guigner

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡi.ɲe/

Etymology 1

From guigne +‎ -ier.

Noun

guigner m (plural guigners)

1. wild cherry tree

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French guignier, from Frankish *wingjan, from Proto-Germanic *winkaną, also the source of English wink, from Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bow, bend, arch, curve”).

Verb

guigner

1. (transitive) to eye (sneak a look at)

Conjugation

Conjugation of guigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	guigner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	guignant /ɡi.ɲɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		guigné /ɡi.ɲe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	guigne /ɡiɲ/	guignes /ɡiɲ/	guigne /ɡiɲ/	guignons /ɡi.ɲɔ̃/	guignez /ɡi.ɲe/	guignent /ɡiɲ/
	imperfect	guignais /ɡi.ɲɛ/	guignais /ɡi.ɲɛ/	guignait /ɡi.ɲɛ/	guignions /ɡi.ɲjɔ̃/	guigniez /ɡi.ɲje/	guignaient /ɡi.ɲɛ/
	past historic2	guignai /ɡi.ɲe/	guignas /ɡi.ɲa/	guigna /ɡi.ɲa/	guignâmes /ɡi.ɲam/	guignâtes /ɡi.ɲat/	guignèrent /ɡi.ɲɛʁ/
	future	guignerai /ɡi.ɲə.ʁe/	guigneras /ɡi.ɲə.ʁa/	guignera /ɡi.ɲə.ʁa/	guignerons /ɡi.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/	guignerez /ɡi.ɲə.ʁe/	guigneront /ɡi.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	guignerais /ɡi.ɲə.ʁɛ/	guignerais /ɡi.ɲə.ʁɛ/	guignerait /ɡi.ɲə.ʁɛ/	guignerions /ɡi.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/	guigneriez /ɡi.ɲə.ʁje/	guigneraient /ɡi.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	guigne /ɡiɲ/	guignes /ɡiɲ/	guigne /ɡiɲ/	guignions /ɡi.ɲjɔ̃/	guigniez /ɡi.ɲje/	guignent /ɡiɲ/
	imperfect2	guignasse /ɡi.ɲas/	guignasses /ɡi.ɲas/	guignât /ɡi.ɲa/	guignassions /ɡi.ɲa.sjɔ̃/	guignassiez /ɡi.ɲa.sje/	guignassent /ɡi.ɲas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	guigne /ɡiɲ/	—	guignons /ɡi.ɲɔ̃/	guignez /ɡi.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

• guignol
• guignon

Further reading

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