cligner

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French clignier, clingnier, itself probably from a Vulgar Latin *clūdiniare < *clūdināre, a derivative of clūdō, clūdere, variant of claudō (“close, shut”) (cf. French clore); it may have been phonetically influenced (transition of -ui- to -i-) in early French by descendants of clināre (cf. Old French cliner), or more likely guigner. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kli.ɲe/ === Verb === cligner to squint ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== cligner des yeux clignoter ==== Related terms ==== clin === Further reading === “cligner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === cingler