gouger

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English

Etymology

From gouge +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

gouger (plural gougers)

  1. Someone who gouges.
  2. (Ireland, slang) A thug or lout.

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From gouge.

Pronunciation

Verb

gouger

  1. (transitive) to work (a material) with a gouge
  2. (transitive) to do (a soldered joint) again to eliminate roughness by deepening it

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written gouge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of gouger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple gouger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple gougeant
/ɡu.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle gougé
/ɡu.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present gouge
/ɡuʒ/ 		gouges
/ɡuʒ/ 		gouge
/ɡuʒ/ 		gougeons
/ɡu.ʒɔ̃/ 		gougez
/ɡu.ʒe/ 		gougent
/ɡuʒ/
imperfect gougeais
/ɡu.ʒɛ/ 		gougeais
/ɡu.ʒɛ/ 		gougeait
/ɡu.ʒɛ/ 		gougions
/ɡu.ʒjɔ̃/ 		gougiez
/ɡu.ʒje/ 		gougeaient
/ɡu.ʒɛ/
past historic2 gougeai
/ɡu.ʒe/ 		gougeas
/ɡu.ʒa/ 		gougea
/ɡu.ʒa/ 		gougeâmes
/ɡu.ʒam/ 		gougeâtes
/ɡu.ʒat/ 		gougèrent
/ɡu.ʒɛʁ/
future gougerai
/ɡuʒ.ʁe/ 		gougeras
/ɡuʒ.ʁa/ 		gougera
/ɡuʒ.ʁa/ 		gougerons
/ɡuʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		gougerez
/ɡuʒ.ʁe/ 		gougeront
/ɡuʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional gougerais
/ɡuʒ.ʁɛ/ 		gougerais
/ɡuʒ.ʁɛ/ 		gougerait
/ɡuʒ.ʁɛ/ 		gougerions
/ɡu.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		gougeriez
/ɡu.ʒə.ʁje/ 		gougeraient
/ɡuʒ.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 gouge
/ɡuʒ/ 		gouges
/ɡuʒ/ 		gouge
/ɡuʒ/ 		gougions
/ɡu.ʒjɔ̃/ 		gougiez
/ɡu.ʒje/ 		gougent
/ɡuʒ/
imperfect2 gougeasse
/ɡu.ʒas/ 		gougeasses
/ɡu.ʒas/ 		gougeât
/ɡu.ʒa/ 		gougeassions
/ɡu.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		gougeassiez
/ɡu.ʒa.sje/ 		gougeassent
/ɡu.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — gouge
/ɡuʒ/ 		— gougeons
/ɡu.ʒɔ̃/ 		gougez
/ɡu.ʒe/ 		—
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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