minauder

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Norman [Term?], from mine, from Breton min (“beak, muzzle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.no.de/

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Verb

minauder

1. to simper

Conjugation

Conjugation of minauder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	minauder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	minaudant /mi.no.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		minaudé /mi.no.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	minaude /mi.nod/	minaudes /mi.nod/	minaude /mi.nod/	minaudons /mi.no.dɔ̃/	minaudez /mi.no.de/	minaudent /mi.nod/
	imperfect	minaudais /mi.no.dɛ/	minaudais /mi.no.dɛ/	minaudait /mi.no.dɛ/	minaudions /mi.no.djɔ̃/	minaudiez /mi.no.dje/	minaudaient /mi.no.dɛ/
	past historic2	minaudai /mi.no.de/	minaudas /mi.no.da/	minauda /mi.no.da/	minaudâmes /mi.no.dam/	minaudâtes /mi.no.dat/	minaudèrent /mi.no.dɛʁ/
	future	minauderai /mi.no.dʁe/	minauderas /mi.no.dʁa/	minaudera /mi.no.dʁa/	minauderons /mi.no.dʁɔ̃/	minauderez /mi.no.dʁe/	minauderont /mi.no.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	minauderais /mi.no.dʁɛ/	minauderais /mi.no.dʁɛ/	minauderait /mi.no.dʁɛ/	minauderions /mi.no.də.ʁjɔ̃/	minauderiez /mi.no.də.ʁje/	minauderaient /mi.no.dʁɛ/
(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	minaude /mi.nod/	minaudes /mi.nod/	minaude /mi.nod/	minaudions /mi.no.djɔ̃/	minaudiez /mi.no.dje/	minaudent /mi.nod/
	imperfect2	minaudasse /mi.no.das/	minaudasses /mi.no.das/	minaudât /mi.no.da/	minaudassions /mi.no.da.sjɔ̃/	minaudassiez /mi.no.da.sje/	minaudassent /mi.no.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	minaude /mi.nod/	—	minaudons /mi.no.dɔ̃/	minaudez /mi.no.de/	—
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).

Further reading

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