poignarder

French

Etymology

poignard +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pwa.ɲaʁ.de/

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Verb

poignarder

1. to stab; to knife

   François poignarda la vieille dame avec un parapluie.

   François stabbed the old lady with an umbrella.

Conjugation

Conjugation of poignarder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	poignarder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	poignardant /pwa.ɲaʁ.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		poignardé /pwa.ɲaʁ.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	poignarde /pwa.ɲaʁd/	poignardes /pwa.ɲaʁd/	poignarde /pwa.ɲaʁd/	poignardons /pwa.ɲaʁ.dɔ̃/	poignardez /pwa.ɲaʁ.de/	poignardent /pwa.ɲaʁd/
	imperfect	poignardais /pwa.ɲaʁ.dɛ/	poignardais /pwa.ɲaʁ.dɛ/	poignardait /pwa.ɲaʁ.dɛ/	poignardions /pwa.ɲaʁ.djɔ̃/	poignardiez /pwa.ɲaʁ.dje/	poignardaient /pwa.ɲaʁ.dɛ/
	past historic2	poignardai /pwa.ɲaʁ.de/	poignardas /pwa.ɲaʁ.da/	poignarda /pwa.ɲaʁ.da/	poignardâmes /pwa.ɲaʁ.dam/	poignardâtes /pwa.ɲaʁ.dat/	poignardèrent /pwa.ɲaʁ.dɛʁ/
	future	poignarderai /pwa.ɲaʁ.də.ʁe/	poignarderas /pwa.ɲaʁ.də.ʁa/	poignardera /pwa.ɲaʁ.də.ʁa/	poignarderons /pwa.ɲaʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/	poignarderez /pwa.ɲaʁ.də.ʁe/	poignarderont /pwa.ɲaʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	poignarderais /pwa.ɲaʁ.də.ʁɛ/	poignarderais /pwa.ɲaʁ.də.ʁɛ/	poignarderait /pwa.ɲaʁ.də.ʁɛ/	poignarderions /pwa.ɲaʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/	poignarderiez /pwa.ɲaʁ.də.ʁje/	poignarderaient /pwa.ɲaʁ.də.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	poignarde /pwa.ɲaʁd/	poignardes /pwa.ɲaʁd/	poignarde /pwa.ɲaʁd/	poignardions /pwa.ɲaʁ.djɔ̃/	poignardiez /pwa.ɲaʁ.dje/	poignardent /pwa.ɲaʁd/
	imperfect2	poignardasse /pwa.ɲaʁ.das/	poignardasses /pwa.ɲaʁ.das/	poignardât /pwa.ɲaʁ.da/	poignardassions /pwa.ɲaʁ.da.sjɔ̃/	poignardassiez /pwa.ɲaʁ.da.sje/	poignardassent /pwa.ɲaʁ.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	poignarde /pwa.ɲaʁd/	—	poignardons /pwa.ɲaʁ.dɔ̃/	poignardez /pwa.ɲaʁ.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

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