griffonner
French
Etymology
From griffer + -onner.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁi.fɔ.ne/
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Verb
griffonner
- to scribble, scrawl (write something scruffily)
- Synonym: gribouiller
Conjugation
Conjugation of griffonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | griffonner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | griffonnant /ɡʁi.fɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | griffonné /ɡʁi.fɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | griffonne /ɡʁi.fɔn/ |
griffonnes /ɡʁi.fɔn/ |
griffonne /ɡʁi.fɔn/ |
griffonnons /ɡʁi.fɔ.nɔ̃/ |
griffonnez /ɡʁi.fɔ.ne/ |
griffonnent /ɡʁi.fɔn/ |
| imperfect | griffonnais /ɡʁi.fɔ.nɛ/ |
griffonnais /ɡʁi.fɔ.nɛ/ |
griffonnait /ɡʁi.fɔ.nɛ/ |
griffonnions /ɡʁi.fɔ.njɔ̃/ |
griffonniez /ɡʁi.fɔ.nje/ |
griffonnaient /ɡʁi.fɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | griffonnai /ɡʁi.fɔ.ne/ |
griffonnas /ɡʁi.fɔ.na/ |
griffonna /ɡʁi.fɔ.na/ |
griffonnâmes /ɡʁi.fɔ.nam/ |
griffonnâtes /ɡʁi.fɔ.nat/ |
griffonnèrent /ɡʁi.fɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | griffonnerai /ɡʁi.fɔn.ʁe/ |
griffonneras /ɡʁi.fɔn.ʁa/ |
griffonnera /ɡʁi.fɔn.ʁa/ |
griffonnerons /ɡʁi.fɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
griffonnerez /ɡʁi.fɔn.ʁe/ |
griffonneront /ɡʁi.fɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | griffonnerais /ɡʁi.fɔn.ʁɛ/ |
griffonnerais /ɡʁi.fɔn.ʁɛ/ |
griffonnerait /ɡʁi.fɔn.ʁɛ/ |
griffonnerions /ɡʁi.fɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
griffonneriez /ɡʁi.fɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
griffonneraient /ɡʁi.fɔn.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 | griffonne /ɡʁi.fɔn/ |
griffonnes /ɡʁi.fɔn/ |
griffonne /ɡʁi.fɔn/ |
griffonnions /ɡʁi.fɔ.njɔ̃/ |
griffonniez /ɡʁi.fɔ.nje/ |
griffonnent /ɡʁi.fɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | griffonnasse /ɡʁi.fɔ.nas/ |
griffonnasses /ɡʁi.fɔ.nas/ |
griffonnât /ɡʁi.fɔ.na/ |
griffonnassions /ɡʁi.fɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
griffonnassiez /ɡʁi.fɔ.na.sje/ |
griffonnassent /ɡʁi.fɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | griffonne /ɡʁi.fɔn/ |
— | griffonnons /ɡʁi.fɔ.nɔ̃/ |
griffonnez /ɡʁi.fɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “griffonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.