enquiquiner
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably en- + an onomatopoeic element -kik- (cf. kiki) + -er.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]enquiquiner
- (transitive, slang) to annoy; to pester
- Synonyms: agacer, casser les pieds, embêter, énerver, ennuyer, emmerder, faire chier, importuner
- 1974, Louis Aragon, Théâtre, Gallimard, page 261:
- Ah, ils m’enquiquinent, sortir du bain pour les Petites Sœurs des Pauvres ou quoi ?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of enquiquiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | enquiquiner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | enquiquinant /ɑ̃.ki.ki.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | enquiquiné /ɑ̃.ki.ki.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | enquiquine /ɑ̃.ki.kin/ |
enquiquines /ɑ̃.ki.kin/ |
enquiquine /ɑ̃.ki.kin/ |
enquiquinons /ɑ̃.ki.ki.nɔ̃/ |
enquiquinez /ɑ̃.ki.ki.ne/ |
enquiquinent /ɑ̃.ki.kin/ |
imperfect | enquiquinais /ɑ̃.ki.ki.nɛ/ |
enquiquinais /ɑ̃.ki.ki.nɛ/ |
enquiquinait /ɑ̃.ki.ki.nɛ/ |
enquiquinions /ɑ̃.ki.ki.njɔ̃/ |
enquiquiniez /ɑ̃.ki.ki.nje/ |
enquiquinaient /ɑ̃.ki.ki.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | enquiquinai /ɑ̃.ki.ki.ne/ |
enquiquinas /ɑ̃.ki.ki.na/ |
enquiquina /ɑ̃.ki.ki.na/ |
enquiquinâmes /ɑ̃.ki.ki.nam/ |
enquiquinâtes /ɑ̃.ki.ki.nat/ |
enquiquinèrent /ɑ̃.ki.ki.nɛʁ/ | |
future | enquiquinerai /ɑ̃.ki.kin.ʁe/ |
enquiquineras /ɑ̃.ki.kin.ʁa/ |
enquiquinera /ɑ̃.ki.kin.ʁa/ |
enquiquinerons /ɑ̃.ki.kin.ʁɔ̃/ |
enquiquinerez /ɑ̃.ki.kin.ʁe/ |
enquiquineront /ɑ̃.ki.kin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | enquiquinerais /ɑ̃.ki.kin.ʁɛ/ |
enquiquinerais /ɑ̃.ki.kin.ʁɛ/ |
enquiquinerait /ɑ̃.ki.kin.ʁɛ/ |
enquiquinerions /ɑ̃.ki.ki.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enquiquineriez /ɑ̃.ki.ki.nə.ʁje/ |
enquiquineraient /ɑ̃.ki.kin.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 | enquiquine /ɑ̃.ki.kin/ |
enquiquines /ɑ̃.ki.kin/ |
enquiquine /ɑ̃.ki.kin/ |
enquiquinions /ɑ̃.ki.ki.njɔ̃/ |
enquiquiniez /ɑ̃.ki.ki.nje/ |
enquiquinent /ɑ̃.ki.kin/ |
imperfect2 | enquiquinasse /ɑ̃.ki.ki.nas/ |
enquiquinasses /ɑ̃.ki.ki.nas/ |
enquiquinât /ɑ̃.ki.ki.na/ |
enquiquinassions /ɑ̃.ki.ki.na.sjɔ̃/ |
enquiquinassiez /ɑ̃.ki.ki.na.sje/ |
enquiquinassent /ɑ̃.ki.ki.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | enquiquine /ɑ̃.ki.kin/ |
— | enquiquinons /ɑ̃.ki.ki.nɔ̃/ |
enquiquinez /ɑ̃.ki.ki.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
[edit]- “enquiquiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.