guignier

== French == === Noun === guignier m (plural guigniers) (chiefly before 1900) obsolete form of guigner === Further reading === “guignier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Etymology === Frankish *wingjan, from Proto-Germanic *winkaną. More at English wink. === Verb === guignier (intransitive) to signal (make a sign to someone) ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ign, *-igns, *-ignt are modified to ing, inz, int. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.