clignoter

French

Etymology

From cligner +‎ -oter.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kli.ɲɔ.te/
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Verb

clignoter (intransitive)

  1. (of lights) to blink, to flash; to turn on and off repeatedly
  2. (of a car) to indicate (the direction)
  3. (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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • 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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