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estrangler
estrangler
Middle French
Verb
estrangler
- to strangle (to squeeze the throat of someone)
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of estrangler
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | estrangler | avoir estranglé | |||||
| gerund | en estranglant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | estranglant | ||||||
| past participle | estranglé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | estrangle | estrangles | estrangle | estranglons | estranglez | estranglent |
| imperfect | estranglois, estrangloys | estranglois, estrangloys | estrangloit, estrangloyt | estranglions, estranglyons | estrangliez, estranglyez | estrangloient, estrangloyent | |
| past historic | estrangla | estranglas | estrangla | estranglasmes | estranglastes | estranglerent | |
| future | estranglerai, estrangleray | estrangleras | estranglera | estranglerons | estranglerez | estrangleront | |
| conditional | estranglerois, estrangleroys | estranglerois, estrangleroys | estrangleroit, estrangleroyt | estranglerions, estrangleryons | estrangleriez, estrangleryez | estrangleroient, estrangleroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | estrangle | estrangles | estrangle | estranglons | estranglez | estranglent |
| imperfect | estranglasse | estranglasses | estranglast | estranglassions | estranglassiez | estranglassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | estrangle | — | estranglons | estranglez | — | ||
Old French
Etymology
From Latin strangulō, strangulāre, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to strangle”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”)
Verb
estrangler
- to strangle (to squeeze the throat of someone)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of estrangler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | estrangler | avoir estranglé | |||||
| gerund | en estranglant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | estranglant | ||||||
| past participle | estranglé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | estrangle | estrangles | estrangle | estranglons | estranglez | estranglent |
| imperfect | estrangloie, estrangleie, estrangloe, estrangleve | estrangloies, estrangleies, estrangloes, estrangleves | estrangloit, estrangleit, estranglot, estrangleve | estrangliiens, estrangliens | estrangliiez, estrangliez | estrangloient, estrangleient, estrangloent, estranglevent | |
| preterite | estranglai | estranglas | estrangla | estranglames | estranglastes | estranglerent | |
| future | estranglerai | estrangleras | estranglera | estranglerons | estrangleroiz, estranglereiz, estranglerez | estrangleront | |
| conditional | estrangleroie, estranglereie | estrangleroies, estranglereies | estrangleroit, estranglereit | estrangleriiens, estrangleriens | estrangleriiez, estrangleriez | estrangleroient, estranglereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | estrangle | estrangles | estrangle | estranglons | estranglez | estranglent |
| imperfect | estranglasse | estranglasses | estranglast | estranglissons, estranglissiens | estranglissoiz, estranglissez, estranglissiez | estranglassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | estrangle | — | estranglons | estranglez | — | ||
Descendants
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (estrangler, supplement)