choyer
French
Etymology
From Old French chuer, ultimately from Vulgar Latin cavicare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃwa.je/
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Verb
choyer
- (transitive) to cherish, pamper, coddle (care for with affection and tenderness)
- Synonym: dorloter
- 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […][1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
- Il pouvait changer maintenant les heures de ses repas, rentrer ou sortir sans donner de raisons, et, lorsqu'il était bien fatigué, s'étendre de ses quatre membres, tout en large, dans son lit. Donc, il se choya, se dorlota et accepta les consolations qu'on lui donnait.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive) to hold in great esteem, revere, going to great lengths to demonstrate this
- (transitive) to cherish, treasure, conserve with great care
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 choyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | choyer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | choyant /ʃwa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | choyé /ʃwa.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | choie /ʃwa/ |
choies /ʃwa/ |
choie /ʃwa/ |
choyons /ʃwa.jɔ̃/ |
choyez /ʃwa.je/ |
choient /ʃwa/ |
| imperfect | choyais /ʃwa.jɛ/ |
choyais /ʃwa.jɛ/ |
choyait /ʃwa.jɛ/ |
choyions /ʃwaj.jɔ̃/ |
choyiez /ʃwaj.je/ |
choyaient /ʃwa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | choyai /ʃwa.je/ |
choyas /ʃwa.ja/ |
choya /ʃwa.ja/ |
choyâmes /ʃwa.jam/ |
choyâtes /ʃwa.jat/ |
choyèrent /ʃwa.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | choierai /ʃwa.ʁe/ |
choieras /ʃwa.ʁa/ |
choiera /ʃwa.ʁa/ |
choierons /ʃwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
choierez /ʃwa.ʁe/ |
choieront /ʃwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | choierais /ʃwa.ʁɛ/ |
choierais /ʃwa.ʁɛ/ |
choierait /ʃwa.ʁɛ/ |
choierions /ʃwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
choieriez /ʃwa.ʁje/ |
choieraient /ʃwa.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 | choie /ʃwa/ |
choies /ʃwa/ |
choie /ʃwa/ |
choyions /ʃwaj.jɔ̃/ |
choyiez /ʃwaj.je/ |
choient /ʃwa/ |
| imperfect2 | choyasse /ʃwa.jas/ |
choyasses /ʃwa.jas/ |
choyât /ʃwa.ja/ |
choyassions /ʃwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
choyassiez /ʃwa.ja.sje/ |
choyassent /ʃwa.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | choie /ʃwa/ |
— | choyons /ʃwa.jɔ̃/ |
choyez /ʃwa.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “choyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012