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preferer
preferer
See also: préférer
English
Noun
preferer (plural preferers)
- A person who prefers (a stated thing).
- a preferer of red wine
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French preferer.
Verb
preferer
- to prefer (have a preference for)
- 1566, N. Chesneau, Les Sermons et instructions chrestiennes, page 251
- Il faut tousiours preferer le spirituel au temporel
- One should always prefer the spiritual over the temporal
- Il faut tousiours preferer le spirituel au temporel
- 1566, N. Chesneau, Les Sermons et instructions chrestiennes, page 251
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of preferer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | preferer | avoir preferé | |||||
| gerund | en preferant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | preferant | ||||||
| past participle | preferé | ||||||
| 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 | prefere | preferes | prefere | preferons | preferez | preferent |
| imperfect | preferois, preferoys | preferois, preferoys | preferoit, preferoyt | preferions, preferyons | preferiez, preferyez | preferoient, preferoyent | |
| past historic | prefera | preferas | prefera | preferasmes | preferastes | prefererent | |
| future | prefererai, prefereray | prefereras | preferera | prefererons | prefererez | prefereront | |
| conditional | prefererois, prefereroys | prefererois, prefereroys | prefereroit, prefereroyt | prefererions, prefereryons | prefereriez, prefereryez | prefereroient, prefereroyent | |
| 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 | prefere | preferes | prefere | preferons | preferez | preferent |
| imperfect | preferasse | preferasses | preferast | preferassions | preferassiez | preferassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | prefere | — | preferons | preferez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: preferer
Old French
Alternative forms
- preferrer (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin praeferō, praeferre
Verb
preferer (Anglo-Norman)
- to prefer
- to prioritize
Descendants
References
- preferer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub