chiffonner
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
chiffonner
- (transitive) to crumple, crease
- (transitive, colloquial) to bother, to perplex
- Il y a quelque chose qui me chiffonne dans cette affaire. ― Something bothers me about this whole affair.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of chiffonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | chiffonner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | chiffonnant /ʃi.fɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | chiffonné /ʃi.fɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | chiffonne /ʃi.fɔn/ |
chiffonnes /ʃi.fɔn/ |
chiffonne /ʃi.fɔn/ |
chiffonnons /ʃi.fɔ.nɔ̃/ |
chiffonnez /ʃi.fɔ.ne/ |
chiffonnent /ʃi.fɔn/ |
| imperfect | chiffonnais /ʃi.fɔ.nɛ/ |
chiffonnais /ʃi.fɔ.nɛ/ |
chiffonnait /ʃi.fɔ.nɛ/ |
chiffonnions /ʃi.fɔ.njɔ̃/ |
chiffonniez /ʃi.fɔ.nje/ |
chiffonnaient /ʃi.fɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | chiffonnai /ʃi.fɔ.ne/ |
chiffonnas /ʃi.fɔ.na/ |
chiffonna /ʃi.fɔ.na/ |
chiffonnâmes /ʃi.fɔ.nam/ |
chiffonnâtes /ʃi.fɔ.nat/ |
chiffonnèrent /ʃi.fɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | chiffonnerai /ʃi.fɔn.ʁe/ |
chiffonneras /ʃi.fɔn.ʁa/ |
chiffonnera /ʃi.fɔn.ʁa/ |
chiffonnerons /ʃi.fɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
chiffonnerez /ʃi.fɔn.ʁe/ |
chiffonneront /ʃi.fɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | chiffonnerais /ʃi.fɔn.ʁɛ/ |
chiffonnerais /ʃi.fɔn.ʁɛ/ |
chiffonnerait /ʃi.fɔn.ʁɛ/ |
chiffonnerions /ʃi.fɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chiffonneriez /ʃi.fɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
chiffonneraient /ʃi.fɔn.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 | chiffonne /ʃi.fɔn/ |
chiffonnes /ʃi.fɔn/ |
chiffonne /ʃi.fɔn/ |
chiffonnions /ʃi.fɔ.njɔ̃/ |
chiffonniez /ʃi.fɔ.nje/ |
chiffonnent /ʃi.fɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | chiffonnasse /ʃi.fɔ.nas/ |
chiffonnasses /ʃi.fɔ.nas/ |
chiffonnât /ʃi.fɔ.na/ |
chiffonnassions /ʃi.fɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
chiffonnassiez /ʃi.fɔ.na.sje/ |
chiffonnassent /ʃi.fɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | chiffonne /ʃi.fɔn/ |
— | chiffonnons /ʃi.fɔ.nɔ̃/ |
chiffonnez /ʃi.fɔ.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 edit
- “chiffonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
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Verb edit
chiffonner
Derived terms edit
- chiffonnage (“swindle”)