grogner
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French gronir, from Latin grunnīre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
grogner
- to grunt (for a pig, make the sound of a pig)
- to grunt (for a person, to make a snorting sound e.g. of disapproval)
- to growl, to snarl (for an animal, to make a growling or snarling sound)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of grogner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | grogner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | grognant /ɡʁɔ.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | grogné /ɡʁɔ.ɲe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | grogne /ɡʁɔɲ/ |
grognes /ɡʁɔɲ/ |
grogne /ɡʁɔɲ/ |
grognons /ɡʁɔ.ɲɔ̃/ |
grognez /ɡʁɔ.ɲe/ |
grognent /ɡʁɔɲ/ |
| imperfect | grognais /ɡʁɔ.ɲɛ/ |
grognais /ɡʁɔ.ɲɛ/ |
grognait /ɡʁɔ.ɲɛ/ |
grognions /ɡʁɔ.ɲjɔ̃/ |
grogniez /ɡʁɔ.ɲje/ |
grognaient /ɡʁɔ.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | grognai /ɡʁɔ.ɲe/ |
grognas /ɡʁɔ.ɲa/ |
grogna /ɡʁɔ.ɲa/ |
grognâmes /ɡʁɔ.ɲam/ |
grognâtes /ɡʁɔ.ɲat/ |
grognèrent /ɡʁɔ.ɲɛʁ/ | |
| future | grognerai /ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁe/ |
grogneras /ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁa/ |
grognera /ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁa/ |
grognerons /ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ |
grognerez /ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁe/ |
grogneront /ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | grognerais /ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
grognerais /ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
grognerait /ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
grognerions /ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
grogneriez /ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁje/ |
grogneraient /ɡʁɔ.ɲə.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 | grogne /ɡʁɔɲ/ |
grognes /ɡʁɔɲ/ |
grogne /ɡʁɔɲ/ |
grognions /ɡʁɔ.ɲjɔ̃/ |
grogniez /ɡʁɔ.ɲje/ |
grognent /ɡʁɔɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | grognasse /ɡʁɔ.ɲas/ |
grognasses /ɡʁɔ.ɲas/ |
grognât /ɡʁɔ.ɲa/ |
grognassions /ɡʁɔ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ |
grognassiez /ɡʁɔ.ɲa.sje/ |
grognassent /ɡʁɔ.ɲas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | grogne /ɡʁɔɲ/ |
— | grognons /ɡʁɔ.ɲɔ̃/ |
grognez /ɡʁɔ.ɲe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “grogner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.