couiner

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwi.ne/

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Verb

couiner

1. (intransitive, of an object) to creak, squeak
2. (intransitive, of an animal or person) to squeal, squeak

Conjugation

Conjugation of couiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	couiner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	couinant /kwi.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		couiné /kwi.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	couine /kwin/	couines /kwin/	couine /kwin/	couinons /kwi.nɔ̃/	couinez /kwi.ne/	couinent /kwin/
	imperfect	couinais /kwi.nɛ/	couinais /kwi.nɛ/	couinait /kwi.nɛ/	couinions /kwi.njɔ̃/	couiniez /kwi.nje/	couinaient /kwi.nɛ/
	past historic2	couinai /kwi.ne/	couinas /kwi.na/	couina /kwi.na/	couinâmes /kwi.nam/	couinâtes /kwi.nat/	couinèrent /kwi.nɛʁ/
	future	couinerai /kwin.ʁe/	couineras /kwin.ʁa/	couinera /kwin.ʁa/	couinerons /kwin.ʁɔ̃/	couinerez /kwin.ʁe/	couineront /kwin.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	couinerais /kwin.ʁɛ/	couinerais /kwin.ʁɛ/	couinerait /kwin.ʁɛ/	couinerions /kwi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	couineriez /kwi.nə.ʁje/	couineraient /kwin.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	couine /kwin/	couines /kwin/	couine /kwin/	couinions /kwi.njɔ̃/	couiniez /kwi.nje/	couinent /kwin/
	imperfect2	couinasse /kwi.nas/	couinasses /kwi.nas/	couinât /kwi.na/	couinassions /kwi.na.sjɔ̃/	couinassiez /kwi.na.sje/	couinassent /kwi.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	couine /kwin/	—	couinons /kwi.nɔ̃/	couinez /kwi.ne/	—
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).

Derived terms

• couinement

Further reading

• “couiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.