conjecturer
English
Etymology
From conjecture + -er.
Noun
conjecturer (plural conjecturers)
- a person who conjectures
French
Etymology
Either from conjecture + -er or from Late Latin coniectūrō, coniectūrāre, from Latin coniectūrus, future active participle of cōniciō (“to throw or bring together, unite, connect”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁe/
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Verb
conjecturer
- (transitive) to conjecture, surmise, speculate, wonder
Conjugation
Conjugation of conjecturer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | conjecturer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | conjecturant /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | conjecturé /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | conjecture /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ/ |
conjectures /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ/ |
conjecture /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ/ |
conjecturons /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁɔ̃/ |
conjecturez /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁe/ |
conjecturent /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ/ |
| imperfect | conjecturais /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁɛ/ |
conjecturais /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁɛ/ |
conjecturait /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁɛ/ |
conjecturions /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁjɔ̃/ |
conjecturiez /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁje/ |
conjecturaient /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | conjecturai /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁe/ |
conjecturas /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁa/ |
conjectura /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁa/ |
conjecturâmes /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁam/ |
conjecturâtes /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁat/ |
conjecturèrent /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | conjecturerai /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.ʁe/ |
conjectureras /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.ʁa/ |
conjecturera /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.ʁa/ |
conjecturerons /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
conjecturerez /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.ʁe/ |
conjectureront /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | conjecturerais /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
conjecturerais /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
conjecturerait /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
conjecturerions /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
conjectureriez /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.ʁje/ |
conjectureraient /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.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 | conjecture /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ/ |
conjectures /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ/ |
conjecture /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ/ |
conjecturions /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁjɔ̃/ |
conjecturiez /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁje/ |
conjecturent /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | conjecturasse /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁas/ |
conjecturasses /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁas/ |
conjecturât /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁa/ |
conjecturassions /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
conjecturassiez /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁa.sje/ |
conjecturassent /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | conjecture /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ/ |
— | conjecturons /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁɔ̃/ |
conjecturez /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “conjecturer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.