grogner

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French gronir, from Latin grunnīre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɔ.ɲe/
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Verb

grogner

  1. to grunt (for a pig, make the sound of a pig)
  2. to grunt (for a person, to make a snorting sound e.g. of disapproval)
  3. to growl, to snarl (for an animal, to make a growling or snarling sound)

Conjugation

Conjugation of grogner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple grogner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple grognant
/ɡʁɔ.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle grogné
/ɡʁɔ.ɲe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present grogne
/ɡʁɔɲ/ 		grognes
/ɡʁɔɲ/ 		grogne
/ɡʁɔɲ/ 		grognons
/ɡʁɔ.ɲɔ̃/ 		grognez
/ɡʁɔ.ɲe/ 		grognent
/ɡʁɔɲ/
imperfect grognais
/ɡʁɔ.ɲɛ/ 		grognais
/ɡʁɔ.ɲɛ/ 		grognait
/ɡʁɔ.ɲɛ/ 		grognions
/ɡʁɔ.ɲjɔ̃/ 		grogniez
/ɡʁɔ.ɲje/ 		grognaient
/ɡʁɔ.ɲɛ/
past historic2 grognai
/ɡʁɔ.ɲe/ 		grognas
/ɡʁɔ.ɲa/ 		grogna
/ɡʁɔ.ɲa/ 		grognâmes
/ɡʁɔ.ɲam/ 		grognâtes
/ɡʁɔ.ɲat/ 		grognèrent
/ɡʁɔ.ɲɛʁ/
future grognerai
/ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁe/ 		grogneras
/ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁa/ 		grognera
/ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁa/ 		grognerons
/ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ 		grognerez
/ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁe/ 		grogneront
/ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional grognerais
/ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		grognerais
/ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		grognerait
/ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		grognerions
/ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		grogneriez
/ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁje/ 		grogneraient
/ɡʁɔ.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 grogne
/ɡʁɔɲ/ 		grognes
/ɡʁɔɲ/ 		grogne
/ɡʁɔɲ/ 		grognions
/ɡʁɔ.ɲjɔ̃/ 		grogniez
/ɡʁɔ.ɲje/ 		grognent
/ɡʁɔɲ/
imperfect2 grognasse
/ɡʁɔ.ɲas/ 		grognasses
/ɡʁɔ.ɲas/ 		grognât
/ɡʁɔ.ɲa/ 		grognassions
/ɡʁɔ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ 		grognassiez
/ɡʁɔ.ɲa.sje/ 		grognassent
/ɡʁɔ.ɲas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — grogne
/ɡʁɔɲ/ 		— grognons
/ɡʁɔ.ɲɔ̃/ 		grognez
/ɡʁɔ.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:
  • 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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