rechigner

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ chigner.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁə.ʃi.ɲe/
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Verb

rechigner

  1. (colloquial, transitive with à) to display reluctance in doing something
    Synonym: renâcler
    L’été, nos enfants rechignent à faire leurs devoirs de vacances. ― In the summer, our children are reluctant to do their vacation homework.
    • 2016, Mathilde Ramadier, Alberto Madrigal, Berlin 2.0, Futuropolis, →ISBN, page 41:
      Eh bien, il a beau avoir beaucoup de qualités… Il a rechigné à mettre une capote, et j’ai craqué…
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation
Conjugation of rechigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rechigner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple rechignant
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rechigné
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present rechigne
/ʁə.ʃiɲ/		 rechignes
/ʁə.ʃiɲ/		 rechigne
/ʁə.ʃiɲ/		 rechignons
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲɔ̃/		 rechignez
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲe/		 rechignent
/ʁə.ʃiɲ/
imperfect rechignais
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲɛ/		 rechignais
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲɛ/		 rechignait
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲɛ/		 rechignions
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲjɔ̃/		 rechigniez
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲje/		 rechignaient
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲɛ/
past historic2 rechignai
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲe/		 rechignas
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲa/		 rechigna
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲa/		 rechignâmes
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲam/		 rechignâtes
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲat/		 rechignèrent
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲɛʁ/
future rechignerai
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲə.ʁe/		 rechigneras
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲə.ʁa/		 rechignera
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲə.ʁa/		 rechignerons
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/		 rechignerez
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲə.ʁe/		 rechigneront
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional rechignerais
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 rechignerais
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 rechignerait
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 rechignerions
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/		 rechigneriez
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲə.ʁje/		 rechigneraient
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲə.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 rechigne
/ʁə.ʃiɲ/		 rechignes
/ʁə.ʃiɲ/		 rechigne
/ʁə.ʃiɲ/		 rechignions
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲjɔ̃/		 rechigniez
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲje/		 rechignent
/ʁə.ʃiɲ/
imperfect2 rechignasse
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲas/		 rechignasses
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲas/		 rechignât
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲa/		 rechignassions
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲa.sjɔ̃/		 rechignassiez
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲa.sje/		 rechignassent
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rechigne
/ʁə.ʃiɲ/		 — rechignons
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲɔ̃/		 rechignez
/ʁə.ʃi.ɲe/		 —
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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