manigancer

French

Etymology

From manigance +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.se/

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Verb

manigancer

1. to conspire, scheme, plot

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

Conjugation of manigancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	manigancer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	manigançant /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		manigancé /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	manigance /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃s/	manigances /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃s/	manigance /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃s/	manigançons /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sɔ̃/	manigancez /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.se/	manigancent /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃s/
	imperfect	manigançais /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sɛ/	manigançais /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sɛ/	manigançait /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sɛ/	manigancions /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	maniganciez /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sje/	manigançaient /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	manigançai /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.se/	maniganças /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sa/	manigança /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sa/	manigançâmes /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sam/	manigançâtes /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sat/	manigancèrent /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	manigancerai /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sʁe/	maniganceras /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sʁa/	manigancera /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sʁa/	manigancerons /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/	manigancerez /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sʁe/	maniganceront /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	manigancerais /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sʁɛ/	manigancerais /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sʁɛ/	manigancerait /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sʁɛ/	manigancerions /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	maniganceriez /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sə.ʁje/	maniganceraient /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sʁɛ/
(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	manigance /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃s/	manigances /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃s/	manigance /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃s/	manigancions /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	maniganciez /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sje/	manigancent /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃s/
	imperfect2	manigançasse /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sas/	manigançasses /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sas/	manigançât /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sa/	manigançassions /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	manigançassiez /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sa.sje/	manigançassent /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	manigance /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃s/	—	manigançons /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.sɔ̃/	manigancez /ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.se/	—
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

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