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Verb conjugation

buriner

to chisel

Usage

Literally, to engrave with a burin (an engraver's chisel) — buriner un métal. Figuratively, very common for a face deeply marked by age, weather, or hard work: un visage buriné, des mains burinées.

Examples
  • L'artisan burine délicatement la plaque de cuivre.The craftsman engraves the copper plate carefully.
  • Le vieux marin avait un visage buriné par le vent.The old sailor had a face weathered by the wind.
  • Ses mains burinées trahissaient des années de travail manuel.His weathered hands betrayed years of manual labor.
Common mistake

The figurative sense (visage/mains burinés) describes deep, character-giving marks from age or hard living — it's an evocative, almost admiring image, not a neutral synonym for ridé (wrinkled).

In real life
  • expression "Visage buriné"A well-documented figurative use of buriné (from the engraver's burin) for a face deeply marked by age, weather, or hard work — a standard, widely attested metaphor in French descriptive writing.

Simple tenses

Present

jeburine
tuburines
il/elleburine
nousburinons
vousburinez
ils/ellesburinent

Imperfect

jeburinais
tuburinais
il/elleburinait
nousburinions
vousburiniez
ils/ellesburinaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jeburinai
tuburinas
il/elleburina
nousburinâmes
vousburinâtes
ils/ellesburinèrent

Future

jeburinerai
tuburineras
il/elleburinera
nousburinerons
vousburinerez
ils/ellesburineront

Conditional

jeburinerais
tuburinerais
il/elleburinerait
nousburinerions
vousburineriez
ils/ellesburineraient

Subjunctive

jeburine
tuburines
il/elleburine
nousburinions
vousburiniez
ils/ellesburinent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jeburinasse
tuburinasses
il/elleburinât
nousburinassions
vousburinassiez
ils/ellesburinassent

Imperative

tuburine
nousburinons
vousburinez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

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

Plus-que-parfait

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

Passé antérieur

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

Futur antérieur

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

Conditionnel passé

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

Subjonctif passé

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

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

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

Impératif passé

tuaie buriné
nousayons buriné
vousayez buriné

Other

Present participle

burinant

Past participle

buriné

Infinitive

buriner

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Frequently asked questions

What does "buriner" mean?

"buriner" means "to chisel".

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

The present of "buriner" is: je burine, tu burines, il/elle burine, nous burinons, vous burinez, ils/elles burinent.

What is the Passé composé of "buriner"?

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

What is the Imperative of "buriner"?

The imperative of "buriner" is: tu burine, nous burinons, vous burinez.