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, also the source of English wink.

Verb

guigner

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of guigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	guigner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	guignant /ɡi.ɲɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		guigné /ɡi.ɲe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ils, elles
(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 historic2	guignai /ɡi.ɲe/	guignas /ɡi.ɲa/	guigna /ɡi.ɲa/	guignâmes /ɡi.ɲam/	guignâtes /ɡi.ɲat/	guignèrent /ɡi.ɲɛʁ/
	future	guignerai /ɡi.ɲə.ʁe/	guigneras /ɡi.ɲə.ʁa/	guignera /ɡi.ɲə.ʁa/	guignerons /ɡi.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/	guignerez /ɡi.ɲə.ʁe/	guigneront /ɡi.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	guignerais /ɡi.ɲə.ʁɛ/	guignerais /ɡi.ɲə.ʁɛ/	guignerait /ɡi.ɲə.ʁɛ/	guignerions /ɡi.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/	guigneriez /ɡi.ɲə.ʁje/	guigneraient /ɡi.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	guigne /ɡiɲ/	guignes /ɡiɲ/	guigne /ɡiɲ/	guignions /ɡi.ɲjɔ̃/	guigniez /ɡi.ɲje/	guignent /ɡiɲ/
	imperfect2	guignasse /ɡi.ɲas/	guignasses /ɡi.ɲas/	guignât /ɡi.ɲa/	guignassions /ɡi.ɲa.sjɔ̃/	guignassiez /ɡi.ɲa.sje/	guignassent /ɡi.ɲas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	guigne /ɡiɲ/	—	guignons /ɡi.ɲɔ̃/	guignez /ɡi.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 only usable with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• guignol
• guignon

Further reading

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