chiffonner

French

Etymology

From chiffon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃi.fɔ.ne/
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Verb

chiffonner

  1. (transitive) to crumple, crease
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to bother, to perplex
    Il y a quelque chose qui me chiffonne dans cette affaire. ― Something bothers me about this whole affair.

Conjugation
Conjugation of chiffonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple chiffonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple chiffonnant
/ʃi.fɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle chiffonné
/ʃi.fɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present chiffonne
/ʃi.fɔn/		 chiffonnes
/ʃi.fɔn/		 chiffonne
/ʃi.fɔn/		 chiffonnons
/ʃi.fɔ.nɔ̃/		 chiffonnez
/ʃi.fɔ.ne/		 chiffonnent
/ʃi.fɔn/
imperfect chiffonnais
/ʃi.fɔ.nɛ/		 chiffonnais
/ʃi.fɔ.nɛ/		 chiffonnait
/ʃi.fɔ.nɛ/		 chiffonnions
/ʃi.fɔ.njɔ̃/		 chiffonniez
/ʃi.fɔ.nje/		 chiffonnaient
/ʃi.fɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 chiffonnai
/ʃi.fɔ.ne/		 chiffonnas
/ʃi.fɔ.na/		 chiffonna
/ʃi.fɔ.na/		 chiffonnâmes
/ʃi.fɔ.nam/		 chiffonnâtes
/ʃi.fɔ.nat/		 chiffonnèrent
/ʃi.fɔ.nɛʁ/
future chiffonnerai
/ʃi.fɔn.ʁe/		 chiffonneras
/ʃi.fɔn.ʁa/		 chiffonnera
/ʃi.fɔn.ʁa/		 chiffonnerons
/ʃi.fɔn.ʁɔ̃/		 chiffonnerez
/ʃi.fɔn.ʁe/		 chiffonneront
/ʃi.fɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional chiffonnerais
/ʃi.fɔn.ʁɛ/		 chiffonnerais
/ʃi.fɔn.ʁɛ/		 chiffonnerait
/ʃi.fɔn.ʁɛ/		 chiffonnerions
/ʃi.fɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 chiffonneriez
/ʃi.fɔ.nə.ʁje/		 chiffonneraient
/ʃi.fɔn.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 chiffonne
/ʃi.fɔn/		 chiffonnes
/ʃi.fɔn/		 chiffonne
/ʃi.fɔn/		 chiffonnions
/ʃi.fɔ.njɔ̃/		 chiffonniez
/ʃi.fɔ.nje/		 chiffonnent
/ʃi.fɔn/
imperfect2 chiffonnasse
/ʃi.fɔ.nas/		 chiffonnasses
/ʃi.fɔ.nas/		 chiffonnât
/ʃi.fɔ.na/		 chiffonnassions
/ʃi.fɔ.na.sjɔ̃/		 chiffonnassiez
/ʃi.fɔ.na.sje/		 chiffonnassent
/ʃi.fɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chiffonne
/ʃi.fɔn/		 — chiffonnons
/ʃi.fɔ.nɔ̃/		 chiffonnez
/ʃi.fɔ.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:
  • 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).

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Verb

chiffonner

  1. (Jersey) to dust

Derived terms
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