pignocher

French

Etymology

Alteration of Middle French espinocher, from espinoche (“morsel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.ɲɔ.ʃe/

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Verb

pignocher

1. (intransitive) to pick at one's food

Conjugation

Conjugation of pignocher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	pignocher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	pignochant /pi.ɲɔ.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		pignoché /pi.ɲɔ.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	pignoche /pi.ɲɔʃ/	pignoches /pi.ɲɔʃ/	pignoche /pi.ɲɔʃ/	pignochons /pi.ɲɔ.ʃɔ̃/	pignochez /pi.ɲɔ.ʃe/	pignochent /pi.ɲɔʃ/
	imperfect	pignochais /pi.ɲɔ.ʃɛ/	pignochais /pi.ɲɔ.ʃɛ/	pignochait /pi.ɲɔ.ʃɛ/	pignochions /pi.ɲɔ.ʃjɔ̃/	pignochiez /pi.ɲɔ.ʃje/	pignochaient /pi.ɲɔ.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	pignochai /pi.ɲɔ.ʃe/	pignochas /pi.ɲɔ.ʃa/	pignocha /pi.ɲɔ.ʃa/	pignochâmes /pi.ɲɔ.ʃam/	pignochâtes /pi.ɲɔ.ʃat/	pignochèrent /pi.ɲɔ.ʃɛʁ/
	future	pignocherai /pi.ɲɔʃ.ʁe/	pignocheras /pi.ɲɔʃ.ʁa/	pignochera /pi.ɲɔʃ.ʁa/	pignocherons /pi.ɲɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/	pignocherez /pi.ɲɔʃ.ʁe/	pignocheront /pi.ɲɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	pignocherais /pi.ɲɔʃ.ʁɛ/	pignocherais /pi.ɲɔʃ.ʁɛ/	pignocherait /pi.ɲɔʃ.ʁɛ/	pignocherions /pi.ɲɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	pignocheriez /pi.ɲɔ.ʃə.ʁje/	pignocheraient /pi.ɲɔʃ.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	pignoche /pi.ɲɔʃ/	pignoches /pi.ɲɔʃ/	pignoche /pi.ɲɔʃ/	pignochions /pi.ɲɔ.ʃjɔ̃/	pignochiez /pi.ɲɔ.ʃje/	pignochent /pi.ɲɔʃ/
	imperfect2	pignochasse /pi.ɲɔ.ʃas/	pignochasses /pi.ɲɔ.ʃas/	pignochât /pi.ɲɔ.ʃa/	pignochassions /pi.ɲɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	pignochassiez /pi.ɲɔ.ʃa.sje/	pignochassent /pi.ɲɔ.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pignoche /pi.ɲɔʃ/	—	pignochons /pi.ɲɔ.ʃɔ̃/	pignochez /pi.ɲɔ.ʃe/	—
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

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