siester

French

Etymology

sieste +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sjɛs.te/

Verb

siester

  1. (intransitive, rare) to nap
    Synonym: faire la sieste
    Hypernym: dormir

Conjugation

Conjugation of siester (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple siester
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple siestant
/sjɛs.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle siesté
/sjɛs.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present sieste
/sjɛst/ 		siestes
/sjɛst/ 		sieste
/sjɛst/ 		siestons
/sjɛs.tɔ̃/ 		siestez
/sjɛs.te/ 		siestent
/sjɛst/
imperfect siestais
/sjɛs.tɛ/ 		siestais
/sjɛs.tɛ/ 		siestait
/sjɛs.tɛ/ 		siestions
/sjɛs.tjɔ̃/ 		siestiez
/sjɛs.tje/ 		siestaient
/sjɛs.tɛ/
past historic2 siestai
/sjɛs.te/ 		siestas
/sjɛs.ta/ 		siesta
/sjɛs.ta/ 		siestâmes
/sjɛs.tam/ 		siestâtes
/sjɛs.tat/ 		siestèrent
/sjɛs.tɛʁ/
future siesterai
/sjɛs.tə.ʁe/ 		siesteras
/sjɛs.tə.ʁa/ 		siestera
/sjɛs.tə.ʁa/ 		siesterons
/sjɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		siesterez
/sjɛs.tə.ʁe/ 		siesteront
/sjɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional siesterais
/sjɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ 		siesterais
/sjɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ 		siesterait
/sjɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ 		siesterions
/sjɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		siesteriez
/sjɛs.tə.ʁje/ 		siesteraient
/sjɛs.tə.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 sieste
/sjɛst/ 		siestes
/sjɛst/ 		sieste
/sjɛst/ 		siestions
/sjɛs.tjɔ̃/ 		siestiez
/sjɛs.tje/ 		siestent
/sjɛst/
imperfect2 siestasse
/sjɛs.tas/ 		siestasses
/sjɛs.tas/ 		siestât
/sjɛs.ta/ 		siestassions
/sjɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		siestassiez
/sjɛs.ta.sje/ 		siestassent
/sjɛs.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — sieste
/sjɛst/ 		— siestons
/sjɛs.tɔ̃/ 		siestez
/sjɛs.te/ 		—
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:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

  • siesteur

Further reading

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