fourvoyer
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French forvoier. Equivalent to for- + voie (“way”) + -er. Perhaps a calque of Frankish *farleidian (compare Old Saxon farlēdian, Dutch verleiden, German verleiten).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fuʁ.vwa.je/
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Verb
fourvoyer
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 fourvoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | fourvoyer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | fourvoyant /fuʁ.vwa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | fourvoyé /fuʁ.vwa.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | fourvoie /fuʁ.vwa/ |
fourvoies /fuʁ.vwa/ |
fourvoie /fuʁ.vwa/ |
fourvoyons /fuʁ.vwa.jɔ̃/ |
fourvoyez /fuʁ.vwa.je/ |
fourvoient /fuʁ.vwa/ |
| imperfect | fourvoyais /fuʁ.vwa.jɛ/ |
fourvoyais /fuʁ.vwa.jɛ/ |
fourvoyait /fuʁ.vwa.jɛ/ |
fourvoyions /fuʁ.vwaj.jɔ̃/ |
fourvoyiez /fuʁ.vwaj.je/ |
fourvoyaient /fuʁ.vwa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | fourvoyai /fuʁ.vwa.je/ |
fourvoyas /fuʁ.vwa.ja/ |
fourvoya /fuʁ.vwa.ja/ |
fourvoyâmes /fuʁ.vwa.jam/ |
fourvoyâtes /fuʁ.vwa.jat/ |
fourvoyèrent /fuʁ.vwa.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | fourvoierai /fuʁ.vwa.ʁe/ |
fourvoieras /fuʁ.vwa.ʁa/ |
fourvoiera /fuʁ.vwa.ʁa/ |
fourvoierons /fuʁ.vwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
fourvoierez /fuʁ.vwa.ʁe/ |
fourvoieront /fuʁ.vwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | fourvoierais /fuʁ.vwa.ʁɛ/ |
fourvoierais /fuʁ.vwa.ʁɛ/ |
fourvoierait /fuʁ.vwa.ʁɛ/ |
fourvoierions /fuʁ.vwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fourvoieriez /fuʁ.vwa.ʁje/ |
fourvoieraient /fuʁ.vwa.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 | fourvoie /fuʁ.vwa/ |
fourvoies /fuʁ.vwa/ |
fourvoie /fuʁ.vwa/ |
fourvoyions /fuʁ.vwaj.jɔ̃/ |
fourvoyiez /fuʁ.vwaj.je/ |
fourvoient /fuʁ.vwa/ |
| imperfect2 | fourvoyasse /fuʁ.vwa.jas/ |
fourvoyasses /fuʁ.vwa.jas/ |
fourvoyât /fuʁ.vwa.ja/ |
fourvoyassions /fuʁ.vwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
fourvoyassiez /fuʁ.vwa.ja.sje/ |
fourvoyassent /fuʁ.vwa.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | fourvoie /fuʁ.vwa/ |
— | fourvoyons /fuʁ.vwa.jɔ̃/ |
fourvoyez /fuʁ.vwa.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “fourvoyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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