.ɲɛʁ/
	future	guignerai /ɡiɲ.ʁe/	guigneras /ɡiɲ.ʁa/	guignera /ɡiɲ.ʁa/	guignerons /ɡiɲ.ʁɔ̃/	guignerez /ɡiɲ.ʁe/	guigneront /ɡiɲ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	guignerais /ɡiɲ.ʁɛ/	guignerais /ɡiɲ.ʁɛ/	guignerait /ɡiɲ.ʁɛ/	guignerions /ɡi.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/	guigneriez /ɡi.ɲə.ʁje/	guigneraient /ɡiɲ.ʁɛ/
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	guigne /ɡiɲ/	guignes /ɡiɲ/	guigne /ɡiɲ/	guignions /ɡi.ɲjɔ̃/	guigniez /ɡi.ɲje/	guignent /ɡiɲ/
	imperfect1	guignasse /ɡi.ɲas/	guignasses /ɡi.ɲas/	guignât /ɡi.ɲa/	guignassions /ɡi.ɲa.sjɔ̃/	guignassiez /ɡi.ɲa.sje/	guignassent /ɡi.ɲas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	guigne /ɡiɲ/	—	guignons /ɡi.ɲɔ̃/	guignez /ɡi.ɲe/	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

• guignol

Further reading

• “guigner” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).