lésiner

French

Etymology

From lésine +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /le.zi.ne/
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Verb

lésiner

  1. (intransitive) to skimp, to overly limit one's spending, to be frugal to an excessive degree

Conjugation
Conjugation of lésiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple lésiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple lésinant
/le.zi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle lésiné
/le.zi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present lésine
/le.zin/		 lésines
/le.zin/		 lésine
/le.zin/		 lésinons
/le.zi.nɔ̃/		 lésinez
/le.zi.ne/		 lésinent
/le.zin/
imperfect lésinais
/le.zi.nɛ/		 lésinais
/le.zi.nɛ/		 lésinait
/le.zi.nɛ/		 lésinions
/le.zi.njɔ̃/		 lésiniez
/le.zi.nje/		 lésinaient
/le.zi.nɛ/
past historic2 lésinai
/le.zi.ne/		 lésinas
/le.zi.na/		 lésina
/le.zi.na/		 lésinâmes
/le.zi.nam/		 lésinâtes
/le.zi.nat/		 lésinèrent
/le.zi.nɛʁ/
future lésinerai
/le.zin.ʁe/		 lésineras
/le.zin.ʁa/		 lésinera
/le.zin.ʁa/		 lésinerons
/le.zin.ʁɔ̃/		 lésinerez
/le.zin.ʁe/		 lésineront
/le.zin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional lésinerais
/le.zin.ʁɛ/		 lésinerais
/le.zin.ʁɛ/		 lésinerait
/le.zin.ʁɛ/		 lésinerions
/le.zi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 lésineriez
/le.zi.nə.ʁje/		 lésineraient
/le.zin.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 lésine
/le.zin/		 lésines
/le.zin/		 lésine
/le.zin/		 lésinions
/le.zi.njɔ̃/		 lésiniez
/le.zi.nje/		 lésinent
/le.zin/
imperfect2 lésinasse
/le.zi.nas/		 lésinasses
/le.zi.nas/		 lésinât
/le.zi.na/		 lésinassions
/le.zi.na.sjɔ̃/		 lésinassiez
/le.zi.na.sje/		 lésinassent
/le.zi.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — lésine
/le.zin/		 — lésinons
/le.zi.nɔ̃/		 lésinez
/le.zi.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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