chlinguer

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French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps from German schlagen or schlingen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃlɛ̃.ɡe/
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Verb

chlinguer

  1. (intransitive, informal) to stink, to reek
    Synonyms: schmouter, puer
    Ça chlingue ici, faut ouvrir les fenêtres les mecs.
    It stinks here, we should open some windows, guys.
    • 2000, Frédéric Beigbeder, 99 francs, Gallimard:
      Et quand le soleil se couchera a l’horizon, je le verrai. Je le vois déjà sur une reproduction d’un tableau de Gauguin, du fond de ma cellule chlinguant la pisse.
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    • 2015, “Urbanisme”, in NQNT 2, performed by Vald:
      Maintenant, c’est glauque, y’a que des halls, des halls avec des jeunes / Qui n’font rien mais qui dégradent et puis qui boivent et puis qui chlinguent
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Conjugation

Conjugation of chlinguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple chlinguer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple chlinguant
/klɛ̃.ɡɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle chlingué
/klɛ̃.ɡe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present chlingue
/klɛ̃ɡ/ 		chlingues
/klɛ̃ɡ/ 		chlingue
/klɛ̃ɡ/ 		chlinguons
/klɛ̃.ɡɔ̃/ 		chlinguez
/klɛ̃.ɡe/ 		chlinguent
/klɛ̃ɡ/
imperfect chlinguais
/klɛ̃.ɡɛ/ 		chlinguais
/klɛ̃.ɡɛ/ 		chlinguait
/klɛ̃.ɡɛ/ 		chlinguions
/klɛ̃.ɡjɔ̃/ 		chlinguiez
/klɛ̃.ɡje/ 		chlinguaient
/klɛ̃.ɡɛ/
past historic2 chlinguai
/klɛ̃.ɡe/ 		chlinguas
/klɛ̃.ɡa/ 		chlingua
/klɛ̃.ɡa/ 		chlinguâmes
/klɛ̃.ɡam/ 		chlinguâtes
/klɛ̃.ɡat/ 		chlinguèrent
/klɛ̃.ɡɛʁ/
future chlinguerai
/klɛ̃.ɡʁe/ 		chlingueras
/klɛ̃.ɡʁa/ 		chlinguera
/klɛ̃.ɡʁa/ 		chlinguerons
/klɛ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/ 		chlinguerez
/klɛ̃.ɡʁe/ 		chlingueront
/klɛ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/
conditional chlinguerais
/klɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ 		chlinguerais
/klɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ 		chlinguerait
/klɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ 		chlinguerions
/klɛ̃.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		chlingueriez
/klɛ̃.ɡə.ʁje/ 		chlingueraient
/klɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/
(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 chlingue
/klɛ̃ɡ/ 		chlingues
/klɛ̃ɡ/ 		chlingue
/klɛ̃ɡ/ 		chlinguions
/klɛ̃.ɡjɔ̃/ 		chlinguiez
/klɛ̃.ɡje/ 		chlinguent
/klɛ̃ɡ/
imperfect2 chlinguasse
/klɛ̃.ɡas/ 		chlinguasses
/klɛ̃.ɡas/ 		chlinguât
/klɛ̃.ɡa/ 		chlinguassions
/klɛ̃.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ 		chlinguassiez
/klɛ̃.ɡa.sje/ 		chlinguassent
/klɛ̃.ɡas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chlingue
/klɛ̃ɡ/ 		— chlinguons
/klɛ̃.ɡɔ̃/ 		chlinguez
/klɛ̃.ɡe/ 		—
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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