pigeonner

French

Etymology

From pigeon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pi.ʒɔ.ne/
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Verb

pigeonner

  1. (informal) to take for a ride or dupe (the person being duped is the pigeon)

Conjugation
Conjugation of pigeonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pigeonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pigeonnant
/pi.ʒɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pigeonné
/pi.ʒɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present pigeonne
/pi.ʒɔn/		 pigeonnes
/pi.ʒɔn/		 pigeonne
/pi.ʒɔn/		 pigeonnons
/pi.ʒɔ.nɔ̃/		 pigeonnez
/pi.ʒɔ.ne/		 pigeonnent
/pi.ʒɔn/
imperfect pigeonnais
/pi.ʒɔ.nɛ/		 pigeonnais
/pi.ʒɔ.nɛ/		 pigeonnait
/pi.ʒɔ.nɛ/		 pigeonnions
/pi.ʒɔ.njɔ̃/		 pigeonniez
/pi.ʒɔ.nje/		 pigeonnaient
/pi.ʒɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 pigeonnai
/pi.ʒɔ.ne/		 pigeonnas
/pi.ʒɔ.na/		 pigeonna
/pi.ʒɔ.na/		 pigeonnâmes
/pi.ʒɔ.nam/		 pigeonnâtes
/pi.ʒɔ.nat/		 pigeonnèrent
/pi.ʒɔ.nɛʁ/
future pigeonnerai
/pi.ʒɔn.ʁe/		 pigeonneras
/pi.ʒɔn.ʁa/		 pigeonnera
/pi.ʒɔn.ʁa/		 pigeonnerons
/pi.ʒɔn.ʁɔ̃/		 pigeonnerez
/pi.ʒɔn.ʁe/		 pigeonneront
/pi.ʒɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pigeonnerais
/pi.ʒɔn.ʁɛ/		 pigeonnerais
/pi.ʒɔn.ʁɛ/		 pigeonnerait
/pi.ʒɔn.ʁɛ/		 pigeonnerions
/pi.ʒɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 pigeonneriez
/pi.ʒɔ.nə.ʁje/		 pigeonneraient
/pi.ʒɔn.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 pigeonne
/pi.ʒɔn/		 pigeonnes
/pi.ʒɔn/		 pigeonne
/pi.ʒɔn/		 pigeonnions
/pi.ʒɔ.njɔ̃/		 pigeonniez
/pi.ʒɔ.nje/		 pigeonnent
/pi.ʒɔn/
imperfect2 pigeonnasse
/pi.ʒɔ.nas/		 pigeonnasses
/pi.ʒɔ.nas/		 pigeonnât
/pi.ʒɔ.na/		 pigeonnassions
/pi.ʒɔ.na.sjɔ̃/		 pigeonnassiez
/pi.ʒɔ.na.sje/		 pigeonnassent
/pi.ʒɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pigeonne
/pi.ʒɔn/		 — pigeonnons
/pi.ʒɔ.nɔ̃/		 pigeonnez
/pi.ʒɔ.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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