piéger

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French piegier, from Old French piegier. By surface analysis, piège +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pje.ʒe/ === Verb === piéger to trap (catch in a trap), to trick, to set up ==== Conjugation ==== This verb is conjugated like protéger. It has both the spelling irregularities of other verbs in -ger (such as manger, where a silent 'e' is inserted before 'a' and 'o' endings (to indicate the /ʒ/ sound), and the spelling and pronunciation irregularities of other verbs in -é-er (such as céder), where the last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written 'é') and /ɛ/ (written 'è'). ==== Derived terms ==== voiture piégée === Further reading === “piéger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012