chinoiser

French

Etymology

From chinois +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃi.nwa.ze/
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Verb

chinoiser

  1. to argue; to quibble; to squabble

Conjugation
Conjugation of chinoiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple chinoiser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple chinoisant
/ʃi.nwa.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle chinoisé
/ʃi.nwa.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present chinoise
/ʃi.nwaz/		 chinoises
/ʃi.nwaz/		 chinoise
/ʃi.nwaz/		 chinoisons
/ʃi.nwa.zɔ̃/		 chinoisez
/ʃi.nwa.ze/		 chinoisent
/ʃi.nwaz/
imperfect chinoisais
/ʃi.nwa.zɛ/		 chinoisais
/ʃi.nwa.zɛ/		 chinoisait
/ʃi.nwa.zɛ/		 chinoisions
/ʃi.nwa.zjɔ̃/		 chinoisiez
/ʃi.nwa.zje/		 chinoisaient
/ʃi.nwa.zɛ/
past historic2 chinoisai
/ʃi.nwa.ze/		 chinoisas
/ʃi.nwa.za/		 chinoisa
/ʃi.nwa.za/		 chinoisâmes
/ʃi.nwa.zam/		 chinoisâtes
/ʃi.nwa.zat/		 chinoisèrent
/ʃi.nwa.zɛʁ/
future chinoiserai
/ʃi.nwaz.ʁe/		 chinoiseras
/ʃi.nwaz.ʁa/		 chinoisera
/ʃi.nwaz.ʁa/		 chinoiserons
/ʃi.nwaz.ʁɔ̃/		 chinoiserez
/ʃi.nwaz.ʁe/		 chinoiseront
/ʃi.nwaz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional chinoiserais
/ʃi.nwaz.ʁɛ/		 chinoiserais
/ʃi.nwaz.ʁɛ/		 chinoiserait
/ʃi.nwaz.ʁɛ/		 chinoiserions
/ʃi.nwa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 chinoiseriez
/ʃi.nwa.zə.ʁje/		 chinoiseraient
/ʃi.nwaz.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 chinoise
/ʃi.nwaz/		 chinoises
/ʃi.nwaz/		 chinoise
/ʃi.nwaz/		 chinoisions
/ʃi.nwa.zjɔ̃/		 chinoisiez
/ʃi.nwa.zje/		 chinoisent
/ʃi.nwaz/
imperfect2 chinoisasse
/ʃi.nwa.zas/		 chinoisasses
/ʃi.nwa.zas/		 chinoisât
/ʃi.nwa.za/		 chinoisassions
/ʃi.nwa.za.sjɔ̃/		 chinoisassiez
/ʃi.nwa.za.sje/		 chinoisassent
/ʃi.nwa.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chinoise
/ʃi.nwaz/		 — chinoisons
/ʃi.nwa.zɔ̃/		 chinoisez
/ʃi.nwa.ze/		 —
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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