enquiquiner

French

Etymology

Probably en- + an onomatopoeic element -kik- (cf. kiki) + -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ki.ki.ne/
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Verb

enquiquiner

  1. (transitive, slang) to annoy; to pester
    Synonyms: agacer, casser les pieds, embêter, énerver, ennuyer, emmerder, faire chier, importuner
    • 1974, Louis Aragon, Théâtre, Gallimard, page 261:
      Ah, ils m’enquiquinent, sortir du bain pour les Petites Sœurs des Pauvres ou quoi ?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation
Conjugation of enquiquiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple enquiquiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple enquiquinant
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle enquiquiné
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present enquiquine
/ɑ̃.ki.kin/		 enquiquines
/ɑ̃.ki.kin/		 enquiquine
/ɑ̃.ki.kin/		 enquiquinons
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.nɔ̃/		 enquiquinez
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.ne/		 enquiquinent
/ɑ̃.ki.kin/
imperfect enquiquinais
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.nɛ/		 enquiquinais
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.nɛ/		 enquiquinait
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.nɛ/		 enquiquinions
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.njɔ̃/		 enquiquiniez
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.nje/		 enquiquinaient
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.nɛ/
past historic2 enquiquinai
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.ne/		 enquiquinas
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.na/		 enquiquina
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.na/		 enquiquinâmes
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.nam/		 enquiquinâtes
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.nat/		 enquiquinèrent
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.nɛʁ/
future enquiquinerai
/ɑ̃.ki.kin.ʁe/		 enquiquineras
/ɑ̃.ki.kin.ʁa/		 enquiquinera
/ɑ̃.ki.kin.ʁa/		 enquiquinerons
/ɑ̃.ki.kin.ʁɔ̃/		 enquiquinerez
/ɑ̃.ki.kin.ʁe/		 enquiquineront
/ɑ̃.ki.kin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional enquiquinerais
/ɑ̃.ki.kin.ʁɛ/		 enquiquinerais
/ɑ̃.ki.kin.ʁɛ/		 enquiquinerait
/ɑ̃.ki.kin.ʁɛ/		 enquiquinerions
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 enquiquineriez
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.nə.ʁje/		 enquiquineraient
/ɑ̃.ki.kin.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 enquiquine
/ɑ̃.ki.kin/		 enquiquines
/ɑ̃.ki.kin/		 enquiquine
/ɑ̃.ki.kin/		 enquiquinions
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.njɔ̃/		 enquiquiniez
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.nje/		 enquiquinent
/ɑ̃.ki.kin/
imperfect2 enquiquinasse
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.nas/		 enquiquinasses
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.nas/		 enquiquinât
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.na/		 enquiquinassions
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.na.sjɔ̃/		 enquiquinassiez
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.na.sje/		 enquiquinassent
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — enquiquine
/ɑ̃.ki.kin/		 — enquiquinons
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.nɔ̃/		 enquiquinez
/ɑ̃.ki.ki.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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