pigner

French

Etymology

Possibly from Latin pignero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.ɲe/

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Verb

pigner

1. (France, intransitive) to cry, to whine

Conjugation

Conjugation of pigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	pigner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	pignant /pi.ɲɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		pigné /pi.ɲe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	pigne /piɲ/	pignes /piɲ/	pigne /piɲ/	pignons /pi.ɲɔ̃/	pignez /pi.ɲe/	pignent /piɲ/
	imperfect	pignais /pi.ɲɛ/	pignais /pi.ɲɛ/	pignait /pi.ɲɛ/	pignions /pi.ɲjɔ̃/	pigniez /pi.ɲje/	pignaient /pi.ɲɛ/
	past historic2	pignai /pi.ɲe/	pignas /pi.ɲa/	pigna /pi.ɲa/	pignâmes /pi.ɲam/	pignâtes /pi.ɲat/	pignèrent /pi.ɲɛʁ/
	future	pignerai /pi.ɲə.ʁe/	pigneras /pi.ɲə.ʁa/	pignera /pi.ɲə.ʁa/	pignerons /pi.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/	pignerez /pi.ɲə.ʁe/	pigneront /pi.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	pignerais /pi.ɲə.ʁɛ/	pignerais /pi.ɲə.ʁɛ/	pignerait /pi.ɲə.ʁɛ/	pignerions /pi.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/	pigneriez /pi.ɲə.ʁje/	pigneraient /pi.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	pigne /piɲ/	pignes /piɲ/	pigne /piɲ/	pignions /pi.ɲjɔ̃/	pigniez /pi.ɲje/	pignent /piɲ/
	imperfect2	pignasse /pi.ɲas/	pignasses /pi.ɲas/	pignât /pi.ɲa/	pignassions /pi.ɲa.sjɔ̃/	pignassiez /pi.ɲa.sje/	pignassent /pi.ɲas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pigne /piɲ/	—	pignons /pi.ɲɔ̃/	pignez /pi.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).

Further reading

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