ricaner

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁi.ka.ne/
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Verb

ricaner

  1. to giggle
  2. to sneer, smile grimly
    • 1955, Georges Simenon, translated by Siân Reynolds, Maigret tend un piège [Maigret Sets a Trap], Livre de Poche, page 130:
      Le coup de grâce ! ricana Maigret.
      'The coup de grâce,' Maigret said grimly.

Conjugation
Conjugation of ricaner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ricaner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ricanant
/ʁi.ka.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ricané
/ʁi.ka.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present ricane
/ʁi.kan/		 ricanes
/ʁi.kan/		 ricane
/ʁi.kan/		 ricanons
/ʁi.ka.nɔ̃/		 ricanez
/ʁi.ka.ne/		 ricanent
/ʁi.kan/
imperfect ricanais
/ʁi.ka.nɛ/		 ricanais
/ʁi.ka.nɛ/		 ricanait
/ʁi.ka.nɛ/		 ricanions
/ʁi.ka.njɔ̃/		 ricaniez
/ʁi.ka.nje/		 ricanaient
/ʁi.ka.nɛ/
past historic2 ricanai
/ʁi.ka.ne/		 ricanas
/ʁi.ka.na/		 ricana
/ʁi.ka.na/		 ricanâmes
/ʁi.ka.nam/		 ricanâtes
/ʁi.ka.nat/		 ricanèrent
/ʁi.ka.nɛʁ/
future ricanerai
/ʁi.kan.ʁe/		 ricaneras
/ʁi.kan.ʁa/		 ricanera
/ʁi.kan.ʁa/		 ricanerons
/ʁi.kan.ʁɔ̃/		 ricanerez
/ʁi.kan.ʁe/		 ricaneront
/ʁi.kan.ʁɔ̃/
conditional ricanerais
/ʁi.kan.ʁɛ/		 ricanerais
/ʁi.kan.ʁɛ/		 ricanerait
/ʁi.kan.ʁɛ/		 ricanerions
/ʁi.ka.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 ricaneriez
/ʁi.ka.nə.ʁje/		 ricaneraient
/ʁi.kan.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 ricane
/ʁi.kan/		 ricanes
/ʁi.kan/		 ricane
/ʁi.kan/		 ricanions
/ʁi.ka.njɔ̃/		 ricaniez
/ʁi.ka.nje/		 ricanent
/ʁi.kan/
imperfect2 ricanasse
/ʁi.ka.nas/		 ricanasses
/ʁi.ka.nas/		 ricanât
/ʁi.ka.na/		 ricanassions
/ʁi.ka.na.sjɔ̃/		 ricanassiez
/ʁi.ka.na.sje/		 ricanassent
/ʁi.ka.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ricane
/ʁi.kan/		 — ricanons
/ʁi.ka.nɔ̃/		 ricanez
/ʁi.ka.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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