quiner

English

Etymology

From quine +‎ -er.

Noun

quiner (plural quiners)

1. (philosophy) One who quines.

Anagrams

• requin

French

Etymology

From couiner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.ne/

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Verb

quiner

1. (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, informal) complain; whine; moan
2. (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, informal) squeal (of a vehicle's tyres)

Conjugation

Conjugation of quiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	quiner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	quinant /ki.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		quiné /ki.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	quine /kin/	quines /kin/	quine /kin/	quinons /ki.nɔ̃/	quinez /ki.ne/	quinent /kin/
	imperfect	quinais /ki.nɛ/	quinais /ki.nɛ/	quinait /ki.nɛ/	quinions /ki.njɔ̃/	quiniez /ki.nje/	quinaient /ki.nɛ/
	past historic2	quinai /ki.ne/	quinas /ki.na/	quina /ki.na/	quinâmes /ki.nam/	quinâtes /ki.nat/	quinèrent /ki.nɛʁ/
	future	quinerai /kin.ʁe/	quineras /kin.ʁa/	quinera /kin.ʁa/	quinerons /kin.ʁɔ̃/	quinerez /kin.ʁe/	quineront /kin.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	quinerais /kin.ʁɛ/	quinerais /kin.ʁɛ/	quinerait /kin.ʁɛ/	quinerions /ki.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	quineriez /ki.nə.ʁje/	quineraient /kin.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	quine /kin/	quines /kin/	quine /kin/	quinions /ki.njɔ̃/	quiniez /ki.nje/	quinent /kin/
	imperfect2	quinasse /ki.nas/	quinasses /ki.nas/	quinât /ki.na/	quinassions /ki.na.sjɔ̃/	quinassiez /ki.na.sje/	quinassent /ki.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	quine /kin/	—	quinons /ki.nɔ̃/	quinez /ki.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).