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Verb conjugation

bigarrer

to variegate, to produce a colourful pattern

Usage

To variegate or mottle something with many colors — usually seen in the past participle bigarré (a bigarré landscape, a bigarré crowd of costumes), describing a striking, patchwork mix of colors or elements.

Examples
  • L'automne bigarre la forêt de rouge et d'or.Autumn mottles the forest with red and gold.
  • Les drapeaux bigarraient la place du village.The flags speckled the village square with color.
  • Un jardin bigarré de fleurs de toutes les couleurs.A garden mottled with flowers of every color.
Common mistake

It's almost always encountered as the adjective bigarré rather than actively conjugated — using the finite verb forms in casual conversation can sound overly literary.

Simple tenses

Present

jebigarre
tubigarres
il/ellebigarre
nousbigarrons
vousbigarrez
ils/ellesbigarrent

Imperfect

jebigarrais
tubigarrais
il/ellebigarrait
nousbigarrions
vousbigarriez
ils/ellesbigarraient

Past historic (passé simple)

jebigarrai
tubigarras
il/ellebigarra
nousbigarrâmes
vousbigarrâtes
ils/ellesbigarrèrent

Future

jebigarrerai
tubigarreras
il/ellebigarrera
nousbigarrerons
vousbigarrerez
ils/ellesbigarreront

Conditional

jebigarrerais
tubigarrerais
il/ellebigarrerait
nousbigarrerions
vousbigarreriez
ils/ellesbigarreraient

Subjunctive

jebigarre
tubigarres
il/ellebigarre
nousbigarrions
vousbigarriez
ils/ellesbigarrent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jebigarrasse
tubigarrasses
il/ellebigarrât
nousbigarrassions
vousbigarrassiez
ils/ellesbigarrassent

Imperative

tubigarre
nousbigarrons
vousbigarrez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

jeai bigarré
tuas bigarré
il/ellea bigarré
nousavons bigarré
vousavez bigarré
ils/ellesont bigarré

Plus-que-parfait

jeavais bigarré
tuavais bigarré
il/elleavait bigarré
nousavions bigarré
vousaviez bigarré
ils/ellesavaient bigarré

Passé antérieur

jeeus bigarré
tueus bigarré
il/elleeut bigarré
nouseûmes bigarré
vouseûtes bigarré
ils/elleseurent bigarré

Futur antérieur

jeaurai bigarré
tuauras bigarré
il/elleaura bigarré
nousaurons bigarré
vousaurez bigarré
ils/ellesauront bigarré

Conditionnel passé

jeaurais bigarré
tuaurais bigarré
il/elleaurait bigarré
nousaurions bigarré
vousauriez bigarré
ils/ellesauraient bigarré

Subjonctif passé

jeaie bigarré
tuaies bigarré
il/elleait bigarré
nousayons bigarré
vousayez bigarré
ils/ellesaient bigarré

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

jeeusse bigarré
tueusses bigarré
il/elleeût bigarré
nouseussions bigarré
vouseussiez bigarré
ils/elleseussent bigarré

Impératif passé

tuaie bigarré
nousayons bigarré
vousayez bigarré

Other

Present participle

bigarrant

Past participle

bigarré

Infinitive

bigarrer

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Frequently asked questions

What does "bigarrer" mean?

"bigarrer" means "to variegate, to produce a colourful pattern".

How do you conjugate "bigarrer" in the present tense?

The present of "bigarrer" is: je bigarre, tu bigarres, il/elle bigarre, nous bigarrons, vous bigarrez, ils/elles bigarrent.

What is the Passé composé of "bigarrer"?

The passé composé of "bigarrer" is: je ai bigarré, tu as bigarré, il/elle a bigarré, nous avons bigarré, vous avez bigarré, ils/elles ont bigarré.

What is the Imperative of "bigarrer"?

The imperative of "bigarrer" is: tu bigarre, nous bigarrons, vous bigarrez.