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piger

piger

Danish

Noun

piger c

  1. plural indefinite of pige

French

Verb

piger

  1. (informal) to understand : to get, to catch on, to twig, to cotton on.
  2. (Canada) to choose at random : to draw.

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written pige- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

  Conjugation of piger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive piger avoir pigé
gerund en pigeant en ayant pigé
present participle pigeant
/pi.ʒɑ̃/
past participle pigé
/pi.ʒe/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present pige
/piʒ/ 		piges
/piʒ/ 		pige
/piʒ/ 		pigeons
/pi.ʒɔ̃/ 		pigez
/pi.ʒe/ 		pigent
/piʒ/
imperfect pigeais
/pi.ʒɛ/ 		pigeais
/pi.ʒɛ/ 		pigeait
/pi.ʒɛ/ 		pigions
/pi.ʒjɔ̃/ 		pigiez
/pi.ʒje/ 		pigeaient
/pi.ʒɛ/
past historic1 pigeai
/pi.ʒe/ 		pigeas
/pi.ʒa/ 		pigea
/pi.ʒa/ 		pigeâmes
/pi.ʒam/ 		pigeâtes
/pi.ʒat/ 		pigèrent
/pi.ʒɛʁ/
future pigerai
/piʒ.ʁe/ 		pigeras
/piʒ.ʁa/ 		pigera
/piʒ.ʁa/ 		pigerons
/piʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		pigerez
/piʒ.ʁe/ 		pigeront
/piʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pigerais
/piʒ.ʁɛ/ 		pigerais
/piʒ.ʁɛ/ 		pigerait
/piʒ.ʁɛ/ 		pigerions
/pi.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		pigeriez
/pi.ʒə.ʁje/ 		pigeraient
/piʒ.ʁɛ/
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
simple
tenses		 present pige
/piʒ/ 		piges
/piʒ/ 		pige
/piʒ/ 		pigions
/pi.ʒjɔ̃/ 		pigiez
/pi.ʒje/ 		pigent
/piʒ/
imperfect1 pigeasse
/pi.ʒas/ 		pigeasses
/pi.ʒas/ 		pigeât
/pi.ʒa/ 		pigeassions
/pi.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		pigeassiez
/pi.ʒa.sje/ 		pigeassent
/pi.ʒas/
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— pige
/piʒ/ 		— pigeons
/pi.ʒɔ̃/ 		pigez
/pi.ʒe/ 		—
1literary tenses

Latin

Etymology

From pigeō ‎(“to feel annoyance at, feel reluctance at”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyǵ- ‎(“ill-meaning, evil-minded, treacherous, hostile, bad”). Related to Old English ġefic ‎(“fraud, deceit, deception”), Old English fācen ‎(“deceit, fraud, treachery, sin, evil, crime, blemish, fault”), Middle High German veichen ‎(“dissembling, deceit, fraud”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ɡer/, [ˈpɪ.ɡɛr]

Adjective

piger m ‎(feminine pigra, neuter pigrum); first/second declension

  1. backward, slow, dull, lazy, indolent, sluggish, inactive

Inflection

First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative piger pigra pigrum pigrī pigrae pigra
genitive pigrī pigrae pigrī pigrōrum pigrārum pigrōrum
dative pigrō pigrō pigrīs
accusative pigrum pigram pigrum pigrōs pigrās pigra
ablative pigrō pigrā pigrō pigrīs
vocative piger pigra pigrum pigrī pigrae pigra

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