couiner

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kwi.ne/
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Verb

couiner

  1. (intransitive, of an object) to creak, squeak
  2. (intransitive, of an animal or person) to squeal, squeak

Conjugation
Conjugation of couiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple couiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple couinant
/kwi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle couiné
/kwi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present couine
/kwin/		 couines
/kwin/		 couine
/kwin/		 couinons
/kwi.nɔ̃/		 couinez
/kwi.ne/		 couinent
/kwin/
imperfect couinais
/kwi.nɛ/		 couinais
/kwi.nɛ/		 couinait
/kwi.nɛ/		 couinions
/kwi.njɔ̃/		 couiniez
/kwi.nje/		 couinaient
/kwi.nɛ/
past historic2 couinai
/kwi.ne/		 couinas
/kwi.na/		 couina
/kwi.na/		 couinâmes
/kwi.nam/		 couinâtes
/kwi.nat/		 couinèrent
/kwi.nɛʁ/
future couinerai
/kwin.ʁe/		 couineras
/kwin.ʁa/		 couinera
/kwin.ʁa/		 couinerons
/kwin.ʁɔ̃/		 couinerez
/kwin.ʁe/		 couineront
/kwin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional couinerais
/kwin.ʁɛ/		 couinerais
/kwin.ʁɛ/		 couinerait
/kwin.ʁɛ/		 couinerions
/kwi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 couineriez
/kwi.nə.ʁje/		 couineraient
/kwin.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 couine
/kwin/		 couines
/kwin/		 couine
/kwin/		 couinions
/kwi.njɔ̃/		 couiniez
/kwi.nje/		 couinent
/kwin/
imperfect2 couinasse
/kwi.nas/		 couinasses
/kwi.nas/		 couinât
/kwi.na/		 couinassions
/kwi.na.sjɔ̃/		 couinassiez
/kwi.na.sje/		 couinassent
/kwi.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — couine
/kwin/		 — couinons
/kwi.nɔ̃/		 couinez
/kwi.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).

Derived terms
  • couinement

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