descrivre

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin dēscrībō.

Verb

descrivre

  1. to describe
    • c. 1176, Christian of Troyes (translated by Laurence Harf-Lancner), Cligès, →ISBN, page 208:
      Por ce que g'en diroie mains
      ne bras ne cors ne chief ne mains
      ne vuel par parole descrivre.
      What I will say however
      Not arms nor body nor head nor hands
      Do I wish to describe with words.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of descrivre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive descrivre avoir descrit
gerund en descrivant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle descrivant
past participle descrit
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present descrif descris descrit descrivons descrivez descrivent
imperfect descrivoie, descriveie descrivoies, descriveies descrivoit, descriveit descriviiens, descriviens descriviiez, descriviez descrivoient, descriveient
preterite descris descrisis, descresis descrist descrisimes, descresimes descrisistes, descresistes descristrent
future descrivrai, descrirai descrivras, descriras descrivra, descrira descrivrons, descrirons descrivroiz, descrivreiz, descrivrez, descriroiz, descrireiz, descrirez descrivront, descriront
conditional descrivroie, descrivreie, descriroie, descrireie descrivroies, descrivreies, descriroies, descrireies descrivroit, descrivreit, descriroit, descrireit descrivriiens, descrivriens, descririiens, descririens descrivriiez, descrivriez, descririiez, descririez descrivroient, descrivreient, descriroient, descrireient
compound
tenses		 present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present descrive descrives descrive descrivons descrivez descrivent
imperfect descrisisse, descresisse descrisisses, descresisses descrisist, descresist descrisissons, descrisissiens, descresissons, descresissiens descrisissoiz, descrisissez, descrisissiez, descresissoiz, descresissez, descresissiez descrisissent, descresissent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— descrif — descrivons descrivez —

Descendants
  • French: décrire
    • → Romanian: descrie
  • → Middle English: descrive
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