conjecturer
English
Etymology
conjecture + -er
Noun
conjecturer (plural conjecturers)
- a person who conjectures
French
Etymology
Either from conjecture + -er or from Late Latin coniectūrō, coniectūrāre, from Latin coniectūrus, future active participle of cōniciō (“I throw or bring together, unite, connect”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁe/
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Verb
conjecturer
- (transitive) to conjecture, surmise, speculate, wonder
Conjugation
Conjugation of conjecturer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | conjecturer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | conjecturant /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | conjecturé /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | conjecture /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ/ | conjectures /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ/ | conjecture /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ/ | conjecturons /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁɔ̃/ | conjecturez /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁe/ | conjecturent /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ/ |
imperfect | conjecturais /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁɛ/ | conjecturais /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁɛ/ | conjecturait /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁɛ/ | conjecturions /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁjɔ̃/ | conjecturiez /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁje/ | conjecturaient /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | conjecturai /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁe/ | conjecturas /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁa/ | conjectura /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁa/ | conjecturâmes /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁam/ | conjecturâtes /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁat/ | conjecturèrent /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁɛʁ/ | |
future | conjecturerai /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.ʁe/ | conjectureras /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.ʁa/ | conjecturera /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.ʁa/ | conjecturerons /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | conjecturerez /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.ʁe/ | conjectureront /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | conjecturerais /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | conjecturerais /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | conjecturerait /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | conjecturerions /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | conjectureriez /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.ʁje/ | conjectureraient /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁə.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 | conjecture /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ/ | conjectures /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ/ | conjecture /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ/ | conjecturions /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁjɔ̃/ | conjecturiez /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁje/ | conjecturent /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ/ |
imperfect2 | conjecturasse /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁas/ | conjecturasses /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁas/ | conjecturât /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁa/ | conjecturassions /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ | conjecturassiez /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁa.sje/ | conjecturassent /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | conjecture /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.tyʁ/ | — | conjecturons /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁɔ̃/ | conjecturez /kɔ̃.ʒɛk.ty.ʁe/ | — | |
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
- “conjecturer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.