forfaire
French
Etymology
From Old French forfaire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔʁ.fɛʁ/
- Rhymes: -ɛʁ
Verb
forfaire (defective)
Usage notes
- Often described as a defective verb limited to the infinitives & past participles, this verb has seen usage in other tenses, conjugated on the pattern of faire.
Conjugation
Conjugation of forfaire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | forfaire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | forfaisant /fɔʁ.fə.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | forfait /fɔʁ.fɛ/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | forfais /fɔʁ.fɛ/ |
forfais /fɔʁ.fɛ/ |
forfait /fɔʁ.fɛ/ |
forfaisons /fɔʁ.fə.zɔ̃/ |
forfaites /fɔʁ.fɛt/ |
forfont /fɔʁ.fɔ̃/ |
| imperfect | forfaisais /fɔʁ.fə.zɛ/ |
forfaisais /fɔʁ.fə.zɛ/ |
forfaisait /fɔʁ.fə.zɛ/ |
forfaisions /fɔʁ.fə.zjɔ̃/ |
forfaisiez /fɔʁ.fə.zje/ |
forfaisaient /fɔʁ.fə.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | forfis /fɔʁ.fi/ |
forfis /fɔʁ.fi/ |
forfit /fɔʁ.fi/ |
forfîmes /fɔʁ.fim/ |
forfîtes /fɔʁ.fit/ |
forfirent /fɔʁ.fiʁ/ | |
| future | forferai /fɔʁ.fə.ʁe/ |
forferas /fɔʁ.fə.ʁa/ |
forfera /fɔʁ.fə.ʁa/ |
forferons /fɔʁ.fə.ʁɔ̃/ |
forferez /fɔʁ.fə.ʁe/ |
forferont /fɔʁ.fə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | forferais /fɔʁ.fə.ʁɛ/ |
forferais /fɔʁ.fə.ʁɛ/ |
forferait /fɔʁ.fə.ʁɛ/ |
forferions /fɔʁ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
forferiez /fɔʁ.fə.ʁje/ |
forferaient /fɔʁ.fə.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 | forfasse /fɔʁ.fas/ |
forfasses /fɔʁ.fas/ |
forfasse /fɔʁ.fas/ |
forfassions /fɔʁ.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
forfassiez /fɔʁ.fa.sje/ |
forfassent /fɔʁ.fas/ |
| imperfect2 | forfisse /fɔʁ.fis/ |
forfisses /fɔʁ.fis/ |
forfît /fɔʁ.fi/ |
forfissions /fɔʁ.fi.sjɔ̃/ |
forfissiez /fɔʁ.fi.sje/ |
forfissent /fɔʁ.fis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | forfais /fɔʁ.fɛ/ |
— | forfaisons /fɔʁ.fə.zɔ̃/ |
forfaites /fɔʁ.fɛt/ |
— | |
| 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
“forfaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
fors (“outside”) + faire (“to do”) – "to act outside (the law, what is right)".
Verb
forfaire
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of forfaire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | forfaire | avoir forfait | |||||
| gerund | en forfaisant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | forfaisant | ||||||
| past participle | forfait | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | forfaz, forfai | forfais | forfait | forfaimes, forfaisons | forfaites | forfont |
| imperfect | forfaisoie, forfaiseie | forfaisoies, forfaiseies | forfaisoit, forfaiseit | forfaisiiens, forfaisiens | forfaisiiez, forfaisiez | forfaisoient, forfaiseient | |
| preterite | forfis | forfeṣis | forfist | forfeṣimes | forfeṣistes | forfirent | |
| future | forferai | forferas | forfera | forferons | forferoiz, forfereiz, forferez | forferont | |
| conditional | forferoie, forfereie | forferoies, forfereies | forferoit, forfereit | forferiiens, forferiens | forferiiez, forferiez | forferoient, forfereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | forface | forfaces | forface | forfaciens, forfaçons | forfaciez | forfacent |
| imperfect | forfeṣisse | forfeṣisses | forfeṣist | forfeṣissons, forfeṣissiens | forfeṣissoiz, forfeṣissez, forfeṣissiez | forfeṣissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | forfa | — | forfaimes, forfaisons | forfaites | — | ||
Derived terms
- forfait (noun)