poitriner

French

Etymology

From poitrine (“chest, breast”) +‎ -er (verb suffix).

Pronunciation
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IPA(key): /pwa.tʁi.ne/

Verb

poitriner

  1. to sing with a chest voice
    • 1907, Pierre Bonnier, La Voix, sa culture physiologique (théorie nouvelle de la phonation). Conférences faites au Conservatoire de musique de Paris en 1906, 3rd edition, Éditions Félix Alcan, published 1910:
      Un contralto ne doit pas poitriner, même dans le grave; […]
      A contralto need not sing from the chest, even in the bass; […]
  2. (regional, Anjou, Vendée, literally or figuratively) to keep one's cards close to one's chest
    • 1838-1847, Honoré de Balzac, Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes, quatrième partie:
      Je parlais à la bonne franquette, moi ! je parlais à M. de Grandville ; mais si le procureur général est là, je reprends mes cartes et je poitrine.
      I was speaking informally! I was speaking to Monsieur de Grandville; but if the public prosecutor is here, I shall keep my cards close to my chest.

Conjugation
Conjugation of poitriner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple poitriner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple poitrinant
/pwa.tʁi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle poitriné
/pwa.tʁi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present poitrine
/pwa.tʁin/		 poitrines
/pwa.tʁin/		 poitrine
/pwa.tʁin/		 poitrinons
/pwa.tʁi.nɔ̃/		 poitrinez
/pwa.tʁi.ne/		 poitrinent
/pwa.tʁin/
imperfect poitrinais
/pwa.tʁi.nɛ/		 poitrinais
/pwa.tʁi.nɛ/		 poitrinait
/pwa.tʁi.nɛ/		 poitrinions
/pwa.tʁi.njɔ̃/		 poitriniez
/pwa.tʁi.nje/		 poitrinaient
/pwa.tʁi.nɛ/
past historic2 poitrinai
/pwa.tʁi.ne/		 poitrinas
/pwa.tʁi.na/		 poitrina
/pwa.tʁi.na/		 poitrinâmes
/pwa.tʁi.nam/		 poitrinâtes
/pwa.tʁi.nat/		 poitrinèrent
/pwa.tʁi.nɛʁ/
future poitrinerai
/pwa.tʁin.ʁe/		 poitrineras
/pwa.tʁin.ʁa/		 poitrinera
/pwa.tʁin.ʁa/		 poitrinerons
/pwa.tʁin.ʁɔ̃/		 poitrinerez
/pwa.tʁin.ʁe/		 poitrineront
/pwa.tʁin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional poitrinerais
/pwa.tʁin.ʁɛ/		 poitrinerais
/pwa.tʁin.ʁɛ/		 poitrinerait
/pwa.tʁin.ʁɛ/		 poitrinerions
/pwa.tʁi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 poitrineriez
/pwa.tʁi.nə.ʁje/		 poitrineraient
/pwa.tʁin.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 poitrine
/pwa.tʁin/		 poitrines
/pwa.tʁin/		 poitrine
/pwa.tʁin/		 poitrinions
/pwa.tʁi.njɔ̃/		 poitriniez
/pwa.tʁi.nje/		 poitrinent
/pwa.tʁin/
imperfect2 poitrinasse
/pwa.tʁi.nas/		 poitrinasses
/pwa.tʁi.nas/		 poitrinât
/pwa.tʁi.na/		 poitrinassions
/pwa.tʁi.na.sjɔ̃/		 poitrinassiez
/pwa.tʁi.na.sje/		 poitrinassent
/pwa.tʁi.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — poitrine
/pwa.tʁin/		 — poitrinons
/pwa.tʁi.nɔ̃/		 poitrinez
/pwa.tʁi.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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