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égrener
égrener
French
Verb
égrener
- to shell, pod (maize, peas, wheat etc.)
- to gin (cotton)
- to ripple (flax)
- (reflexive) to drop off the stalk/bunch
- to dish out
- to rattle off, go through (a list)
- 2000, Jean-François Parot, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès 2012, p. 12:
- Il chut de tout son long, égrenant à nouveau un chapelet d'horribles jurons.
- He fell full length, reeling off another string of appalling curses.
- Il chut de tout son long, égrenant à nouveau un chapelet d'horribles jurons.
- 2000, Jean-François Parot, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès 2012, p. 12:
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il égrène rather than *il égrene. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
Conjugation of égrener (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | égrener | avoir égrené | |||||
| gerund | en égrenant | en ayant égrené | |||||
| present participle | égrenant /e.ɡʁə.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | égrené /e.ɡʁə.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | égrène /e.ɡʁɛn/ |
égrènes /e.ɡʁɛn/ |
égrène /e.ɡʁɛn/ |
égrenons /e.ɡʁə.nɔ̃/ |
égrenez /e.ɡʁə.ne/ |
égrènent /e.ɡʁɛn/ |
| imperfect | égrenais /e.ɡʁə.nɛ/ |
égrenais /e.ɡʁə.nɛ/ |
égrenait /e.ɡʁə.nɛ/ |
égrenions /e.ɡʁə.njɔ̃/ |
égreniez /e.ɡʁə.nje/ |
égrenaient /e.ɡʁə.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | égrenai /e.ɡʁə.ne/ |
égrenas /e.ɡʁə.na/ |
égrena /e.ɡʁə.na/ |
égrenâmes /e.ɡʁə.nam/ |
égrenâtes /e.ɡʁə.nat/ |
égrenèrent /e.ɡʁə.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | égrènerai /e.ɡʁɛn.ʁe/ |
égrèneras /e.ɡʁɛn.ʁa/ |
égrènera /e.ɡʁɛn.ʁa/ |
égrènerons /e.ɡʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
égrènerez /e.ɡʁɛn.ʁe/ |
égrèneront /e.ɡʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | égrènerais /e.ɡʁɛn.ʁɛ/ |
égrènerais /e.ɡʁɛn.ʁɛ/ |
égrènerait /e.ɡʁɛn.ʁɛ/ |
égrènerions /e.ɡʁɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
égrèneriez /e.ɡʁɛ.nə.ʁje/ |
égrèneraient /e.ɡʁɛn.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | égrène /e.ɡʁɛn/ |
égrènes /e.ɡʁɛn/ |
égrène /e.ɡʁɛn/ |
égrenions /e.ɡʁə.njɔ̃/ |
égreniez /e.ɡʁə.nje/ |
égrènent /e.ɡʁɛn/ |
| imperfect1 |
égrenasse /e.ɡʁə.nas/ |
égrenasses /e.ɡʁə.nas/ |
égrenât /e.ɡʁə.na/ |
égrenassions /e.ɡʁə.na.sjɔ̃/ |
égrenassiez /e.ɡʁə.na.sje/ |
égrenassent /e.ɡʁə.nas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | égrène /e.ɡʁɛn/ |
— | égrenons /e.ɡʁə.nɔ̃/ |
égrenez /e.ɡʁə.ne/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Synonyms
- (to shell): écosser