Inherited from Middle French fringuer, a denominal of Old French fringue (“garment, clothing”), of non-Latin origin, likely Germanic, possibly from Frankish *hringila (“ring, loop”), related to Old High German ringila (Modern German Ringel (“ringlet, loop”)).
fringuer
| infinitive | simple | fringuer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | fringuant /fʁɛ̃.ɡɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | fringué /fʁɛ̃.ɡe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | fringue /fʁɛ̃ɡ/ |
fringues /fʁɛ̃ɡ/ |
fringue /fʁɛ̃ɡ/ |
fringuons /fʁɛ̃.ɡɔ̃/ |
fringuez /fʁɛ̃.ɡe/ |
fringuent /fʁɛ̃ɡ/ |
| imperfect | fringuais /fʁɛ̃.ɡɛ/ |
fringuais /fʁɛ̃.ɡɛ/ |
fringuait /fʁɛ̃.ɡɛ/ |
fringuions /fʁɛ̃.ɡjɔ̃/ |
fringuiez /fʁɛ̃.ɡje/ |
fringuaient /fʁɛ̃.ɡɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | fringuai /fʁɛ̃.ɡe/ |
fringuas /fʁɛ̃.ɡa/ |
fringua /fʁɛ̃.ɡa/ |
fringuâmes /fʁɛ̃.ɡam/ |
fringuâtes /fʁɛ̃.ɡat/ |
fringuèrent /fʁɛ̃.ɡɛʁ/ | |
| future | fringuerai /fʁɛ̃.ɡʁe/ |
fringueras /fʁɛ̃.ɡʁa/ |
fringuera /fʁɛ̃.ɡʁa/ |
fringuerons /fʁɛ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/ |
fringuerez /fʁɛ̃.ɡʁe/ |
fringueront /fʁɛ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | fringuerais /fʁɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ |
fringuerais /fʁɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ |
fringuerait /fʁɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ |
fringuerions /fʁɛ̃.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fringueriez /fʁɛ̃.ɡə.ʁje/ |
fringueraient /fʁɛ̃.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 | fringue /fʁɛ̃ɡ/ |
fringues /fʁɛ̃ɡ/ |
fringue /fʁɛ̃ɡ/ |
fringuions /fʁɛ̃.ɡjɔ̃/ |
fringuiez /fʁɛ̃.ɡje/ |
fringuent /fʁɛ̃ɡ/ |
| imperfect2 | fringuasse /fʁɛ̃.ɡas/ |
fringuasses /fʁɛ̃.ɡas/ |
fringuât /fʁɛ̃.ɡa/ |
fringuassions /fʁɛ̃.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ |
fringuassiez /fʁɛ̃.ɡa.sje/ |
fringuassent /fʁɛ̃.ɡas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | fringue /fʁɛ̃ɡ/ |
— | fringuons /fʁɛ̃.ɡɔ̃/ |
fringuez /fʁɛ̃.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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
fringuer
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-gu, *-gus, *-gut are modified to c, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fringuer | avoir fringué | |||||
| gerund | en fringuant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | fringuant | ||||||
| past participle | fringué | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | frinc | fringues | fringue | fringuons | fringuez | fringuent |
| imperfect | fringuoie, fringueie, fringuoe, fringueve | fringuoies, fringueies, fringuoes, fringueves | fringuoit, fringueit, fringuot, fringueve | fringuiiens, fringuiens | fringuiiez, fringuiez | fringuoient, fringueient, fringuoent, fringuevent | |
| preterite | fringuai | fringuas | fringua | fringuames | fringuastes | fringuerent | |
| future | fringuerai | fringueras | fringuera | fringuerons | fringueroiz, fringuereiz, fringuerez | fringueront | |
| conditional | fringueroie, fringuereie | fringueroies, fringuereies | fringueroit, fringuereit | fringueriiens, fringueriens | fringueriiez, fringueriez | fringueroient, fringuereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | frinc | frins | frint | fringuons | fringuez | fringuent |
| imperfect | fringuasse | fringuasses | fringuast | fringuissons, fringuissiens | fringuissoiz, fringuissez, fringuissiez | fringuassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | fringue | — | fringuons | fringuez | — | ||