soigner

French

Etymology

From soin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swa.ɲe/

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Verb

soigner

1. to treat; to nurse
2. to look after, to take care of

Conjugation

Conjugation of soigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	soigner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	soignant /swa.ɲɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		soigné /swa.ɲe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	soigne /swaɲ/	soignes /swaɲ/	soigne /swaɲ/	soignons /swa.ɲɔ̃/	soignez /swa.ɲe/	soignent /swaɲ/
	imperfect	soignais /swa.ɲɛ/	soignais /swa.ɲɛ/	soignait /swa.ɲɛ/	soignions /swa.ɲjɔ̃/	soigniez /swa.ɲje/	soignaient /swa.ɲɛ/
	past historic2	soignai /swa.ɲe/	soignas /swa.ɲa/	soigna /swa.ɲa/	soignâmes /swa.ɲam/	soignâtes /swa.ɲat/	soignèrent /swa.ɲɛʁ/
	future	soignerai /swa.ɲə.ʁe/	soigneras /swa.ɲə.ʁa/	soignera /swa.ɲə.ʁa/	soignerons /swa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/	soignerez /swa.ɲə.ʁe/	soigneront /swa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	soignerais /swa.ɲə.ʁɛ/	soignerais /swa.ɲə.ʁɛ/	soignerait /swa.ɲə.ʁɛ/	soignerions /swa.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/	soigneriez /swa.ɲə.ʁje/	soigneraient /swa.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	soigne /swaɲ/	soignes /swaɲ/	soigne /swaɲ/	soignions /swa.ɲjɔ̃/	soigniez /swa.ɲje/	soignent /swaɲ/
	imperfect2	soignasse /swa.ɲas/	soignasses /swa.ɲas/	soignât /swa.ɲa/	soignassions /swa.ɲa.sjɔ̃/	soignassiez /swa.ɲa.sje/	soignassent /swa.ɲas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	soigne /swaɲ/	—	soignons /swa.ɲɔ̃/	soignez /swa.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: 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).

Related terms

• soignant
• soigné
• soigner le mal par le mal
• soigneur
• soigneusement
• soigneux
• soin

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• gérions, ignores, ignorés, régions