lorgner

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɔʁ.ɲe/
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Verb

lorgner (transitive)

  1. to ogle
  2. to leer
  3. to covet
  4. to look at using a monocle or lorgnette
  5. to look ahead (to)

Conjugation
Conjugation of lorgner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple lorgner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple lorgnant
/lɔʁ.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle lorgné
/lɔʁ.ɲe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present lorgne
/lɔʁɲ/		 lorgnes
/lɔʁɲ/		 lorgne
/lɔʁɲ/		 lorgnons
/lɔʁ.ɲɔ̃/		 lorgnez
/lɔʁ.ɲe/		 lorgnent
/lɔʁɲ/
imperfect lorgnais
/lɔʁ.ɲɛ/		 lorgnais
/lɔʁ.ɲɛ/		 lorgnait
/lɔʁ.ɲɛ/		 lorgnions
/lɔʁ.ɲjɔ̃/		 lorgniez
/lɔʁ.ɲje/		 lorgnaient
/lɔʁ.ɲɛ/
past historic2 lorgnai
/lɔʁ.ɲe/		 lorgnas
/lɔʁ.ɲa/		 lorgna
/lɔʁ.ɲa/		 lorgnâmes
/lɔʁ.ɲam/		 lorgnâtes
/lɔʁ.ɲat/		 lorgnèrent
/lɔʁ.ɲɛʁ/
future lorgnerai
/lɔʁ.ɲə.ʁe/		 lorgneras
/lɔʁ.ɲə.ʁa/		 lorgnera
/lɔʁ.ɲə.ʁa/		 lorgnerons
/lɔʁ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/		 lorgnerez
/lɔʁ.ɲə.ʁe/		 lorgneront
/lɔʁ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional lorgnerais
/lɔʁ.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 lorgnerais
/lɔʁ.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 lorgnerait
/lɔʁ.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 lorgnerions
/lɔʁ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/		 lorgneriez
/lɔʁ.ɲə.ʁje/		 lorgneraient
/lɔʁ.ɲə.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 lorgne
/lɔʁɲ/		 lorgnes
/lɔʁɲ/		 lorgne
/lɔʁɲ/		 lorgnions
/lɔʁ.ɲjɔ̃/		 lorgniez
/lɔʁ.ɲje/		 lorgnent
/lɔʁɲ/
imperfect2 lorgnasse
/lɔʁ.ɲas/		 lorgnasses
/lɔʁ.ɲas/		 lorgnât
/lɔʁ.ɲa/		 lorgnassions
/lɔʁ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/		 lorgnassiez
/lɔʁ.ɲa.sje/		 lorgnassent
/lɔʁ.ɲas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — lorgne
/lɔʁɲ/		 — lorgnons
/lɔʁ.ɲɔ̃/		 lorgnez
/lɔʁ.ɲe/		 —
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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