descontinuer
Old French
Etymology
First known attestation 1314 in Chirurgie by Henri de Mondeville. Borrowed from Medieval Latin discontinuō.
Verb
descontinuer
- (medicine) to separate (flesh i.e. by incision)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of descontinuer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | descontinuer | avoir descontinüé | |||||
| gerund | en descontinuant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | descontinuant | ||||||
| past participle | descontinüé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | descontinu | descontinües | descontinüe | descontinuons | descontinüez | descontinüent |
| imperfect | descontinuoie, descontinüeie, descontinuoe, descontinüeve | descontinuoies, descontinüeies, descontinuoes, descontinüeves | descontinuoit, descontinüeit, descontinuot, descontinüeve | descontinuïiens, descontinuïens | descontinuïiez, descontinuïez | descontinuoient, descontinüeient, descontinuoent, descontinüevent | |
| preterite | descontinuai | descontinuas | descontinua | descontinuames | descontinuastes | descontinüerent | |
| future | descontinüerai | descontinüeras | descontinüera | descontinüerons | descontinüeroiz, descontinüereiz, descontinüerez | descontinüeront | |
| conditional | descontinüeroie, descontinüereie | descontinüeroies, descontinüereies | descontinüeroit, descontinüereit | descontinüeriiens, descontinüeriens | descontinüeriiez, descontinüeriez | descontinüeroient, descontinüereient | |
| 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 | descontinu | descontinus | descontinut | descontinuons | descontinüez | descontinüent |
| imperfect | descontinuasse | descontinuasses | descontinuast | descontinuïssons, descontinuïssiens | descontinuïssoiz, descontinuïssez, descontinuïssiez | descontinuassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | descontinüe | — | descontinuons | descontinüez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: discontinue (borrowed)
- Middle French: discontinuer
- French: discontinuer