pigeonner
French
Etymology
Verb
pigeonner
- (informal) To take for a ride or dupe (the person being duped is the pigeon)
Conjugation
Conjugation of pigeonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | pigeonner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | pigeonnant /pi.ʒɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | pigeonné /pi.ʒɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | pigeonne /pi.ʒɔn/ |
pigeonnes /pi.ʒɔn/ |
pigeonne /pi.ʒɔn/ |
pigeonnons /pi.ʒɔ.nɔ̃/ |
pigeonnez /pi.ʒɔ.ne/ |
pigeonnent /pi.ʒɔn/ |
| imperfect | pigeonnais /pi.ʒɔ.nɛ/ |
pigeonnais /pi.ʒɔ.nɛ/ |
pigeonnait /pi.ʒɔ.nɛ/ |
pigeonnions /pi.ʒɔ.njɔ̃/ |
pigeonniez /pi.ʒɔ.nje/ |
pigeonnaient /pi.ʒɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | pigeonnai /pi.ʒɔ.ne/ |
pigeonnas /pi.ʒɔ.na/ |
pigeonna /pi.ʒɔ.na/ |
pigeonnâmes /pi.ʒɔ.nam/ |
pigeonnâtes /pi.ʒɔ.nat/ |
pigeonnèrent /pi.ʒɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | pigeonnerai /pi.ʒɔn.ʁe/ |
pigeonneras /pi.ʒɔn.ʁa/ |
pigeonnera /pi.ʒɔn.ʁa/ |
pigeonnerons /pi.ʒɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
pigeonnerez /pi.ʒɔn.ʁe/ |
pigeonneront /pi.ʒɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | pigeonnerais /pi.ʒɔn.ʁɛ/ |
pigeonnerais /pi.ʒɔn.ʁɛ/ |
pigeonnerait /pi.ʒɔn.ʁɛ/ |
pigeonnerions /pi.ʒɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pigeonneriez /pi.ʒɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
pigeonneraient /pi.ʒɔn.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 | pigeonne /pi.ʒɔn/ |
pigeonnes /pi.ʒɔn/ |
pigeonne /pi.ʒɔn/ |
pigeonnions /pi.ʒɔ.njɔ̃/ |
pigeonniez /pi.ʒɔ.nje/ |
pigeonnent /pi.ʒɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | pigeonnasse /pi.ʒɔ.nas/ |
pigeonnasses /pi.ʒɔ.nas/ |
pigeonnât /pi.ʒɔ.na/ |
pigeonnassions /pi.ʒɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
pigeonnassiez /pi.ʒɔ.na.sje/ |
pigeonnassent /pi.ʒɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pigeonne /pi.ʒɔn/ |
— | pigeonnons /pi.ʒɔ.nɔ̃/ |
pigeonnez /pi.ʒɔ.ne/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “pigeonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.