peigner
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French paigner, from Latin pectināre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ.ɲe/ ~ /pe.ɲe/
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Verb
peigner
- to comb
Conjugation
Conjugation of peigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | peigner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | peignant /pɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /pe.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | peigné /pɛ.ɲe/ or /pe.ɲe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | peigne /pɛɲ/ |
peignes /pɛɲ/ |
peigne /pɛɲ/ |
peignons /pɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /pe.ɲɔ̃/ |
peignez /pɛ.ɲe/ or /pe.ɲe/ |
peignent /pɛɲ/ |
| imperfect | peignais /pɛ.ɲɛ/ or /pe.ɲɛ/ |
peignais /pɛ.ɲɛ/ or /pe.ɲɛ/ |
peignait /pɛ.ɲɛ/ or /pe.ɲɛ/ |
peignions /pɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /pe.ɲjɔ̃/ |
peigniez /pɛ.ɲje/ or /pe.ɲje/ |
peignaient /pɛ.ɲɛ/ or /pe.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | peignai /pɛ.ɲe/ or /pe.ɲe/ |
peignas /pɛ.ɲa/ or /pe.ɲa/ |
peigna /pɛ.ɲa/ or /pe.ɲa/ |
peignâmes /pɛ.ɲam/ or /pe.ɲam/ |
peignâtes /pɛ.ɲat/ or /pe.ɲat/ |
peignèrent /pɛ.ɲɛʁ/ or /pe.ɲɛʁ/ | |
| future | peignerai /pɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /pe.ɲə.ʁe/ |
peigneras /pɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /pe.ɲə.ʁa/ |
peignera /pɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /pe.ɲə.ʁa/ |
peignerons /pɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /pe.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ |
peignerez /pɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /pe.ɲə.ʁe/ |
peigneront /pɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /pe.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | peignerais /pɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /pe.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
peignerais /pɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /pe.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
peignerait /pɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /pe.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
peignerions /pɛ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pe.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
peigneriez /pɛ.ɲə.ʁje/ or /pe.ɲə.ʁje/ |
peigneraient /pɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /pe.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 | peigne /pɛɲ/ |
peignes /pɛɲ/ |
peigne /pɛɲ/ |
peignions /pɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /pe.ɲjɔ̃/ |
peigniez /pɛ.ɲje/ or /pe.ɲje/ |
peignent /pɛɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | peignasse /pɛ.ɲas/ or /pe.ɲas/ |
peignasses /pɛ.ɲas/ or /pe.ɲas/ |
peignât /pɛ.ɲa/ or /pe.ɲa/ |
peignassions /pɛ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ or /pe.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ |
peignassiez /pɛ.ɲa.sje/ or /pe.ɲa.sje/ |
peignassent /pɛ.ɲas/ or /pe.ɲas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | peigne /pɛɲ/ |
— | peignons /pɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /pe.ɲɔ̃/ |
peignez /pɛ.ɲe/ or /pe.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “peigner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.