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grincer
grincer
French
Verb
grincer
Conjugation
This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.
Conjugation of grincer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | grincer | avoir grincé | |||||
| gerund | en grinçant | en ayant grincé | |||||
| present participle | grinçant /ɡʁɛ̃.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | grincé /ɡʁɛ̃.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | grince /ɡʁɛ̃s/ |
grinces /ɡʁɛ̃s/ |
grince /ɡʁɛ̃s/ |
grinçons /ɡʁɛ̃.sɔ̃/ |
grincez /ɡʁɛ̃.se/ |
grincent /ɡʁɛ̃s/ |
| imperfect | grinçais /ɡʁɛ̃.sɛ/ |
grinçais /ɡʁɛ̃.sɛ/ |
grinçait /ɡʁɛ̃.sɛ/ |
grincions /ɡʁɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
grinciez /ɡʁɛ̃.sje/ |
grinçaient /ɡʁɛ̃.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | grinçai /ɡʁɛ̃.se/ |
grinças /ɡʁɛ̃.sa/ |
grinça /ɡʁɛ̃.sa/ |
grinçâmes /ɡʁɛ̃.sam/ |
grinçâtes /ɡʁɛ̃.sat/ |
grincèrent /ɡʁɛ̃.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | grincerai /ɡʁɛ̃.sʁe/ |
grinceras /ɡʁɛ̃.sʁa/ |
grincera /ɡʁɛ̃.sʁa/ |
grincerons /ɡʁɛ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
grincerez /ɡʁɛ̃.sʁe/ |
grinceront /ɡʁɛ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | grincerais /ɡʁɛ̃.sʁɛ/ |
grincerais /ɡʁɛ̃.sʁɛ/ |
grincerait /ɡʁɛ̃.sʁɛ/ |
grincerions /ɡʁɛ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
grinceriez /ɡʁɛ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
grinceraient /ɡʁɛ̃.sʁɛ/ |
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| 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 | grince /ɡʁɛ̃s/ |
grinces /ɡʁɛ̃s/ |
grince /ɡʁɛ̃s/ |
grincions /ɡʁɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
grinciez /ɡʁɛ̃.sje/ |
grincent /ɡʁɛ̃s/ |
| imperfect1 |
grinçasse /ɡʁɛ̃.sas/ |
grinçasses /ɡʁɛ̃.sas/ |
grinçât /ɡʁɛ̃.sa/ |
grinçassions /ɡʁɛ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
grinçassiez /ɡʁɛ̃.sa.sje/ |
grinçassent /ɡʁɛ̃.sas/ |
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| 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 | – | |
| — | grince /ɡʁɛ̃s/ |
— | grinçons /ɡʁɛ̃.sɔ̃/ |
grincez /ɡʁɛ̃.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
- grincement
- grinceur
- grinçonner