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nombrer
nombrer
Middle French
Verb
nombrer
- to number (attribute a number to)
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of nombrer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | nombrer | avoir nombré | |||||
| gerund | en nombrant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | nombrant | ||||||
| past participle | nombré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | nombre | nombres | nombre | nombrons | nombrez | nombrent |
| imperfect | nombrois, nombroys | nombrois, nombroys | nombroit, nombroyt | nombrions, nombryons | nombriez, nombryez | nombroient, nombroyent | |
| past historic | nombra | nombras | nombra | nombrasmes | nombrastes | nombrerent | |
| future | nombrerai, nombreray | nombreras | nombrera | nombrerons | nombrerez | nombreront | |
| conditional | nombrerois, nombreroys | nombrerois, nombreroys | nombreroit, nombreroyt | nombrerions, nombreryons | nombreriez, nombreryez | nombreroient, nombreroyent | |
| 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 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | nombre | nombres | nombre | nombrons | nombrez | nombrent |
| imperfect | nombrasse | nombrasses | nombrast | nombrassions | nombrassiez | nombrassent | |
| 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | nombre | — | nombrons | nombrez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: nombrer
References
- nombrer on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (nombrer, supplement)
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
nombre + -er, or from Latin numerāre, present active infinitive of numerō.
Verb
nombrer
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of nombrer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | nombrer | avoir nombré | |||||
| gerund | en nombrant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | nombrant | ||||||
| past participle | nombré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | nombre | nombres | nombre | nombrons | nombrez | nombrent |
| imperfect | nombroie, nombreie, nombroe, nombreve | nombroies, nombreies, nombroes, nombreves | nombroit, nombreit, nombrot, nombreve | nombriiens, nombriens | nombriiez, nombriez | nombroient, nombreient, nombroent, nombrevent | |
| preterite | nombrai | nombras | nombra | nombrames | nombrastes | nombrerent | |
| future | nombrerai | nombreras | nombrera | nombrerons | nombreroiz, nombrereiz, nombrerez | nombreront | |
| conditional | nombreroie, nombrereie | nombreroies, nombrereies | nombreroit, nombrereit | nombreriiens, nombreriens | nombreriiez, nombreriez | nombreroient, nombrereient | |
| 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 | nombre | nombres | nombre | nombrons | nombrez | nombrent |
| imperfect | nombrasse | nombrasses | nombrast | nombrissons, nombrissiens | nombrissoiz, nombrissez, nombrissiez | nombrassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | nombre | — | nombrons | nombrez | — | ||