saigner

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French

Etymology

Attested in Old French as saignier, from Latin sanguināre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛ.ɲe/ ~ /se.ɲe/
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Verb

saigner

  1. (intransitive) to bleed, to be bleeding
  2. (transitive) to bleed, to drain blood from
  3. (transitive) to knife to death

Conjugation

Conjugation of saigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple saigner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple saignant
/sɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /se.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle saigné
/sɛ.ɲe/ or /se.ɲe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present saigne
/sɛɲ/ 		saignes
/sɛɲ/ 		saigne
/sɛɲ/ 		saignons
/sɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /se.ɲɔ̃/ 		saignez
/sɛ.ɲe/ or /se.ɲe/ 		saignent
/sɛɲ/
imperfect saignais
/sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /se.ɲɛ/ 		saignais
/sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /se.ɲɛ/ 		saignait
/sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /se.ɲɛ/ 		saignions
/sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /se.ɲjɔ̃/ 		saigniez
/sɛ.ɲje/ or /se.ɲje/ 		saignaient
/sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /se.ɲɛ/
past historic2 saignai
/sɛ.ɲe/ or /se.ɲe/ 		saignas
/sɛ.ɲa/ or /se.ɲa/ 		saigna
/sɛ.ɲa/ or /se.ɲa/ 		saignâmes
/sɛ.ɲam/ or /se.ɲam/ 		saignâtes
/sɛ.ɲat/ or /se.ɲat/ 		saignèrent
/sɛ.ɲɛʁ/ or /se.ɲɛʁ/
future saignerai
/sɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /se.ɲə.ʁe/ 		saigneras
/sɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /se.ɲə.ʁa/ 		saignera
/sɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /se.ɲə.ʁa/ 		saignerons
/sɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /se.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ 		saignerez
/sɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /se.ɲə.ʁe/ 		saigneront
/sɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /se.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional saignerais
/sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		saignerais
/sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		saignerait
/sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		saignerions
/sɛ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /se.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		saigneriez
/sɛ.ɲə.ʁje/ or /se.ɲə.ʁje/ 		saigneraient
/sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /se.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 saigne
/sɛɲ/ 		saignes
/sɛɲ/ 		saigne
/sɛɲ/ 		saignions
/sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /se.ɲjɔ̃/ 		saigniez
/sɛ.ɲje/ or /se.ɲje/ 		saignent
/sɛɲ/
imperfect2 saignasse
/sɛ.ɲas/ or /se.ɲas/ 		saignasses
/sɛ.ɲas/ or /se.ɲas/ 		saignât
/sɛ.ɲa/ or /se.ɲa/ 		saignassions
/sɛ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ or /se.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ 		saignassiez
/sɛ.ɲa.sje/ or /se.ɲa.sje/ 		saignassent
/sɛ.ɲas/ or /se.ɲas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — saigne
/sɛɲ/ 		— saignons
/sɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /se.ɲɔ̃/ 		saignez
/sɛ.ɲe/ or /se.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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