gribouiller

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁi.bu.je/

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Verb

gribouiller

1. to scribble (write something scruffily)
2. to doodle (to draw or scribble aimlessly)
3. to scribble on (cover with messy writing)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gribouiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	gribouiller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	gribouillant /ɡʁi.bu.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gribouillé /ɡʁi.bu.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gribouille /ɡʁi.buj/	gribouilles /ɡʁi.buj/	gribouille /ɡʁi.buj/	gribouillons /ɡʁi.bu.jɔ̃/	gribouillez /ɡʁi.bu.je/	gribouillent /ɡʁi.buj/
	imperfect	gribouillais /ɡʁi.bu.jɛ/	gribouillais /ɡʁi.bu.jɛ/	gribouillait /ɡʁi.bu.jɛ/	gribouillions /ɡʁi.buj.jɔ̃/	gribouilliez /ɡʁi.buj.je/	gribouillaient /ɡʁi.bu.jɛ/
	past historic2	gribouillai /ɡʁi.bu.je/	gribouillas /ɡʁi.bu.ja/	gribouilla /ɡʁi.bu.ja/	gribouillâmes /ɡʁi.bu.jam/	gribouillâtes /ɡʁi.bu.jat/	gribouillèrent /ɡʁi.bu.jɛʁ/
	future	gribouillerai /ɡʁi.buj.ʁe/	gribouilleras /ɡʁi.buj.ʁa/	gribouillera /ɡʁi.buj.ʁa/	gribouillerons /ɡʁi.buj.ʁɔ̃/	gribouillerez /ɡʁi.buj.ʁe/	gribouilleront /ɡʁi.buj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	gribouillerais /ɡʁi.buj.ʁɛ/	gribouillerais /ɡʁi.buj.ʁɛ/	gribouillerait /ɡʁi.buj.ʁɛ/	gribouillerions /ɡʁi.bu.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	gribouilleriez /ɡʁi.bu.jə.ʁje/	gribouilleraient /ɡʁi.buj.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	gribouille /ɡʁi.buj/	gribouilles /ɡʁi.buj/	gribouille /ɡʁi.buj/	gribouillions /ɡʁi.buj.jɔ̃/	gribouilliez /ɡʁi.buj.je/	gribouillent /ɡʁi.buj/
	imperfect2	gribouillasse /ɡʁi.bu.jas/	gribouillasses /ɡʁi.bu.jas/	gribouillât /ɡʁi.bu.ja/	gribouillassions /ɡʁi.bu.ja.sjɔ̃/	gribouillassiez /ɡʁi.bu.ja.sje/	gribouillassent /ɡʁi.bu.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gribouille /ɡʁi.buj/	—	gribouillons /ɡʁi.bu.jɔ̃/	gribouillez /ɡʁi.bu.je/	—
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).

Synonyms

• griffonner

Related terms

• gribouillage

Further reading

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