choyer

French

Etymology

From Old French chuer, ultimately from Vulgan Latin cavicare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃwa.je/
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Verb

choyer

  1. (transitive) to cherish, pamper, coddle (care for with affection and tenderness)
  2. (transitive) to hold in great esteem, revere, going to great lengths to demonstrate this
  3. (transitive) to cherish, treasure, conserve with great care

Conjugation

This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.

Conjugation of choyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple choyer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple choyant
/ʃwa.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle choyé
/ʃwa.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present choie
/ʃwa/		 choies
/ʃwa/		 choie
/ʃwa/		 choyons
/ʃwa.jɔ̃/		 choyez
/ʃwa.je/		 choient
/ʃwa/
imperfect choyais
/ʃwa.jɛ/		 choyais
/ʃwa.jɛ/		 choyait
/ʃwa.jɛ/		 choyions
/ʃwaj.jɔ̃/		 choyiez
/ʃwaj.je/		 choyaient
/ʃwa.jɛ/
past historic2 choyai
/ʃwa.je/		 choyas
/ʃwa.ja/		 choya
/ʃwa.ja/		 choyâmes
/ʃwa.jam/		 choyâtes
/ʃwa.jat/		 choyèrent
/ʃwa.jɛʁ/
future choierai
/ʃwa.ʁe/		 choieras
/ʃwa.ʁa/		 choiera
/ʃwa.ʁa/		 choierons
/ʃwa.ʁɔ̃/		 choierez
/ʃwa.ʁe/		 choieront
/ʃwa.ʁɔ̃/
conditional choierais
/ʃwa.ʁɛ/		 choierais
/ʃwa.ʁɛ/		 choierait
/ʃwa.ʁɛ/		 choierions
/ʃwa.ʁjɔ̃/		 choieriez
/ʃwa.ʁje/		 choieraient
/ʃwa.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present choie
/ʃwa/		 choies
/ʃwa/		 choie
/ʃwa/		 choyions
/ʃwaj.jɔ̃/		 choyiez
/ʃwaj.je/		 choient
/ʃwa/
imperfect2 choyasse
/ʃwa.jas/		 choyasses
/ʃwa.jas/		 choyât
/ʃwa.ja/		 choyassions
/ʃwa.ja.sjɔ̃/		 choyassiez
/ʃwa.ja.sje/		 choyassent
/ʃwa.jas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — choie
/ʃwa/		 — choyons
/ʃwa.jɔ̃/		 choyez
/ʃwa.je/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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