renfrogner

French

Etymology

Intercalated from refrogner, from frogner, froncer.

Pronunciation

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Verb

renfrogner

1. scowl, frown

Conjugation

Conjugation of renfrogner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	renfrogner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	renfrognant /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		renfrogné /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	renfrogne /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔɲ/	renfrognes /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔɲ/	renfrogne /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔɲ/	renfrognons /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲɔ̃/	renfrognez /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲe/	renfrognent /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔɲ/
	imperfect	renfrognais /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲɛ/	renfrognais /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲɛ/	renfrognait /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲɛ/	renfrognions /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲjɔ̃/	renfrogniez /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲje/	renfrognaient /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲɛ/
	past historic2	renfrognai /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲe/	renfrognas /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲa/	renfrogna /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲa/	renfrognâmes /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲam/	renfrognâtes /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲat/	renfrognèrent /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲɛʁ/
	future	renfrognerai /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲə.ʁe/	renfrogneras /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲə.ʁa/	renfrognera /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲə.ʁa/	renfrognerons /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/	renfrognerez /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲə.ʁe/	renfrogneront /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	renfrognerais /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲə.ʁɛ/	renfrognerais /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲə.ʁɛ/	renfrognerait /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲə.ʁɛ/	renfrognerions /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/	renfrogneriez /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲə.ʁje/	renfrogneraient /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.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	renfrogne /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔɲ/	renfrognes /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔɲ/	renfrogne /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔɲ/	renfrognions /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲjɔ̃/	renfrogniez /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲje/	renfrognent /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔɲ/
	imperfect2	renfrognasse /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲas/	renfrognasses /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲas/	renfrognât /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲa/	renfrognassions /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/	renfrognassiez /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲa.sje/	renfrognassent /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	renfrogne /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔɲ/	—	renfrognons /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.ɲɔ̃/	renfrognez /ʁɑ̃.fʁɔ.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

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