maganer

French

Alternative forms

• maganner

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mehaignier, from Frankish *maidijaną (“cripper, injure”). Cognate with English maim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɡa.ne/

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Verb

maganer

1. (Acadia, Louisiana, Quebec, transitive) to damage, mistreat

   Synonyms: endommager, abîmer, maltraiter

Conjugation

Conjugation of maganer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	maganer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	maganant /ma.ɡa.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		magané /ma.ɡa.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	magane /ma.ɡan/	maganes /ma.ɡan/	magane /ma.ɡan/	maganons /ma.ɡa.nɔ̃/	maganez /ma.ɡa.ne/	maganent /ma.ɡan/
	imperfect	maganais /ma.ɡa.nɛ/	maganais /ma.ɡa.nɛ/	maganait /ma.ɡa.nɛ/	maganions /ma.ɡa.njɔ̃/	maganiez /ma.ɡa.nje/	maganaient /ma.ɡa.nɛ/
	past historic2	maganai /ma.ɡa.ne/	maganas /ma.ɡa.na/	magana /ma.ɡa.na/	maganâmes /ma.ɡa.nam/	maganâtes /ma.ɡa.nat/	maganèrent /ma.ɡa.nɛʁ/
	future	maganerai /ma.ɡan.ʁe/	maganeras /ma.ɡan.ʁa/	maganera /ma.ɡan.ʁa/	maganerons /ma.ɡan.ʁɔ̃/	maganerez /ma.ɡan.ʁe/	maganeront /ma.ɡan.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	maganerais /ma.ɡan.ʁɛ/	maganerais /ma.ɡan.ʁɛ/	maganerait /ma.ɡan.ʁɛ/	maganerions /ma.ɡa.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	maganeriez /ma.ɡa.nə.ʁje/	maganeraient /ma.ɡan.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	magane /ma.ɡan/	maganes /ma.ɡan/	magane /ma.ɡan/	maganions /ma.ɡa.njɔ̃/	maganiez /ma.ɡa.nje/	maganent /ma.ɡan/
	imperfect2	maganasse /ma.ɡa.nas/	maganasses /ma.ɡa.nas/	maganât /ma.ɡa.na/	maganassions /ma.ɡa.na.sjɔ̃/	maganassiez /ma.ɡa.na.sje/	maganassent /ma.ɡa.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	magane /ma.ɡan/	—	maganons /ma.ɡa.nɔ̃/	maganez /ma.ɡa.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: 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

• magané

Further reading

• “maganer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)