cogner

French

Etymology

From Latin cuneāre, present active infinitive of cuneō, ultimately from cuneus (“wedge”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ.ɲe/
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Verb

cogner

  1. to whack, to bash, to thump (hit hard)
    • 1962, Vline Buggy (lyrics), Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (music), “La Bagarre”, performed by Johnny Hallyday:
      J'avoue que la bagarre / Je ne suis pas contre / Ça me fait pas peur / Je dirais même / Que j'aime cogner
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. (of the heart) to pound
    • 2018, Zaz, Résigne-moi
      Je laisse aller ce que j'ai tant aimé, malgré mon cœur qui cogne et s'ouvrait
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  3. (intransitive, reflexive) to bump oneself

Conjugation
Conjugation of cogner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cogner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cognant
/kɔ.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cogné
/kɔ.ɲe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present cogne
/kɔɲ/		 cognes
/kɔɲ/		 cogne
/kɔɲ/		 cognons
/kɔ.ɲɔ̃/		 cognez
/kɔ.ɲe/		 cognent
/kɔɲ/
imperfect cognais
/kɔ.ɲɛ/		 cognais
/kɔ.ɲɛ/		 cognait
/kɔ.ɲɛ/		 cognions
/kɔ.ɲjɔ̃/		 cogniez
/kɔ.ɲje/		 cognaient
/kɔ.ɲɛ/
past historic2 cognai
/kɔ.ɲe/		 cognas
/kɔ.ɲa/		 cogna
/kɔ.ɲa/		 cognâmes
/kɔ.ɲam/		 cognâtes
/kɔ.ɲat/		 cognèrent
/kɔ.ɲɛʁ/
future cognerai
/kɔ.ɲə.ʁe/		 cogneras
/kɔ.ɲə.ʁa/		 cognera
/kɔ.ɲə.ʁa/		 cognerons
/kɔ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/		 cognerez
/kɔ.ɲə.ʁe/		 cogneront
/kɔ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional cognerais
/kɔ.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 cognerais
/kɔ.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 cognerait
/kɔ.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 cognerions
/kɔ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/		 cogneriez
/kɔ.ɲə.ʁje/		 cogneraient
/kɔ.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 cogne
/kɔɲ/		 cognes
/kɔɲ/		 cogne
/kɔɲ/		 cognions
/kɔ.ɲjɔ̃/		 cogniez
/kɔ.ɲje/		 cognent
/kɔɲ/
imperfect2 cognasse
/kɔ.ɲas/		 cognasses
/kɔ.ɲas/		 cognât
/kɔ.ɲa/		 cognassions
/kɔ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/		 cognassiez
/kɔ.ɲa.sje/		 cognassent
/kɔ.ɲas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cogne
/kɔɲ/		 — cognons
/kɔ.ɲɔ̃/		 cognez
/kɔ.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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Ladin

Alternative forms

Verb

cogner

  1. to have to; must

Conjugation
  • Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of cogner (first conjugation)
infinitive cogner, cogné
auxiliary verb ester gerund cognan
past participle cogné
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie tu el / ela nos vos ei / eles
present cogne, cogneie cognes, cogneies cogna, cogneia, cognea cognon cogneis cogna, cogneia
imperfect cognove cognoves cognova cognovan cognovais cognova
future cognaré cognaras cognarà cognaron cognareis cognarà
subjunctive che ie che tu che el / ela che nos che vos che ei / eles
present cogne, cogneie cognes, cogneies cogne, cogneie cognon cogneis cogne
imperfect cognasse cognasses cognassa cognassan cognassais cognassa
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— cogna, cogneia — cognon cognede —

Synonyms

Venetian

Verb

cogner

  1. to have to; must

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