fouiner

French

Etymology

From fouine +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fwi.ne/
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Verb

fouiner

  1. (informal) to furrow, ferret, snoop around

Conjugation

Conjugation of fouiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple fouiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple fouinant
/fwi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle fouiné
/fwi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present fouine
/fwin/ 		fouines
/fwin/ 		fouine
/fwin/ 		fouinons
/fwi.nɔ̃/ 		fouinez
/fwi.ne/ 		fouinent
/fwin/
imperfect fouinais
/fwi.nɛ/ 		fouinais
/fwi.nɛ/ 		fouinait
/fwi.nɛ/ 		fouinions
/fwi.njɔ̃/ 		fouiniez
/fwi.nje/ 		fouinaient
/fwi.nɛ/
past historic2 fouinai
/fwi.ne/ 		fouinas
/fwi.na/ 		fouina
/fwi.na/ 		fouinâmes
/fwi.nam/ 		fouinâtes
/fwi.nat/ 		fouinèrent
/fwi.nɛʁ/
future fouinerai
/fwin.ʁe/ 		fouineras
/fwin.ʁa/ 		fouinera
/fwin.ʁa/ 		fouinerons
/fwin.ʁɔ̃/ 		fouinerez
/fwin.ʁe/ 		fouineront
/fwin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional fouinerais
/fwin.ʁɛ/ 		fouinerais
/fwin.ʁɛ/ 		fouinerait
/fwin.ʁɛ/ 		fouinerions
/fwi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		fouineriez
/fwi.nə.ʁje/ 		fouineraient
/fwin.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 fouine
/fwin/ 		fouines
/fwin/ 		fouine
/fwin/ 		fouinions
/fwi.njɔ̃/ 		fouiniez
/fwi.nje/ 		fouinent
/fwin/
imperfect2 fouinasse
/fwi.nas/ 		fouinasses
/fwi.nas/ 		fouinât
/fwi.na/ 		fouinassions
/fwi.na.sjɔ̃/ 		fouinassiez
/fwi.na.sje/ 		fouinassent
/fwi.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fouine
/fwin/ 		— fouinons
/fwi.nɔ̃/ 		fouinez
/fwi.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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