indigner
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin indignārī.
Pronunciation
Verb
indigner
- to fill with indignation, exasperate
- Je suis indigné de sa conduite.
- I'm appalled by his behaviour.
- (reflexive, s'indigner) to express self-righteous anger or disgust
- s’indigner contre une injustice
- to be outraged by an injustice; to rail against an injustice
Conjugation
Conjugation of indigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | indigner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | indignant /ɛ̃.di.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | indigné /ɛ̃.di.ɲe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | indigne /ɛ̃.diɲ/ |
indignes /ɛ̃.diɲ/ |
indigne /ɛ̃.diɲ/ |
indignons /ɛ̃.di.ɲɔ̃/ |
indignez /ɛ̃.di.ɲe/ |
indignent /ɛ̃.diɲ/ |
| imperfect | indignais /ɛ̃.di.ɲɛ/ |
indignais /ɛ̃.di.ɲɛ/ |
indignait /ɛ̃.di.ɲɛ/ |
indignions /ɛ̃.di.ɲjɔ̃/ |
indigniez /ɛ̃.di.ɲje/ |
indignaient /ɛ̃.di.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | indignai /ɛ̃.di.ɲe/ |
indignas /ɛ̃.di.ɲa/ |
indigna /ɛ̃.di.ɲa/ |
indignâmes /ɛ̃.di.ɲam/ |
indignâtes /ɛ̃.di.ɲat/ |
indignèrent /ɛ̃.di.ɲɛʁ/ | |
| future | indignerai /ɛ̃.di.ɲə.ʁe/ |
indigneras /ɛ̃.di.ɲə.ʁa/ |
indignera /ɛ̃.di.ɲə.ʁa/ |
indignerons /ɛ̃.di.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ |
indignerez /ɛ̃.di.ɲə.ʁe/ |
indigneront /ɛ̃.di.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | indignerais /ɛ̃.di.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
indignerais /ɛ̃.di.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
indignerait /ɛ̃.di.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
indignerions /ɛ̃.di.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
indigneriez /ɛ̃.di.ɲə.ʁje/ |
indigneraient /ɛ̃.di.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 | indigne /ɛ̃.diɲ/ |
indignes /ɛ̃.diɲ/ |
indigne /ɛ̃.diɲ/ |
indignions /ɛ̃.di.ɲjɔ̃/ |
indigniez /ɛ̃.di.ɲje/ |
indignent /ɛ̃.diɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | indignasse /ɛ̃.di.ɲas/ |
indignasses /ɛ̃.di.ɲas/ |
indignât /ɛ̃.di.ɲa/ |
indignassions /ɛ̃.di.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ |
indignassiez /ɛ̃.di.ɲa.sje/ |
indignassent /ɛ̃.di.ɲas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | indigne /ɛ̃.diɲ/ |
— | indignons /ɛ̃.di.ɲɔ̃/ |
indignez /ɛ̃.di.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
References
- “indigner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Further reading
- “indigner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Latin
Verb
indigner
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of indignor