engignier

Old French

Alternative forms

  • enjaner, enganer (dialectal)

Etymology

    From Late Latin and Vulgar Latin ingannāre, from Latin ganniō.

    Verb

    engignier

    1. to create; to make
    2. to trick; to deceive

    Conjugation

    This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ign, *-igns, *-ignt are modified to ing, inz, int. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • French: engeigner (obsolete)
    • Norman: înginnyi

    Noun

    engignier oblique singularm (oblique plural engigniers, nominative singular engigniers, nominative plural engignier)

    1. alternative form of engigneor