fossoyer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
fossoyer
- (transitive, archaic) to put a ditch around
- (transitive, intransitive) to dig (graves, etc.)
- (transitive, figuratively) to bury, to put to rest
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 fossoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | fossoyer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | fossoyant /fɔ.swa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | fossoyé /fɔ.swa.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | fossoie /fɔ.swa/ |
fossoies /fɔ.swa/ |
fossoie /fɔ.swa/ |
fossoyons /fɔ.swa.jɔ̃/ |
fossoyez /fɔ.swa.je/ |
fossoient /fɔ.swa/ |
| imperfect | fossoyais /fɔ.swa.jɛ/ |
fossoyais /fɔ.swa.jɛ/ |
fossoyait /fɔ.swa.jɛ/ |
fossoyions /fɔ.swaj.jɔ̃/ |
fossoyiez /fɔ.swaj.je/ |
fossoyaient /fɔ.swa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | fossoyai /fɔ.swa.je/ |
fossoyas /fɔ.swa.ja/ |
fossoya /fɔ.swa.ja/ |
fossoyâmes /fɔ.swa.jam/ |
fossoyâtes /fɔ.swa.jat/ |
fossoyèrent /fɔ.swa.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | fossoierai /fɔ.swa.ʁe/ |
fossoieras /fɔ.swa.ʁa/ |
fossoiera /fɔ.swa.ʁa/ |
fossoierons /fɔ.swa.ʁɔ̃/ |
fossoierez /fɔ.swa.ʁe/ |
fossoieront /fɔ.swa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | fossoierais /fɔ.swa.ʁɛ/ |
fossoierais /fɔ.swa.ʁɛ/ |
fossoierait /fɔ.swa.ʁɛ/ |
fossoierions /fɔ.swa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fossoieriez /fɔ.swa.ʁje/ |
fossoieraient /fɔ.swa.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 | fossoie /fɔ.swa/ |
fossoies /fɔ.swa/ |
fossoie /fɔ.swa/ |
fossoyions /fɔ.swaj.jɔ̃/ |
fossoyiez /fɔ.swaj.je/ |
fossoient /fɔ.swa/ |
| imperfect2 | fossoyasse /fɔ.swa.jas/ |
fossoyasses /fɔ.swa.jas/ |
fossoyât /fɔ.swa.ja/ |
fossoyassions /fɔ.swa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
fossoyassiez /fɔ.swa.ja.sje/ |
fossoyassent /fɔ.swa.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | fossoie /fɔ.swa/ |
— | fossoyons /fɔ.swa.jɔ̃/ |
fossoyez /fɔ.swa.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fossoyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.