fringuer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French fringuer, a denominal of Old French fringue (“garment, clothing”), of non-Latin origin, likely Germanic, possibly from Frankish *hringila (“ring, loop”), related to Old High German ringila (Modern German Ringel (“ringlet, loop”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɛ̃.ɡe/

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Verb

fringuer

1. (transitive, reflexive, informal) to dress

   Synonym: habiller

Conjugation

Conjugation of fringuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	fringuer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	fringuant /fʁɛ̃.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		fringué /fʁɛ̃.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	fringue /fʁɛ̃ɡ/	fringues /fʁɛ̃ɡ/	fringue /fʁɛ̃ɡ/	fringuons /fʁɛ̃.ɡɔ̃/	fringuez /fʁɛ̃.ɡe/	fringuent /fʁɛ̃ɡ/
	imperfect	fringuais /fʁɛ̃.ɡɛ/	fringuais /fʁɛ̃.ɡɛ/	fringuait /fʁɛ̃.ɡɛ/	fringuions /fʁɛ̃.ɡjɔ̃/	fringuiez /fʁɛ̃.ɡje/	fringuaient /fʁɛ̃.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	fringuai /fʁɛ̃.ɡe/	fringuas /fʁɛ̃.ɡa/	fringua /fʁɛ̃.ɡa/	fringuâmes /fʁɛ̃.ɡam/	fringuâtes /fʁɛ̃.ɡat/	fringuèrent /fʁɛ̃.ɡɛʁ/
	future	fringuerai /fʁɛ̃.ɡʁe/	fringueras /fʁɛ̃.ɡʁa/	fringuera /fʁɛ̃.ɡʁa/	fringuerons /fʁɛ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/	fringuerez /fʁɛ̃.ɡʁe/	fringueront /fʁɛ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	fringuerais /fʁɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/	fringuerais /fʁɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/	fringuerait /fʁɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/	fringuerions /fʁɛ̃.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	fringueriez /fʁɛ̃.ɡə.ʁje/	fringueraient /fʁɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/
(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	fringue /fʁɛ̃ɡ/	fringues /fʁɛ̃ɡ/	fringue /fʁɛ̃ɡ/	fringuions /fʁɛ̃.ɡjɔ̃/	fringuiez /fʁɛ̃.ɡje/	fringuent /fʁɛ̃ɡ/
	imperfect2	fringuasse /fʁɛ̃.ɡas/	fringuasses /fʁɛ̃.ɡas/	fringuât /fʁɛ̃.ɡa/	fringuassions /fʁɛ̃.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	fringuassiez /fʁɛ̃.ɡa.sje/	fringuassent /fʁɛ̃.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fringue /fʁɛ̃ɡ/	—	fringuons /fʁɛ̃.ɡɔ̃/	fringuez /fʁɛ̃.ɡe/	—
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).

Further reading

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

Old French

Verb

fringuer

1. to gambol; to jump

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-gu, *-gus, *-gut are modified to c, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of fringuer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		fringuer			avoir fringué
gerund		en fringuant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		fringuant
past participle		fringué
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	frinc	fringues	fringue	fringuons	fringuez	fringuent
	imperfect	fringuoie, fringueie, fringuoe, fringueve	fringuoies, fringueies, fringuoes, fringueves	fringuoit, fringueit, fringuot, fringueve	fringuiiens, fringuiens	fringuiiez, fringuiez	fringuoient, fringueient, fringuoent, fringuevent
	preterite	fringuai	fringuas	fringua	fringuames	fringuastes	fringuerent
	future	fringuerai	fringueras	fringuera	fringuerons	fringueroiz, fringuereiz, fringuerez	fringueront
	conditional	fringueroie, fringuereie	fringueroies, fringuereies	fringueroit, fringuereit	fringueriiens, fringueriens	fringueriiez, fringueriez	fringueroient, fringuereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	frinc	frins	frint	fringuons	fringuez	fringuent
	imperfect	fringuasse	fringuasses	fringuast	fringuissons, fringuissiens	fringuissoiz, fringuissez, fringuissiez	fringuassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	fringue	—	fringuons	fringuez	—