cuisiner

French

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin cocīnāre, from Latin coquīnāre. By surface analysis, cuisine +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɥi.zi.ne/
  • cuisiner(file)

Verb

cuisiner

  1. (transitive) to cook (prepare food)
    Elle a cuisiné un très bon plat.
    She made a very nice meal.
  2. (colloquial) to grill (bombard with questions)
    Les policiers m’ont cuisiné tout l’après-midi.
    The police grilled me all afternoon.

Conjugation
Conjugation of cuisiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cuisiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cuisinant
/kɥi.zi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cuisiné
/kɥi.zi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present cuisine
/kɥi.zin/		 cuisines
/kɥi.zin/		 cuisine
/kɥi.zin/		 cuisinons
/kɥi.zi.nɔ̃/		 cuisinez
/kɥi.zi.ne/		 cuisinent
/kɥi.zin/
imperfect cuisinais
/kɥi.zi.nɛ/		 cuisinais
/kɥi.zi.nɛ/		 cuisinait
/kɥi.zi.nɛ/		 cuisinions
/kɥi.zi.njɔ̃/		 cuisiniez
/kɥi.zi.nje/		 cuisinaient
/kɥi.zi.nɛ/
past historic2 cuisinai
/kɥi.zi.ne/		 cuisinas
/kɥi.zi.na/		 cuisina
/kɥi.zi.na/		 cuisinâmes
/kɥi.zi.nam/		 cuisinâtes
/kɥi.zi.nat/		 cuisinèrent
/kɥi.zi.nɛʁ/
future cuisinerai
/kɥi.zin.ʁe/		 cuisineras
/kɥi.zin.ʁa/		 cuisinera
/kɥi.zin.ʁa/		 cuisinerons
/kɥi.zin.ʁɔ̃/		 cuisinerez
/kɥi.zin.ʁe/		 cuisineront
/kɥi.zin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional cuisinerais
/kɥi.zin.ʁɛ/		 cuisinerais
/kɥi.zin.ʁɛ/		 cuisinerait
/kɥi.zin.ʁɛ/		 cuisinerions
/kɥi.zi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 cuisineriez
/kɥi.zi.nə.ʁje/		 cuisineraient
/kɥi.zin.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 cuisine
/kɥi.zin/		 cuisines
/kɥi.zin/		 cuisine
/kɥi.zin/		 cuisinions
/kɥi.zi.njɔ̃/		 cuisiniez
/kɥi.zi.nje/		 cuisinent
/kɥi.zin/
imperfect2 cuisinasse
/kɥi.zi.nas/		 cuisinasses
/kɥi.zi.nas/		 cuisinât
/kɥi.zi.na/		 cuisinassions
/kɥi.zi.na.sjɔ̃/		 cuisinassiez
/kɥi.zi.na.sje/		 cuisinassent
/kɥi.zi.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cuisine
/kɥi.zin/		 — cuisinons
/kɥi.zi.nɔ̃/		 cuisinez
/kɥi.zi.ne/		 —
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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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