griffonner

French

Etymology

From griffer +‎ -onner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁi.fɔ.ne/

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Verb

griffonner

1. to scribble, scrawl (write something scruffily)

   Synonym: gribouiller

Conjugation

Conjugation of griffonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	griffonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	griffonnant /ɡʁi.fɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		griffonné /ɡʁi.fɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	griffonne /ɡʁi.fɔn/	griffonnes /ɡʁi.fɔn/	griffonne /ɡʁi.fɔn/	griffonnons /ɡʁi.fɔ.nɔ̃/	griffonnez /ɡʁi.fɔ.ne/	griffonnent /ɡʁi.fɔn/
	imperfect	griffonnais /ɡʁi.fɔ.nɛ/	griffonnais /ɡʁi.fɔ.nɛ/	griffonnait /ɡʁi.fɔ.nɛ/	griffonnions /ɡʁi.fɔ.njɔ̃/	griffonniez /ɡʁi.fɔ.nje/	griffonnaient /ɡʁi.fɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	griffonnai /ɡʁi.fɔ.ne/	griffonnas /ɡʁi.fɔ.na/	griffonna /ɡʁi.fɔ.na/	griffonnâmes /ɡʁi.fɔ.nam/	griffonnâtes /ɡʁi.fɔ.nat/	griffonnèrent /ɡʁi.fɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	griffonnerai /ɡʁi.fɔn.ʁe/	griffonneras /ɡʁi.fɔn.ʁa/	griffonnera /ɡʁi.fɔn.ʁa/	griffonnerons /ɡʁi.fɔn.ʁɔ̃/	griffonnerez /ɡʁi.fɔn.ʁe/	griffonneront /ɡʁi.fɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	griffonnerais /ɡʁi.fɔn.ʁɛ/	griffonnerais /ɡʁi.fɔn.ʁɛ/	griffonnerait /ɡʁi.fɔn.ʁɛ/	griffonnerions /ɡʁi.fɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	griffonneriez /ɡʁi.fɔ.nə.ʁje/	griffonneraient /ɡʁi.fɔn.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	griffonne /ɡʁi.fɔn/	griffonnes /ɡʁi.fɔn/	griffonne /ɡʁi.fɔn/	griffonnions /ɡʁi.fɔ.njɔ̃/	griffonniez /ɡʁi.fɔ.nje/	griffonnent /ɡʁi.fɔn/
	imperfect2	griffonnasse /ɡʁi.fɔ.nas/	griffonnasses /ɡʁi.fɔ.nas/	griffonnât /ɡʁi.fɔ.na/	griffonnassions /ɡʁi.fɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	griffonnassiez /ɡʁi.fɔ.na.sje/	griffonnassent /ɡʁi.fɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	griffonne /ɡʁi.fɔn/	—	griffonnons /ɡʁi.fɔ.nɔ̃/	griffonnez /ɡʁi.fɔ.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

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