atermoyer
French
Etymology
From a- + Old French termoyer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.tɛʁ.mwa.je/
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Verb
atermoyer
- (ambitransitive) to procrastinate, delay
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.
Conjugation of atermoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | atermoyer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | atermoyant /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | atermoyé /a.tɛʁ.mwa.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | atermoie /a.tɛʁ.mwa/ |
atermoies /a.tɛʁ.mwa/ |
atermoie /a.tɛʁ.mwa/ |
atermoyons /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jɔ̃/ |
atermoyez /a.tɛʁ.mwa.je/ |
atermoient /a.tɛʁ.mwa/ |
| imperfect | atermoyais /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jɛ/ |
atermoyais /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jɛ/ |
atermoyait /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jɛ/ |
atermoyions /a.tɛʁ.mwaj.jɔ̃/ |
atermoyiez /a.tɛʁ.mwaj.je/ |
atermoyaient /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | atermoyai /a.tɛʁ.mwa.je/ |
atermoyas /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ja/ |
atermoya /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ja/ |
atermoyâmes /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jam/ |
atermoyâtes /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jat/ |
atermoyèrent /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | atermoierai /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁe/ |
atermoieras /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁa/ |
atermoiera /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁa/ |
atermoierons /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
atermoierez /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁe/ |
atermoieront /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | atermoierais /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁɛ/ |
atermoierais /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁɛ/ |
atermoierait /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁɛ/ |
atermoierions /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
atermoieriez /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁje/ |
atermoieraient /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | atermoie /a.tɛʁ.mwa/ |
atermoies /a.tɛʁ.mwa/ |
atermoie /a.tɛʁ.mwa/ |
atermoyions /a.tɛʁ.mwaj.jɔ̃/ |
atermoyiez /a.tɛʁ.mwaj.je/ |
atermoient /a.tɛʁ.mwa/ |
| imperfect2 | atermoyasse /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jas/ |
atermoyasses /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jas/ |
atermoyât /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ja/ |
atermoyassions /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
atermoyassiez /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ja.sje/ |
atermoyassent /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | atermoie /a.tɛʁ.mwa/ |
— | atermoyons /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jɔ̃/ |
atermoyez /a.tɛʁ.mwa.je/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “atermoyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.