poitriner

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From poitrine (“chest, breast”) +‎ -er (verb suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

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IPA(key): /pwa.tʁi.ne/

Verb[edit]

poitriner

  1. to sing with a chest voice
    • 1907, Pierre Bonnier, La Voix, sa culture physiologique (théorie nouvelle de la phonation). Conférences faites au Conservatoire de musique de Paris en 1906, 3rd edition, Éditions Félix Alcan, published 1910:
      Un contralto ne doit pas poitriner, même dans le grave; […]
      A contralto need not sing from the chest, even in the bass; […]
  2. (regional, Anjou, Vendée, literally or figuratively) to keep one's cards close to one's chest
    • 1838-1847, Honoré de Balzac, Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes, quatrième partie:
      Je parlais à la bonne franquette, moi ! je parlais à M. de Grandville ; mais si le procureur général est là, je reprends mes cartes et je poitrine.
      I was speaking informally! I was speaking to Monsieur de Grandville; but if the public prosecutor is here, I shall keep my cards close to my chest.

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of poitriner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple poitriner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple poitrinant
/pwa.tʁi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle poitriné
/pwa.tʁi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present poitrine
/pwa.tʁin/ 		poitrines
/pwa.tʁin/ 		poitrine
/pwa.tʁin/ 		poitrinons
/pwa.tʁi.nɔ̃/ 		poitrinez
/pwa.tʁi.ne/ 		poitrinent
/pwa.tʁin/
imperfect poitrinais
/pwa.tʁi.nɛ/ 		poitrinais
/pwa.tʁi.nɛ/ 		poitrinait
/pwa.tʁi.nɛ/ 		poitrinions
/pwa.tʁi.njɔ̃/ 		poitriniez
/pwa.tʁi.nje/ 		poitrinaient
/pwa.tʁi.nɛ/
past historic2 poitrinai
/pwa.tʁi.ne/ 		poitrinas
/pwa.tʁi.na/ 		poitrina
/pwa.tʁi.na/ 		poitrinâmes
/pwa.tʁi.nam/ 		poitrinâtes
/pwa.tʁi.nat/ 		poitrinèrent
/pwa.tʁi.nɛʁ/
future poitrinerai
/pwa.tʁin.ʁe/ 		poitrineras
/pwa.tʁin.ʁa/ 		poitrinera
/pwa.tʁin.ʁa/ 		poitrinerons
/pwa.tʁin.ʁɔ̃/ 		poitrinerez
/pwa.tʁin.ʁe/ 		poitrineront
/pwa.tʁin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional poitrinerais
/pwa.tʁin.ʁɛ/ 		poitrinerais
/pwa.tʁin.ʁɛ/ 		poitrinerait
/pwa.tʁin.ʁɛ/ 		poitrinerions
/pwa.tʁi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		poitrineriez
/pwa.tʁi.nə.ʁje/ 		poitrineraient
/pwa.tʁin.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 poitrine
/pwa.tʁin/ 		poitrines
/pwa.tʁin/ 		poitrine
/pwa.tʁin/ 		poitrinions
/pwa.tʁi.njɔ̃/ 		poitriniez
/pwa.tʁi.nje/ 		poitrinent
/pwa.tʁin/
imperfect2 poitrinasse
/pwa.tʁi.nas/ 		poitrinasses
/pwa.tʁi.nas/ 		poitrinât
/pwa.tʁi.na/ 		poitrinassions
/pwa.tʁi.na.sjɔ̃/ 		poitrinassiez
/pwa.tʁi.na.sje/ 		poitrinassent
/pwa.tʁi.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — poitrine
/pwa.tʁin/ 		— poitrinons
/pwa.tʁi.nɔ̃/ 		poitrinez
/pwa.tʁi.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:
  • 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).

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