chiner

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French

Etymology

In the dye sense from Chine +‎ -er, the others clipping of échiner.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃi.ne/
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Verb

chiner

  1. to dye and interweave fabrics into
  2. to take the piss out of
  3. to look around, to lurk
    • 2021 July 2, 1PLIKÉ140 (lyrics and music), “Poison”‎:
      L’bigo, on l’met en sourdine juste avant d’aller chiner
      The celly, we put on the silencer just before going to lurk

Conjugation

Conjugation of chiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple chiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple chinant
/ʃi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle chiné
/ʃi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present chine
/ʃin/ 		chines
/ʃin/ 		chine
/ʃin/ 		chinons
/ʃi.nɔ̃/ 		chinez
/ʃi.ne/ 		chinent
/ʃin/
imperfect chinais
/ʃi.nɛ/ 		chinais
/ʃi.nɛ/ 		chinait
/ʃi.nɛ/ 		chinions
/ʃi.njɔ̃/ 		chiniez
/ʃi.nje/ 		chinaient
/ʃi.nɛ/
past historic2 chinai
/ʃi.ne/ 		chinas
/ʃi.na/ 		china
/ʃi.na/ 		chinâmes
/ʃi.nam/ 		chinâtes
/ʃi.nat/ 		chinèrent
/ʃi.nɛʁ/
future chinerai
/ʃin.ʁe/ 		chineras
/ʃin.ʁa/ 		chinera
/ʃin.ʁa/ 		chinerons
/ʃin.ʁɔ̃/ 		chinerez
/ʃin.ʁe/ 		chineront
/ʃin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional chinerais
/ʃin.ʁɛ/ 		chinerais
/ʃin.ʁɛ/ 		chinerait
/ʃin.ʁɛ/ 		chinerions
/ʃi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		chineriez
/ʃi.nə.ʁje/ 		chineraient
/ʃin.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 chine
/ʃin/ 		chines
/ʃin/ 		chine
/ʃin/ 		chinions
/ʃi.njɔ̃/ 		chiniez
/ʃi.nje/ 		chinent
/ʃin/
imperfect2 chinasse
/ʃi.nas/ 		chinasses
/ʃi.nas/ 		chinât
/ʃi.na/ 		chinassions
/ʃi.na.sjɔ̃/ 		chinassiez
/ʃi.na.sje/ 		chinassent
/ʃi.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chine
/ʃin/ 		— chinons
/ʃi.nɔ̃/ 		chinez
/ʃi.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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