diguer
French
Etymology
From Middle French diguer, dicquier, dieguer, from Old French dikier, from Middle Dutch diken, dijcken, from Old Dutch *dīkon, from Proto-West Germanic *dīkōn (“to dig, ditch, dam”); cognate with Old English dīcian (“to dam, dig”). More at English dig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.ɡe/
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Verb
diguer
Conjugation
Conjugation of diguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | diguer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | diguant /di.ɡɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | digué /di.ɡe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | digue /diɡ/ |
digues /diɡ/ |
digue /diɡ/ |
diguons /di.ɡɔ̃/ |
diguez /di.ɡe/ |
diguent /diɡ/ |
| imperfect | diguais /di.ɡɛ/ |
diguais /di.ɡɛ/ |
diguait /di.ɡɛ/ |
diguions /di.ɡjɔ̃/ |
diguiez /di.ɡje/ |
diguaient /di.ɡɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | diguai /di.ɡe/ |
diguas /di.ɡa/ |
digua /di.ɡa/ |
diguâmes /di.ɡam/ |
diguâtes /di.ɡat/ |
diguèrent /di.ɡɛʁ/ | |
| future | diguerai /di.ɡʁe/ |
digueras /di.ɡʁa/ |
diguera /di.ɡʁa/ |
diguerons /di.ɡʁɔ̃/ |
diguerez /di.ɡʁe/ |
digueront /di.ɡʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | diguerais /di.ɡʁɛ/ |
diguerais /di.ɡʁɛ/ |
diguerait /di.ɡʁɛ/ |
diguerions /di.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
digueriez /di.ɡə.ʁje/ |
digueraient /di.ɡʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | digue /diɡ/ |
digues /diɡ/ |
digue /diɡ/ |
diguions /di.ɡjɔ̃/ |
diguiez /di.ɡje/ |
diguent /diɡ/ |
| imperfect2 | diguasse /di.ɡas/ |
diguasses /di.ɡas/ |
diguât /di.ɡa/ |
diguassions /di.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ |
diguassiez /di.ɡa.sje/ |
diguassent /di.ɡas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | digue /diɡ/ |
— | diguons /di.ɡɔ̃/ |
diguez /di.ɡe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
References
Further reading
- “diguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.