grogner

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French gronir, from Latin grunnīre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɔ.ɲe/

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Verb

grogner

1. to grunt (for a pig, make the sound of a pig)
2. to grunt (for a person, to make a snorting sound e.g. of disapproval)
3. to growl, to snarl (for an animal, to make a growling or snarling sound)

Conjugation

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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: 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

• grognard
• grognarde
• grognasse
• grognement
• grognerie
• grognon

 

Further reading

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