escoffier
French
Alternative forms
- escofier (Ardennais)
Etymology
From Provençal escoufia, possibly ultimately from Late Latin cofia (with the meaning of decapitating), which is a Germanic borrowing; see coif.
Pronunciation
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Verb
escoffier
- (archaic) to kill
Conjugation
Conjugation of escoffier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | escoffier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | escoffiant /ɛs.kɔ.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | escoffié /ɛs.kɔ.fje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | escoffie /ɛs.kɔ.fi/ |
escoffies /ɛs.kɔ.fi/ |
escoffie /ɛs.kɔ.fi/ |
escoffions /ɛs.kɔ.fjɔ̃/ |
escoffiez /ɛs.kɔ.fje/ |
escoffient /ɛs.kɔ.fi/ |
| imperfect | escoffiais /ɛs.kɔ.fjɛ/ |
escoffiais /ɛs.kɔ.fjɛ/ |
escoffiait /ɛs.kɔ.fjɛ/ |
escoffiions /ɛs.kɔ.fi.jɔ̃/ |
escoffiiez /ɛs.kɔ.fi.je/ |
escoffiaient /ɛs.kɔ.fjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | escoffiai /ɛs.kɔ.fje/ |
escoffias /ɛs.kɔ.fja/ |
escoffia /ɛs.kɔ.fja/ |
escoffiâmes /ɛs.kɔ.fjam/ |
escoffiâtes /ɛs.kɔ.fjat/ |
escoffièrent /ɛs.kɔ.fjɛʁ/ | |
| future | escoffierai /ɛs.kɔ.fi.ʁe/ |
escoffieras /ɛs.kɔ.fi.ʁa/ |
escoffiera /ɛs.kɔ.fi.ʁa/ |
escoffierons /ɛs.kɔ.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
escoffierez /ɛs.kɔ.fi.ʁe/ |
escoffieront /ɛs.kɔ.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | escoffierais /ɛs.kɔ.fi.ʁɛ/ |
escoffierais /ɛs.kɔ.fi.ʁɛ/ |
escoffierait /ɛs.kɔ.fi.ʁɛ/ |
escoffierions /ɛs.kɔ.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
escoffieriez /ɛs.kɔ.fi.ʁje/ |
escoffieraient /ɛs.kɔ.fi.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 | escoffie /ɛs.kɔ.fi/ |
escoffies /ɛs.kɔ.fi/ |
escoffie /ɛs.kɔ.fi/ |
escoffiions /ɛs.kɔ.fi.jɔ̃/ |
escoffiiez /ɛs.kɔ.fi.je/ |
escoffient /ɛs.kɔ.fi/ |
| imperfect2 | escoffiasse /ɛs.kɔ.fjas/ |
escoffiasses /ɛs.kɔ.fjas/ |
escoffiât /ɛs.kɔ.fja/ |
escoffiassions /ɛs.kɔ.fja.sjɔ̃/ |
escoffiassiez /ɛs.kɔ.fja.sje/ |
escoffiassent /ɛs.kɔ.fjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | escoffie /ɛs.kɔ.fi/ |
— | escoffions /ɛs.kɔ.fjɔ̃/ |
escoffiez /ɛs.kɔ.fje/ |
— | |
| 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
- “escoffier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.