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).

Further reading

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