fouir

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French

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *fodīre, from Latin fodere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fwiʁ/
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Verb

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fouir

  1. (transitive) to dig, grub, burrow

Conjugation

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This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of fouir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple fouir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple fouissant
/fwi.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle foui
/fwi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present fouis
/fwi/ 		fouis
/fwi/ 		fouit
/fwi/ 		fouissons
/fwi.sɔ̃/ 		fouissez
/fwi.se/ 		fouissent
/fwis/
imperfect fouissais
/fwi.sɛ/ 		fouissais
/fwi.sɛ/ 		fouissait
/fwi.sɛ/ 		fouissions
/fwi.sjɔ̃/ 		fouissiez
/fwi.sje/ 		fouissaient
/fwi.sɛ/
past historic2 fouis
/fwi/ 		fouis
/fwi/ 		fouit
/fwi/ 		fouîmes
/fwim/ 		fouîtes
/fwit/ 		fouirent
/fwiʁ/
future fouirai
/fwi.ʁe/ 		fouiras
/fwi.ʁa/ 		fouira
/fwi.ʁa/ 		fouirons
/fwi.ʁɔ̃/ 		fouirez
/fwi.ʁe/ 		fouiront
/fwi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional fouirais
/fwi.ʁɛ/ 		fouirais
/fwi.ʁɛ/ 		fouirait
/fwi.ʁɛ/ 		fouirions
/fwi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		fouiriez
/fwi.ʁje/ 		fouiraient
/fwi.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 fouisse
/fwis/ 		fouisses
/fwis/ 		fouisse
/fwis/ 		fouissions
/fwi.sjɔ̃/ 		fouissiez
/fwi.sje/ 		fouissent
/fwis/
imperfect2 fouisse
/fwis/ 		fouisses
/fwis/ 		fouît
/fwi/ 		fouissions
/fwi.sjɔ̃/ 		fouissiez
/fwi.sje/ 		fouissent
/fwis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fouis
/fwi/ 		— fouissons
/fwi.sɔ̃/ 		fouissez
/fwi.se/ 		—
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).

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Further reading

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *fodīre, from Latin fodere, present active infinitive of fodiō.

Verb

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fouir

  1. Alternative form of foïr

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a third-group or second-group verb (ending in -ir, without or with an -iss- infix). This verb has a distinct stressed present stem, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of fouir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive fouir avoir fouï
gerund en fouant, fouïssant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle fouant, fouïssant
past participle fouï
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present fue, fouïs fues, fouïs fuet, fouïst fouons, fouïssons fouez, fouïssez fueent, fouïssent
imperfect fouoie, foueie, fouïssoie, fouïsseie fouoies, foueies, fouïssoies, fouïsseies fouoit, foueit, fouïssoit, fouïsseit fouïiens, fouïens, fouïssiiens, fouïssiens fouïiez, fouïez, fouïssiiez, fouïssiez fouoient, foueient, fouïssoient, fouïsseient
preterite fouï fouïs fouï fouïmes fouïstes fouïrent
future fourrai, fouïrai fourras, fouïras fourra, fouïra fourrons, fouïrons fourroiz, fourreiz, fourrez, fouïroiz, fouïreiz, fouïrez fourront, fouïront
conditional fourroie, fourreie, fouïroie, fouïreie fourroies, fourreies, fouïroies, fouïreies fourroit, fourreit, fouïroit, fouïreit fourriiens, fourriens, fouïriiens, fouïriens fourriiez, fourriez, fouïriiez, fouïriez fourroient, fourreient, fouïroient, fouïreient
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 fuee, fouïsse fuees, fouïsses fuee, fouïsse fouons, fouïssons fouez, fouïssez fueent, fouïssent
imperfect fouïsse fouïsses fouïst fouïssons, fouïssiens fouïssoiz, fouïssez, fouïssiez fouïssent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— fue, fouïs — fouons, fouïssons fouez, fouïssez —

Further reading

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