zigzaguer

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

zigzaguer

1. (intransitive) to zigzag

Conjugation

Conjugation of zigzaguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	zigzaguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	zigzaguant /ziɡ.za.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		zigzagué /ziɡ.za.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	zigzague /ziɡ.zaɡ/	zigzagues /ziɡ.zaɡ/	zigzague /ziɡ.zaɡ/	zigzaguons /ziɡ.za.ɡɔ̃/	zigzaguez /ziɡ.za.ɡe/	zigzaguent /ziɡ.zaɡ/
	imperfect	zigzaguais /ziɡ.za.ɡɛ/	zigzaguais /ziɡ.za.ɡɛ/	zigzaguait /ziɡ.za.ɡɛ/	zigzaguions /ziɡ.za.ɡjɔ̃/	zigzaguiez /ziɡ.za.ɡje/	zigzaguaient /ziɡ.za.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	zigzaguai /ziɡ.za.ɡe/	zigzaguas /ziɡ.za.ɡa/	zigzagua /ziɡ.za.ɡa/	zigzaguâmes /ziɡ.za.ɡam/	zigzaguâtes /ziɡ.za.ɡat/	zigzaguèrent /ziɡ.za.ɡɛʁ/
	future	zigzaguerai /ziɡ.za.ɡʁe/	zigzagueras /ziɡ.za.ɡʁa/	zigzaguera /ziɡ.za.ɡʁa/	zigzaguerons /ziɡ.za.ɡʁɔ̃/	zigzaguerez /ziɡ.za.ɡʁe/	zigzagueront /ziɡ.za.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	zigzaguerais /ziɡ.za.ɡʁɛ/	zigzaguerais /ziɡ.za.ɡʁɛ/	zigzaguerait /ziɡ.za.ɡʁɛ/	zigzaguerions /ziɡ.za.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	zigzagueriez /ziɡ.za.ɡə.ʁje/	zigzagueraient /ziɡ.za.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	zigzague /ziɡ.zaɡ/	zigzagues /ziɡ.zaɡ/	zigzague /ziɡ.zaɡ/	zigzaguions /ziɡ.za.ɡjɔ̃/	zigzaguiez /ziɡ.za.ɡje/	zigzaguent /ziɡ.zaɡ/
	imperfect2	zigzaguasse /ziɡ.za.ɡas/	zigzaguasses /ziɡ.za.ɡas/	zigzaguât /ziɡ.za.ɡa/	zigzaguassions /ziɡ.za.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	zigzaguassiez /ziɡ.za.ɡa.sje/	zigzaguassent /ziɡ.za.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	zigzague /ziɡ.zaɡ/	—	zigzaguons /ziɡ.za.ɡɔ̃/	zigzaguez /ziɡ.za.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

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