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tourmenter
tourmenter
French
Verb
tourmenter
- to torment, to torture
- On l'a si horriblement tourmenté, qu'il en est mort.
- to torment, to bother, to harass
- Ne te tourmente pas comme ça.
Synonyms
Related terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of tourmenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | tourmenter | avoir tourmenté | |||||
| gerund | en tourmentant | en ayant tourmenté | |||||
| present participle | tourmentant /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | tourmenté /tuʁ.mɑ̃.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | tourmente /tuʁ.mɑ̃t/ |
tourmentes /tuʁ.mɑ̃t/ |
tourmente /tuʁ.mɑ̃t/ |
tourmentons /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
tourmentez /tuʁ.mɑ̃.te/ |
tourmentent /tuʁ.mɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | tourmentais /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
tourmentais /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
tourmentait /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
tourmentions /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
tourmentiez /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tje/ |
tourmentaient /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | tourmentai /tuʁ.mɑ̃.te/ |
tourmentas /tuʁ.mɑ̃.ta/ |
tourmenta /tuʁ.mɑ̃.ta/ |
tourmentâmes /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tam/ |
tourmentâtes /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tat/ |
tourmentèrent /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | tourmenterai /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tʁe/ |
tourmenteras /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tʁa/ |
tourmentera /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tʁa/ |
tourmenterons /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
tourmenterez /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tʁe/ |
tourmenteront /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | tourmenterais /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
tourmenterais /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
tourmenterait /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
tourmenterions /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tourmenteriez /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
tourmenteraient /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | tourmente /tuʁ.mɑ̃t/ |
tourmentes /tuʁ.mɑ̃t/ |
tourmente /tuʁ.mɑ̃t/ |
tourmentions /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
tourmentiez /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tje/ |
tourmentent /tuʁ.mɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect1 |
tourmentasse /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tas/ |
tourmentasses /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tas/ |
tourmentât /tuʁ.mɑ̃.ta/ |
tourmentassions /tuʁ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
tourmentassiez /tuʁ.mɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
tourmentassent /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | tourmente /tuʁ.mɑ̃t/ |
— | tourmentons /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
tourmentez /tuʁ.mɑ̃.te/ |
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Middle French
Verb
tourmenter
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of tourmenter
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | tourmenter | avoir tourmenté | |||||
| gerund | en tourmentant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | tourmentant | ||||||
| past participle | tourmenté | ||||||
| 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 | tourmente | tourmentes | tourmente | tourmentons | tourmentez | tourmentent |
| imperfect | tourmentois, tourmentoys | tourmentois, tourmentoys | tourmentoit, tourmentoyt | tourmentions, tourmentyons | tourmentiez, tourmentyez | tourmentoient, tourmentoyent | |
| past historic | tourmenta | tourmentas | tourmenta | tourmentasmes | tourmentastes | tourmenterent | |
| future | tourmenterai, tourmenteray | tourmenteras | tourmentera | tourmenterons | tourmenterez | tourmenteront | |
| conditional | tourmenterois, tourmenteroys | tourmenterois, tourmenteroys | tourmenteroit, tourmenteroyt | tourmenterions, tourmenteryons | tourmenteriez, tourmenteryez | tourmenteroient, tourmenteroyent | |
| 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 | tourmente | tourmentes | tourmente | tourmentons | tourmentez | tourmentent |
| imperfect | tourmentasse | tourmentasses | tourmentast | tourmentassions | tourmentassiez | tourmentassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | tourmente | — | tourmentons | tourmentez | — | ||
Old French
Verb
tourmenter
- Alternative form of tormenter
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of tourmenter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tourmenter | avoir tourmenté | |||||
| gerund | en tourmentant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | tourmentant | ||||||
| past participle | tourmenté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | tourment | tourmentes | tourmente | tourmentons | tourmentez | tourmentent |
| imperfect | tourmentoie, tourmenteie, tourmentoe, tourmenteve | tourmentoies, tourmenteies, tourmentoes, tourmenteves | tourmentoit, tourmenteit, tourmentot, tourmenteve | tourmentiiens, tourmentiens | tourmentiiez, tourmentiez | tourmentoient, tourmenteient, tourmentoent, tourmentevent | |
| preterite | tourmentai | tourmentas | tourmenta | tourmentames | tourmentastes | tourmenterent | |
| future | tourmenterai | tourmenteras | tourmentera | tourmenterons | tourmenteroiz, tourmentereiz, tourmenterez | tourmenteront | |
| conditional | tourmenteroie, tourmentereie | tourmenteroies, tourmentereies | tourmenteroit, tourmentereit | tourmenteriiens, tourmenteriens | tourmenteriiez, tourmenteriez | tourmenteroient, tourmentereient | |
| 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 | tourment | tourmenz | tourment | tourmentons | tourmentez | tourmentent |
| imperfect | tourmentasse | tourmentasses | tourmentast | tourmentissons, tourmentissiens | tourmentissoiz, tourmentissez, tourmentissiez | tourmentassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | tourmente | — | tourmentons | tourmentez | — | ||