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Webster 1913 Edition
Envier
En′vi-er
,Noun.
One who envies; one who desires inordinately what another possesses.
Webster 1828 Edition
Envier
EN'VIER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
envier
envier
English
Noun
envier (plural enviers)
- One who envies.
- 1816, Francis Gibbon, The public characters of Europe (page 578)
- There was a period, when the enviers of Bernadotte, taking advantage of this kind of popularity which he had obtained, represented him to the Directory as a man dangerous to liberty […]
- 1816, Francis Gibbon, The public characters of Europe (page 578)
Translations
one who envies
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French
Etymology
From envie.
Pronunciation
Verb
envier
- (intransitive) to envy
Conjugation
Conjugation of envier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | envier | avoir envié | |||||
| gerund | en enviant | en ayant envié | |||||
| present participle | enviant /ɑ̃.vjɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | envié /ɑ̃.vje/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | envie /ɑ̃.vi/ |
envies /ɑ̃.vi/ |
envie /ɑ̃.vi/ |
envions /ɑ̃.vjɔ̃/ |
enviez /ɑ̃.vje/ |
envient /ɑ̃.vi/ |
| imperfect | enviais /ɑ̃.vjɛ/ |
enviais /ɑ̃.vjɛ/ |
enviait /ɑ̃.vjɛ/ |
enviions /ɑ̃.vi.jɔ̃/ |
enviiez /ɑ̃.vi.je/ |
enviaient /ɑ̃.vjɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | enviai /ɑ̃.vje/ |
envias /ɑ̃.vja/ |
envia /ɑ̃.vja/ |
enviâmes /ɑ̃.vjam/ |
enviâtes /ɑ̃.vjat/ |
envièrent /ɑ̃.vjɛʁ/ |
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| future | envierai /ɑ̃.vi.ʁe/ |
envieras /ɑ̃.vi.ʁa/ |
enviera /ɑ̃.vi.ʁa/ |
envierons /ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃/ |
envierez /ɑ̃.vi.ʁe/ |
envieront /ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | envierais /ɑ̃.vi.ʁɛ/ |
envierais /ɑ̃.vi.ʁɛ/ |
envierait /ɑ̃.vi.ʁɛ/ |
envierions /ɑ̃.vi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
envieriez /ɑ̃.vi.ʁje/ |
envieraient /ɑ̃.vi.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | envie /ɑ̃.vi/ |
envies /ɑ̃.vi/ |
envie /ɑ̃.vi/ |
enviions /ɑ̃.vi.jɔ̃/ |
enviiez /ɑ̃.vi.je/ |
envient /ɑ̃.vi/ |
| imperfect1 |
enviasse /ɑ̃.vjas/ |
enviasses /ɑ̃.vjas/ |
enviât /ɑ̃.vja/ |
enviassions /ɑ̃.vja.sjɔ̃/ |
enviassiez /ɑ̃.vja.sje/ |
enviassent /ɑ̃.vjas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | envie /ɑ̃.vi/ |
— | envions /ɑ̃.vjɔ̃/ |
enviez /ɑ̃.vje/ |
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