giguer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French giguer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒi.ɡe/
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Verb

giguer

  1. (intransitive, archaic) to dance the jig
  2. (intransitive, archaic) to dance, gambol, prance, frolic
    Synonyms: gambader, danser

Conjugation
Conjugation of giguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple giguer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple giguant
/ʒi.ɡɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle gigué
/ʒi.ɡe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present gigue
/ʒiɡ/		 gigues
/ʒiɡ/		 gigue
/ʒiɡ/		 giguons
/ʒi.ɡɔ̃/		 giguez
/ʒi.ɡe/		 giguent
/ʒiɡ/
imperfect giguais
/ʒi.ɡɛ/		 giguais
/ʒi.ɡɛ/		 giguait
/ʒi.ɡɛ/		 giguions
/ʒi.ɡjɔ̃/		 giguiez
/ʒi.ɡje/		 giguaient
/ʒi.ɡɛ/
past historic2 giguai
/ʒi.ɡe/		 giguas
/ʒi.ɡa/		 gigua
/ʒi.ɡa/		 giguâmes
/ʒi.ɡam/		 giguâtes
/ʒi.ɡat/		 giguèrent
/ʒi.ɡɛʁ/
future giguerai
/ʒi.ɡʁe/		 gigueras
/ʒi.ɡʁa/		 giguera
/ʒi.ɡʁa/		 giguerons
/ʒi.ɡʁɔ̃/		 giguerez
/ʒi.ɡʁe/		 gigueront
/ʒi.ɡʁɔ̃/
conditional giguerais
/ʒi.ɡʁɛ/		 giguerais
/ʒi.ɡʁɛ/		 giguerait
/ʒi.ɡʁɛ/		 giguerions
/ʒi.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/		 gigueriez
/ʒi.ɡə.ʁje/		 gigueraient
/ʒi.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 gigue
/ʒiɡ/		 gigues
/ʒiɡ/		 gigue
/ʒiɡ/		 giguions
/ʒi.ɡjɔ̃/		 giguiez
/ʒi.ɡje/		 giguent
/ʒiɡ/
imperfect2 giguasse
/ʒi.ɡas/		 giguasses
/ʒi.ɡas/		 giguât
/ʒi.ɡa/		 giguassions
/ʒi.ɡa.sjɔ̃/		 giguassiez
/ʒi.ɡa.sje/		 giguassent
/ʒi.ɡas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — gigue
/ʒiɡ/		 — giguons
/ʒi.ɡɔ̃/		 giguez
/ʒi.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).

Descendants
  • →? English: jig

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