égratigner
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French esgratigner, from gratter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲe/
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Verb
égratigner
- to graze, scratch
- Synonym: (Quebec) scratcher
- (figurative) to offend
- 2004 June 1, Jérôme Dupuis, “Comment L'usage du monde est devenu un livre culte”, in L'Express:
- Pourquoi ce brusque revirement d’Arthaud? L’un de ses responsables, François Hébert-Stevens, a demandé à Nicolas Bouvier de couper une centaine de pages, en particulier les passages qui égratignent - gentiment - le gouvernement iranien.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of égratigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | égratigner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | égratignant /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | égratigné /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | égratigne /e.ɡʁa.tiɲ/ |
égratignes /e.ɡʁa.tiɲ/ |
égratigne /e.ɡʁa.tiɲ/ |
égratignons /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲɔ̃/ |
égratignez /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲe/ |
égratignent /e.ɡʁa.tiɲ/ |
| imperfect | égratignais /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲɛ/ |
égratignais /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲɛ/ |
égratignait /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲɛ/ |
égratignions /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲjɔ̃/ |
égratigniez /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲje/ |
égratignaient /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | égratignai /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲe/ |
égratignas /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲa/ |
égratigna /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲa/ |
égratignâmes /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲam/ |
égratignâtes /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲat/ |
égratignèrent /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲɛʁ/ | |
| future | égratignerai /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲə.ʁe/ |
égratigneras /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲə.ʁa/ |
égratignera /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲə.ʁa/ |
égratignerons /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ |
égratignerez /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲə.ʁe/ |
égratigneront /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | égratignerais /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
égratignerais /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
égratignerait /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
égratignerions /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
égratigneriez /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲə.ʁje/ |
égratigneraient /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲə.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 | égratigne /e.ɡʁa.tiɲ/ |
égratignes /e.ɡʁa.tiɲ/ |
égratigne /e.ɡʁa.tiɲ/ |
égratignions /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲjɔ̃/ |
égratigniez /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲje/ |
égratignent /e.ɡʁa.tiɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | égratignasse /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲas/ |
égratignasses /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲas/ |
égratignât /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲa/ |
égratignassions /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ |
égratignassiez /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲa.sje/ |
égratignassent /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | égratigne /e.ɡʁa.tiɲ/ |
— | égratignons /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲɔ̃/ |
égratignez /e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- égratignure
- égratigneur
Further reading
- “égratigner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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