chiner

French

Etymology

In the dye sense from Chine +‎ -er, the others clipping of échiner.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃi.ne/
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Verb

chiner

  1. to dye and interweave fabrics into
  2. to take the piss out of
  3. to look around, to lurk
    • 2021 July 2, 1PLIKÉ140 (lyrics and music), “Poison”‎:
      L'bigo, on l'met en sourdine juste avant d'aller chiner
      The celly, we put on the silencer just before going to lurk

Conjugation
Conjugation of chiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple chiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple chinant
/ʃi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle chiné
/ʃi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present chine
/ʃin/		 chines
/ʃin/		 chine
/ʃin/		 chinons
/ʃi.nɔ̃/		 chinez
/ʃi.ne/		 chinent
/ʃin/
imperfect chinais
/ʃi.nɛ/		 chinais
/ʃi.nɛ/		 chinait
/ʃi.nɛ/		 chinions
/ʃi.njɔ̃/		 chiniez
/ʃi.nje/		 chinaient
/ʃi.nɛ/
past historic2 chinai
/ʃi.ne/		 chinas
/ʃi.na/		 china
/ʃi.na/		 chinâmes
/ʃi.nam/		 chinâtes
/ʃi.nat/		 chinèrent
/ʃi.nɛʁ/
future chinerai
/ʃin.ʁe/		 chineras
/ʃin.ʁa/		 chinera
/ʃin.ʁa/		 chinerons
/ʃin.ʁɔ̃/		 chinerez
/ʃin.ʁe/		 chineront
/ʃin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional chinerais
/ʃin.ʁɛ/		 chinerais
/ʃin.ʁɛ/		 chinerait
/ʃin.ʁɛ/		 chinerions
/ʃi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 chineriez
/ʃi.nə.ʁje/		 chineraient
/ʃin.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 chine
/ʃin/		 chines
/ʃin/		 chine
/ʃin/		 chinions
/ʃi.njɔ̃/		 chiniez
/ʃi.nje/		 chinent
/ʃin/
imperfect2 chinasse
/ʃi.nas/		 chinasses
/ʃi.nas/		 chinât
/ʃi.na/		 chinassions
/ʃi.na.sjɔ̃/		 chinassiez
/ʃi.na.sje/		 chinassent
/ʃi.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chine
/ʃin/		 — chinons
/ʃi.nɔ̃/		 chinez
/ʃi.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).

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