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chaucier
chaucier
Old French
Verb
chaucier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of chaucier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | chaucier | avoir chaucié | |||||
| gerund | en chauçant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | chauçant | ||||||
| past participle | chaucié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | chauz | chauces | chauce | chauçons | chauciez | chaucent |
| imperfect | chauçoie, chauceie, chauçoe, chaucieve | chauçoies, chauceies, chauçoes, chaucieves | chauçoit, chauceit, chauçot, chaucieve | chauciiens, chauciens | chauciiez, chauciez | chauçoient, chauceient, chauçoent, chaucievent | |
| preterite | chauçai | chauças | chauça | chauçames | chauçastes | chaucierent | |
| future | chaucerai | chauceras | chaucera | chaucerons | chauceroiz, chaucereiz, chaucerez | chauceront | |
| conditional | chauceroie, chaucereie | chauceroies, chaucereies | chauceroit, chaucereit | chauceriiens, chauceriens | chauceriiez, chauceriez | chauceroient, chaucereient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | chauz | chauz | chauzt | chauçons | chauciez | chaucent |
| imperfect | chauçasse | chauçasses | chauçast | chaucissons, chaucissiens | chaucissoiz, chaucissez, chaucissiez | chauçassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | chauce | — | chauçons | chauciez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: chausser
Etymology 2
Noun
chaucier m (oblique plural chauciers, nominative singular chauciers, nominative plural chaucier)
- hosier (one who sells hosiery)
Descendants
- English: Chaucer (borrowed)