zigouiller

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French

Etymology

Originally a dialectal word meaning “to cut something with a bad knife”, from zigue-zigue (“bad knife”), ultimately onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zi.ɡu.je/
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Verb

zigouiller

  1. (transitive, slang) to bump off, to do in (to kill)
    Synonym: tuer

Conjugation

Conjugation of zigouiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple zigouiller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple zigouillant
/zi.ɡu.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle zigouillé
/zi.ɡu.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present zigouille
/zi.ɡuj/ 		zigouilles
/zi.ɡuj/ 		zigouille
/zi.ɡuj/ 		zigouillons
/zi.ɡu.jɔ̃/ 		zigouillez
/zi.ɡu.je/ 		zigouillent
/zi.ɡuj/
imperfect zigouillais
/zi.ɡu.jɛ/ 		zigouillais
/zi.ɡu.jɛ/ 		zigouillait
/zi.ɡu.jɛ/ 		zigouillions
/zi.ɡuj.jɔ̃/ 		zigouilliez
/zi.ɡuj.je/ 		zigouillaient
/zi.ɡu.jɛ/
past historic2 zigouillai
/zi.ɡu.je/ 		zigouillas
/zi.ɡu.ja/ 		zigouilla
/zi.ɡu.ja/ 		zigouillâmes
/zi.ɡu.jam/ 		zigouillâtes
/zi.ɡu.jat/ 		zigouillèrent
/zi.ɡu.jɛʁ/
future zigouillerai
/zi.ɡuj.ʁe/ 		zigouilleras
/zi.ɡuj.ʁa/ 		zigouillera
/zi.ɡuj.ʁa/ 		zigouillerons
/zi.ɡuj.ʁɔ̃/ 		zigouillerez
/zi.ɡuj.ʁe/ 		zigouilleront
/zi.ɡuj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional zigouillerais
/zi.ɡuj.ʁɛ/ 		zigouillerais
/zi.ɡuj.ʁɛ/ 		zigouillerait
/zi.ɡuj.ʁɛ/ 		zigouillerions
/zi.ɡu.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		zigouilleriez
/zi.ɡu.jə.ʁje/ 		zigouilleraient
/zi.ɡuj.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 zigouille
/zi.ɡuj/ 		zigouilles
/zi.ɡuj/ 		zigouille
/zi.ɡuj/ 		zigouillions
/zi.ɡuj.jɔ̃/ 		zigouilliez
/zi.ɡuj.je/ 		zigouillent
/zi.ɡuj/
imperfect2 zigouillasse
/zi.ɡu.jas/ 		zigouillasses
/zi.ɡu.jas/ 		zigouillât
/zi.ɡu.ja/ 		zigouillassions
/zi.ɡu.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		zigouillassiez
/zi.ɡu.ja.sje/ 		zigouillassent
/zi.ɡu.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — zigouille
/zi.ɡuj/ 		— zigouillons
/zi.ɡu.jɔ̃/ 		zigouillez
/zi.ɡu.je/ 		—
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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