insinuer

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsinuāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.si.nɥe/
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Verb

insinuer

  1. insinuate (make way for by subtle means)
    • 1956, Sylvio Sereno, Latitude 9°-S, Éditions du Faucon Noir, page 41:
      Lorsque je fis fonctionner de nouveau mon cerveau, elle s’était glissée tout contre moi, insinuant une de ses jambes sous les miennes, et je n’eus qu’un léger mouvement sur le flanc à faire pour m’abîmer à la fournaise délicieusement étroite de son intimité.
      When I got my brain to work again, she had glided tightly against me, insinuating one of her legs under mine, and I only had to make a light movement on the side to be absorbed into the deliciously narrow furnace of her intimacy.
  2. insinuate; hint
    Synonym: laisser entendre

Conjugation

Conjugation of insinuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple insinuer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple insinuant
/ɛ̃.si.nɥɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle insinué
/ɛ̃.si.nɥe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present insinue
/ɛ̃.si.ny/ 		insinues
/ɛ̃.si.ny/ 		insinue
/ɛ̃.si.ny/ 		insinuons
/ɛ̃.si.nɥɔ̃/ 		insinuez
/ɛ̃.si.nɥe/ 		insinuent
/ɛ̃.si.ny/
imperfect insinuais
/ɛ̃.si.nɥɛ/ 		insinuais
/ɛ̃.si.nɥɛ/ 		insinuait
/ɛ̃.si.nɥɛ/ 		insinuions
/ɛ̃.si.ny.jɔ̃/ 		insinuiez
/ɛ̃.si.ny.je/ 		insinuaient
/ɛ̃.si.nɥɛ/
past historic2 insinuai
/ɛ̃.si.nɥe/ 		insinuas
/ɛ̃.si.nɥa/ 		insinua
/ɛ̃.si.nɥa/ 		insinuâmes
/ɛ̃.si.nɥam/ 		insinuâtes
/ɛ̃.si.nɥat/ 		insinuèrent
/ɛ̃.si.nɥɛʁ/
future insinuerai
/ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁe/ 		insinueras
/ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁa/ 		insinuera
/ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁa/ 		insinuerons
/ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁɔ̃/ 		insinuerez
/ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁe/ 		insinueront
/ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁɔ̃/
conditional insinuerais
/ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁɛ/ 		insinuerais
/ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁɛ/ 		insinuerait
/ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁɛ/ 		insinuerions
/ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁjɔ̃/ 		insinueriez
/ɛ̃.si.ny.ʁje/ 		insinueraient
/ɛ̃.si.ny.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 insinue
/ɛ̃.si.ny/ 		insinues
/ɛ̃.si.ny/ 		insinue
/ɛ̃.si.ny/ 		insinuions
/ɛ̃.si.ny.jɔ̃/ 		insinuiez
/ɛ̃.si.ny.je/ 		insinuent
/ɛ̃.si.ny/
imperfect2 insinuasse
/ɛ̃.si.nɥas/ 		insinuasses
/ɛ̃.si.nɥas/ 		insinuât
/ɛ̃.si.nɥa/ 		insinuassions
/ɛ̃.si.nɥa.sjɔ̃/ 		insinuassiez
/ɛ̃.si.nɥa.sje/ 		insinuassent
/ɛ̃.si.nɥas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — insinue
/ɛ̃.si.ny/ 		— insinuons
/ɛ̃.si.nɥɔ̃/ 		insinuez
/ɛ̃.si.nɥe/ 		—
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).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

īnsinuer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of īnsinuō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

insinuer

  1. imperative of insinuere
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