clignoter

French

Etymology

From cligner +‎ -oter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kli.ɲɔ.te/

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Verb

clignoter (intransitive)

1. (of lights) to blink, to flash; to turn on and off repeatedly
2. (of a car) to indicate (the direction)
3. (dated, of eyes) to blink repeatedly

Conjugation

Conjugation of clignoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	clignoter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	clignotant /kli.ɲɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		clignoté /kli.ɲɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	clignote /kli.ɲɔt/	clignotes /kli.ɲɔt/	clignote /kli.ɲɔt/	clignotons /kli.ɲɔ.tɔ̃/	clignotez /kli.ɲɔ.te/	clignotent /kli.ɲɔt/
	imperfect	clignotais /kli.ɲɔ.tɛ/	clignotais /kli.ɲɔ.tɛ/	clignotait /kli.ɲɔ.tɛ/	clignotions /kli.ɲɔ.tjɔ̃/	clignotiez /kli.ɲɔ.tje/	clignotaient /kli.ɲɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	clignotai /kli.ɲɔ.te/	clignotas /kli.ɲɔ.ta/	clignota /kli.ɲɔ.ta/	clignotâmes /kli.ɲɔ.tam/	clignotâtes /kli.ɲɔ.tat/	clignotèrent /kli.ɲɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	clignoterai /kli.ɲɔ.tʁe/	clignoteras /kli.ɲɔ.tʁa/	clignotera /kli.ɲɔ.tʁa/	clignoterons /kli.ɲɔ.tʁɔ̃/	clignoterez /kli.ɲɔ.tʁe/	clignoteront /kli.ɲɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	clignoterais /kli.ɲɔ.tʁɛ/	clignoterais /kli.ɲɔ.tʁɛ/	clignoterait /kli.ɲɔ.tʁɛ/	clignoterions /kli.ɲɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	clignoteriez /kli.ɲɔ.tə.ʁje/	clignoteraient /kli.ɲɔ.tʁɛ/
(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	clignote /kli.ɲɔt/	clignotes /kli.ɲɔt/	clignote /kli.ɲɔt/	clignotions /kli.ɲɔ.tjɔ̃/	clignotiez /kli.ɲɔ.tje/	clignotent /kli.ɲɔt/
	imperfect2	clignotasse /kli.ɲɔ.tas/	clignotasses /kli.ɲɔ.tas/	clignotât /kli.ɲɔ.ta/	clignotassions /kli.ɲɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	clignotassiez /kli.ɲɔ.ta.sje/	clignotassent /kli.ɲɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	clignote /kli.ɲɔt/	—	clignotons /kli.ɲɔ.tɔ̃/	clignotez /kli.ɲɔ.te/	—
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).

Related terms

• clignotement
• clignoteur

 

Further reading

• “clignoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• gicleront