grogner

French

Etymology

From Old French gronir, from Latin grunnīre, present active infinitive of grunniō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɔ.ɲe/
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Verb

grogner

  1. to grunt (for a pig, make the sound of a pig)
  2. to grunt (for a person, to make a snorting sound e.g. of disapproval)
  3. to growl, to snarl (for an animal, to make a growling or snarling sound)

Conjugation
Conjugation of grogner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle grognant
/ɡʁɔ.ɲɑ̃/
past participle grogné
/ɡʁɔ.ɲe/
infinitive
simple grogner
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple grognant
/ɡʁɔ.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present grogne
/ɡʁɔɲ/		 grognes
/ɡʁɔɲ/		 grogne
/ɡʁɔɲ/		 grognons
/ɡʁɔ.ɲɔ̃/		 grognez
/ɡʁɔ.ɲe/		 grognent
/ɡʁɔɲ/
imperfect grognais
/ɡʁɔ.ɲɛ/		 grognais
/ɡʁɔ.ɲɛ/		 grognait
/ɡʁɔ.ɲɛ/		 grognions
/ɡʁɔ.ɲjɔ̃/		 grogniez
/ɡʁɔ.ɲje/		 grognaient
/ɡʁɔ.ɲɛ/
past historic2 grognai
/ɡʁɔ.ɲe/		 grognas
/ɡʁɔ.ɲa/		 grogna
/ɡʁɔ.ɲa/		 grognâmes
/ɡʁɔ.ɲam/		 grognâtes
/ɡʁɔ.ɲat/		 grognèrent
/ɡʁɔ.ɲɛʁ/
future grognerai
/ɡʁɔɲ.ʁe/		 grogneras
/ɡʁɔɲ.ʁa/		 grognera
/ɡʁɔɲ.ʁa/		 grognerons
/ɡʁɔɲ.ʁɔ̃/		 grognerez
/ɡʁɔɲ.ʁe/		 grogneront
/ɡʁɔɲ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional grognerais
/ɡʁɔɲ.ʁɛ/		 grognerais
/ɡʁɔɲ.ʁɛ/		 grognerait
/ɡʁɔɲ.ʁɛ/		 grognerions
/ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/		 grogneriez
/ɡʁɔ.ɲə.ʁje/		 grogneraient
/ɡʁɔɲ.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 grogne
/ɡʁɔɲ/		 grognes
/ɡʁɔɲ/		 grogne
/ɡʁɔɲ/		 grognions
/ɡʁɔ.ɲjɔ̃/		 grogniez
/ɡʁɔ.ɲje/		 grognent
/ɡʁɔɲ/
imperfect2 grognasse
/ɡʁɔ.ɲas/		 grognasses
/ɡʁɔ.ɲas/		 grognât
/ɡʁɔ.ɲa/		 grognassions
/ɡʁɔ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/		 grognassiez
/ɡʁɔ.ɲa.sje/		 grognassent
/ɡʁɔ.ɲas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — grogne
/ɡʁɔɲ/		 — grognons
/ɡʁɔ.ɲɔ̃/		 grognez
/ɡʁɔ.ɲe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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