larmoyer
French
Etymology
From Old French larmoiier, from Vulgar Latin *lacrimizāre. Synchronically larme (“teardrop”) + -oyer (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laʁ.mwa.je/
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Verb
larmoyer
- (intransitive, of a person) to weep, sob
- (intransitive, of eyes) to build up with tears; water up
- (intransitive, of a person) to whine, whinge
- (intransitive) to drip
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 larmoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | larmoyer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | larmoyant /laʁ.mwa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | larmoyé /laʁ.mwa.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | larmoie /laʁ.mwa/ |
larmoies /laʁ.mwa/ |
larmoie /laʁ.mwa/ |
larmoyons /laʁ.mwa.jɔ̃/ |
larmoyez /laʁ.mwa.je/ |
larmoient /laʁ.mwa/ |
| imperfect | larmoyais /laʁ.mwa.jɛ/ |
larmoyais /laʁ.mwa.jɛ/ |
larmoyait /laʁ.mwa.jɛ/ |
larmoyions /laʁ.mwaj.jɔ̃/ |
larmoyiez /laʁ.mwaj.je/ |
larmoyaient /laʁ.mwa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | larmoyai /laʁ.mwa.je/ |
larmoyas /laʁ.mwa.ja/ |
larmoya /laʁ.mwa.ja/ |
larmoyâmes /laʁ.mwa.jam/ |
larmoyâtes /laʁ.mwa.jat/ |
larmoyèrent /laʁ.mwa.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | larmoierai /laʁ.mwa.ʁe/ |
larmoieras /laʁ.mwa.ʁa/ |
larmoiera /laʁ.mwa.ʁa/ |
larmoierons /laʁ.mwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
larmoierez /laʁ.mwa.ʁe/ |
larmoieront /laʁ.mwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | larmoierais /laʁ.mwa.ʁɛ/ |
larmoierais /laʁ.mwa.ʁɛ/ |
larmoierait /laʁ.mwa.ʁɛ/ |
larmoierions /laʁ.mwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
larmoieriez /laʁ.mwa.ʁje/ |
larmoieraient /laʁ.mwa.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 | larmoie /laʁ.mwa/ |
larmoies /laʁ.mwa/ |
larmoie /laʁ.mwa/ |
larmoyions /laʁ.mwaj.jɔ̃/ |
larmoyiez /laʁ.mwaj.je/ |
larmoient /laʁ.mwa/ |
| imperfect2 | larmoyasse /laʁ.mwa.jas/ |
larmoyasses /laʁ.mwa.jas/ |
larmoyât /laʁ.mwa.ja/ |
larmoyassions /laʁ.mwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
larmoyassiez /laʁ.mwa.ja.sje/ |
larmoyassent /laʁ.mwa.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | larmoie /laʁ.mwa/ |
— | larmoyons /laʁ.mwa.jɔ̃/ |
larmoyez /laʁ.mwa.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). | |||||||
See also
Further reading
- “larmoyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.