zinguer

French

Etymology

From zinc

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛ̃.ɡe/

Verb

zinguer

1. to zinc, to cover or galvanize with zinc.

Conjugation

Conjugation of zinguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	zinguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	zinguant /zɛ̃.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		zingué /zɛ̃.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	zingue /zɛ̃ɡ/	zingues /zɛ̃ɡ/	zingue /zɛ̃ɡ/	zinguons /zɛ̃.ɡɔ̃/	zinguez /zɛ̃.ɡe/	zinguent /zɛ̃ɡ/
	imperfect	zinguais /zɛ̃.ɡɛ/	zinguais /zɛ̃.ɡɛ/	zinguait /zɛ̃.ɡɛ/	zinguions /zɛ̃.ɡjɔ̃/	zinguiez /zɛ̃.ɡje/	zinguaient /zɛ̃.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	zinguai /zɛ̃.ɡe/	zinguas /zɛ̃.ɡa/	zingua /zɛ̃.ɡa/	zinguâmes /zɛ̃.ɡam/	zinguâtes /zɛ̃.ɡat/	zinguèrent /zɛ̃.ɡɛʁ/
	future	zinguerai /zɛ̃.ɡʁe/	zingueras /zɛ̃.ɡʁa/	zinguera /zɛ̃.ɡʁa/	zinguerons /zɛ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/	zinguerez /zɛ̃.ɡʁe/	zingueront /zɛ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	zinguerais /zɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/	zinguerais /zɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/	zinguerait /zɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/	zinguerions /zɛ̃.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	zingueriez /zɛ̃.ɡə.ʁje/	zingueraient /zɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/
(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	zingue /zɛ̃ɡ/	zingues /zɛ̃ɡ/	zingue /zɛ̃ɡ/	zinguions /zɛ̃.ɡjɔ̃/	zinguiez /zɛ̃.ɡje/	zinguent /zɛ̃ɡ/
	imperfect2	zinguasse /zɛ̃.ɡas/	zinguasses /zɛ̃.ɡas/	zinguât /zɛ̃.ɡa/	zinguassions /zɛ̃.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	zinguassiez /zɛ̃.ɡa.sje/	zinguassent /zɛ̃.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	zingue /zɛ̃ɡ/	—	zinguons /zɛ̃.ɡɔ̃/	zinguez /zɛ̃.ɡe/	—
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).

Derived terms

• zingueur

Further reading

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