clignoter
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kli.ɲɔ.te/
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Verb
clignoter (intransitive)
- (of lights) to blink, to flash; to turn on and off repeatedly
- (of a car) to indicate (the direction)
- (dated, of eyes) to blink repeatedly
Conjugation
Conjugation of clignoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | clignoter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | clignotant /kli.ɲɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | clignoté /kli.ɲɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | clignote /kli.ɲɔt/ |
clignotes /kli.ɲɔt/ |
clignote /kli.ɲɔt/ |
clignotons /kli.ɲɔ.tɔ̃/ |
clignotez /kli.ɲɔ.te/ |
clignotent /kli.ɲɔt/ |
| imperfect | clignotais /kli.ɲɔ.tɛ/ |
clignotais /kli.ɲɔ.tɛ/ |
clignotait /kli.ɲɔ.tɛ/ |
clignotions /kli.ɲɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
clignotiez /kli.ɲɔ.tje/ |
clignotaient /kli.ɲɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | clignotai /kli.ɲɔ.te/ |
clignotas /kli.ɲɔ.ta/ |
clignota /kli.ɲɔ.ta/ |
clignotâmes /kli.ɲɔ.tam/ |
clignotâtes /kli.ɲɔ.tat/ |
clignotèrent /kli.ɲɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | clignoterai /kli.ɲɔ.tʁe/ |
clignoteras /kli.ɲɔ.tʁa/ |
clignotera /kli.ɲɔ.tʁa/ |
clignoterons /kli.ɲɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
clignoterez /kli.ɲɔ.tʁe/ |
clignoteront /kli.ɲɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | clignoterais /kli.ɲɔ.tʁɛ/ |
clignoterais /kli.ɲɔ.tʁɛ/ |
clignoterait /kli.ɲɔ.tʁɛ/ |
clignoterions /kli.ɲɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
clignoteriez /kli.ɲɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
clignoteraient /kli.ɲɔ.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | clignote /kli.ɲɔt/ |
clignotes /kli.ɲɔt/ |
clignote /kli.ɲɔt/ |
clignotions /kli.ɲɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
clignotiez /kli.ɲɔ.tje/ |
clignotent /kli.ɲɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | clignotasse /kli.ɲɔ.tas/ |
clignotasses /kli.ɲɔ.tas/ |
clignotât /kli.ɲɔ.ta/ |
clignotassions /kli.ɲɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
clignotassiez /kli.ɲɔ.ta.sje/ |
clignotassent /kli.ɲɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | clignote /kli.ɲɔt/ |
— | clignotons /kli.ɲɔ.tɔ̃/ |
clignotez /kli.ɲɔ.te/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- clignotant
- clignotement
- clignoteur
Further reading
- “clignoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.