bigler
See also: Bigler
French
Etymology
From Middle French biscler, from Vulgar Latin *bisoculāre, a compound of bis (“twice”) and oculus (“eye”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.ɡle/
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Verb
bigler
- (intransitive) to squint, be cross-eyed
- (transitive, slang) to glance (at)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bigler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bigler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | biglant /bi.ɡlɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | biglé /bi.ɡle/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bigle /biɡl/ |
bigles /biɡl/ |
bigle /biɡl/ |
biglons /bi.ɡlɔ̃/ |
biglez /bi.ɡle/ |
biglent /biɡl/ |
| imperfect | biglais /bi.ɡlɛ/ |
biglais /bi.ɡlɛ/ |
biglait /bi.ɡlɛ/ |
biglions /bi.ɡli.jɔ̃/ |
bigliez /bi.ɡli.je/ |
biglaient /bi.ɡlɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | biglai /bi.ɡle/ |
biglas /bi.ɡla/ |
bigla /bi.ɡla/ |
biglâmes /bi.ɡlam/ |
biglâtes /bi.ɡlat/ |
biglèrent /bi.ɡlɛʁ/ | |
| future | biglerai /bi.ɡlə.ʁe/ |
bigleras /bi.ɡlə.ʁa/ |
biglera /bi.ɡlə.ʁa/ |
biglerons /bi.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/ |
biglerez /bi.ɡlə.ʁe/ |
bigleront /bi.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | biglerais /bi.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ |
biglerais /bi.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ |
biglerait /bi.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ |
biglerions /bi.ɡlə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bigleriez /bi.ɡlə.ʁje/ |
bigleraient /bi.ɡlə.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 | bigle /biɡl/ |
bigles /biɡl/ |
bigle /biɡl/ |
biglions /bi.ɡli.jɔ̃/ |
bigliez /bi.ɡli.je/ |
biglent /biɡl/ |
| imperfect2 | biglasse /bi.ɡlas/ |
biglasses /bi.ɡlas/ |
biglât /bi.ɡla/ |
biglassions /bi.ɡla.sjɔ̃/ |
biglassiez /bi.ɡla.sje/ |
biglassent /bi.ɡlas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bigle /biɡl/ |
— | biglons /bi.ɡlɔ̃/ |
biglez /bi.ɡle/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bigler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.