Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pigeon
Participle: pigeoned
Gerund: pigeoning
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | pigeon |
| you | pigeon |
| he;she;it | pigeons |
| we | pigeon |
| you | pigeon |
| they | pigeon |
Perfect
| I | have pigeoned |
| you | have pigeoned |
| he;she;it | has pigeoned |
| we | have pigeoned |
| you | have pigeoned |
| they | have pigeoned |
Past
| I | pigeoned |
| you | pigeoned |
| he;she;it | pigeoned |
| we | pigeoned |
| you | pigeoned |
| they | pigeoned |
Pluperfect
| I | had pigeoned |
| you | had pigeoned |
| he;she;it | had pigeoned |
| we | had pigeoned |
| you | had pigeoned |
| they | had pigeoned |
Future
| I | will pigeon |
| you | will pigeon |
| he;she;it | will pigeon |
| we | will pigeon |
| you | will pigeon |
| they | will pigeon |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pigeoned |
| you | will have pigeoned |
| he;she;it | will have pigeoned |
| we | will have pigeoned |
| you | will have pigeoned |
| they | will have pigeoned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pigeon |
| you | pigeon |
| he;she;it | pigeon |
| we | pigeon |
| you | pigeon |
| they | pigeon |
Perfect
| I | have pigeoned |
| you | have pigeoned |
| he;she;it | have pigeoned |
| we | have pigeoned |
| you | have pigeoned |
| they | have pigeoned |
Imperfect
| I | pigeoned |
| you | pigeoned |
| he;she;it | pigeoned |
| we | pigeoned |
| you | pigeoned |
| they | pigeoned |
Pluperfect
| I | had pigeoned |
| you | had pigeoned |
| he;she;it | had pigeoned |
| we | had pigeoned |
| you | had pigeoned |
| they | had pigeoned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pigeon |
| you | would pigeon |
| he;she;it | would pigeon |
| we | would pigeon |
| you | would pigeon |
| they | would pigeon |
Perfect
| I | would have pigeoned |
| you | would have pigeoned |
| he;she;it | would have pigeoned |
| we | would have pigeoned |
| you | would have pigeoned |
| they | would have pigeoned |
Imperative
| you | pigeon |
| we | Let's pigeon |
| you | pigeon |
Verbs conjugated like 'pigeon'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pigeon'
mignon,
pinion,
piston,
piton,
biggen,
burgeon,
digest,
dizen,
dungeon,
gen,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1211, from O.Fr.
pijon "young dove," probably from V.L.
*pibionem, dissimilation from L.L.
pipionem "squab, young chirping bird" (3c.), acc. of L.
pipio "chirping bird," from
pipire "to peep, chirp," of imitative origin. Modern spelling is from later Fr.
pigeon. Replaced
culver (O.E.
culufre, from V.L.
*columbra, from L.
columbula) and native
dove. Pigeonhole (1577) was originally a small recess for pigeons to nest in. The verb sense of "label mentally" is from 1870.
Pigeon-toed first recorded 1801 (of horses).
2. Etymology tree
3. Latin pīpiō
4. Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.
5. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?
6. Latin -ō
7. Latin pipio
8. Old French pyjonbor.
9. Middle English pygeoun
10. English pigeon
11. Inherited from Middle English pygeoun, borrowed from Old French pyjon, inherited from Late Latin pīpiōnem (“chirping bird”), derived from Latin pīpiāre (“to chirp”), of imitative origin. Partly displaced native English dove. See: Latin '
pipio'.
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