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concevoir
concevoir
French
Verb
concevoir
Conjugation
Conjugation of concevoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | concevoir | avoir conçu | |||||
| gerund | en concevant | en ayant conçu | |||||
| present participle | concevant /kɔ̃s.vɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | conçu /kɔ̃.sy/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | conçois /kɔ̃.swa/ |
conçois /kɔ̃.swa/ |
conçoit /kɔ̃.swa/ |
concevons /kɔ̃s.vɔ̃/ |
concevez /kɔ̃s.ve/ |
conçoivent /kɔ̃.swav/ |
| imperfect | concevais /kɔ̃s.vɛ/ |
concevais /kɔ̃s.vɛ/ |
concevait /kɔ̃s.vɛ/ |
concevions /kɔ̃.sə.vjɔ̃/ |
conceviez /kɔ̃.sə.vje/ |
concevaient /kɔ̃s.vɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | conçus /kɔ̃.sy/ |
conçus /kɔ̃.sy/ |
conçut /kɔ̃.sy/ |
conçûmes /kɔ̃.sym/ |
conçûtes /kɔ̃.syt/ |
conçurent /kɔ̃.syʁ/ |
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| future | concevrai /kɔ̃.sə.vʁe/ |
concevras /kɔ̃.sə.vʁa/ |
concevra /kɔ̃.sə.vʁa/ |
concevrons /kɔ̃.sə.vʁɔ̃/ |
concevrez /kɔ̃.sə.vʁe/ |
concevront /kɔ̃.sə.vʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | concevrais /kɔ̃.sə.vʁɛ/ |
concevrais /kɔ̃.sə.vʁɛ/ |
concevrait /kɔ̃.sə.vʁɛ/ |
concevrions /kɔ̃.sə.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
concevriez /kɔ̃.sə.vʁi.je/ |
concevraient /kɔ̃.sə.vʁɛ/ |
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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 | conçoive /kɔ̃.swav/ |
conçoives /kɔ̃.swav/ |
conçoive /kɔ̃.swav/ |
concevions /kɔ̃.sə.vjɔ̃/ |
conceviez /kɔ̃.sə.vje/ |
conçoivent /kɔ̃.swav/ |
| imperfect1 |
conçusse /kɔ̃.sys/ |
conçusses /kɔ̃.sys/ |
conçût /kɔ̃.sy/ |
conçussions /kɔ̃.sy.sjɔ̃/ |
conçussiez /kɔ̃.sy.sje/ |
conçussent /kɔ̃.sys/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | conçois /kɔ̃.swa/ |
— | concevons /kɔ̃s.vɔ̃/ |
concevez /kɔ̃s.ve/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *concipēre, variant form of Classical Latin concipere, present active infinitive of concipiō.
Verb
concevoir
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem conçoiv distinct from the unstressed stem concev, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of concevoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | concevoir | avoir conceü | |||||
| gerund | en concevant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | concevant | ||||||
| past participle | conceü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | conçoif, conçoi | conçois | conçoit | concevons | concevez | conçoivent |
| imperfect | concevoie, conceveie | concevoies, conceveies | concevoit, conceveit | conceviiens, conceviens | conceviiez, conceviez | concevoient, conceveient | |
| preterite | conçui | conceüs | conçut | conceümes | conceüstes | conçurent | |
| future | concevrai | concevras | concevra | concevrons | concevroiz, concevreiz, concevrez | concevront | |
| conditional | concevroie, concevreie | concevroies, concevreies | concevroit, concevreit | concevriiens, concevriens | concevriiez, concevriez | concevroient, concevreient | |
| 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 | conçoive | conçoives | conçoive | concevons | concevez | conçoivent |
| imperfect | conceüsse | conceüsses | conceüst | conceüssons, conceüssiens | conceüssoiz, conceüssez, conceüssiez | conceüssent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | conçoif | — | concevons | concevez | — | ||
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (concevoir, supplement)
- conceivre on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub