disner
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French disner.
Verb
disner
- to dine
- 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:
- […] et dormit jusques au lendemain heure de disner
- […] and slept until it was time to dine
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Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of disner
| infinitive | simple | disner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | disnant | |||||
| compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | disné | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | disne | disnes | disne | disnons | disnez | disnent |
| imperfect | disnois, disnoys | disnois, disnoys | disnoit, disnoyt | disnions, disnyons | disniez, disnyez | disnoient, disnoyent | |
| past historic | disna | disnas | disna | disnasmes | disnastes | disnerent | |
| future | disnerai, disneray | disneras | disnera | disnerons | disnerez | disneront | |
| conditional | disnerois, disneroys | disnerois, disneroys | disneroit, disneroyt | disnerions, disneryons | disneriez, disneryez | disneroient, disneroyent | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | disne | disnes | disne | disnons | disnez | disnent |
| imperfect | disnasse | disnasses | disnast | disnassions | disnassiez | disnassent | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | disne | — | disnons | disnez | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
| 2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). | |||||||
Descendants
- French: dîner
Noun
disner m (plural disners)
- dinner (main meal)
Descendants
- French: dîner
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *disiūnō, *disiūnāre, from disieiūnāre, disjejūnāre (“to break the fast”), from dis- + Late Latin iēiūnō, iēiūnāre (“to fast”), from Latin ieiūnus.
Verb
disner
- to dine; to eat the main meal of the day
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has a stressed present stem desjun distinct from the unstressed stem disn. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of disner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | disner | avoir disné | |||||
| gerund | en disnant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | disnant | ||||||
| past participle | disné | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | desjun | desjunes | desjune | disnons | disnez | desjunent |
| imperfect | disnoie, disneie, disnoe, disneve | disnoies, disneies, disnoes, disneves | disnoit, disneit, disnot, disneve | disniiens, disniens | disniiez, disniez | disnoient, disneient, disnoent, disnevent | |
| preterite | disnai | disnas | disna | disnames | disnastes | disnerent | |
| future | disnerai | disneras | disnera | disnerons | disneroiz, disnereiz, disnerez | disneront | |
| conditional | disneroie, disnereie | disneroies, disnereies | disneroit, disnereit | disneriiens, disneriens | disneriiez, disneriez | disneroient, disnereient | |
| 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 | desjun | desjuns | desjunt | disnons | disnez | desjunent |
| imperfect | disnasse | disnasses | disnast | disnissons, disnissiens | disnissoiz, disnissez, disnissiez | disnassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | desjune | — | disnons | disnez | — | ||
Descendants
- Middle French: disner
- French: dîner
- → Middle English: dynen, dyne, dinen
- English: dine
- Scots: dine
Noun
disner m (oblique plural disners, nominative singular disners, nominative plural disner)
- dinner (main meal of the day)
- 12th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:
- S'en vint un jor, aprés disner
- He came one day, after dinner
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Coordinate terms
- mengier
- boivre
Descendants
- Middle French: disner
- French: dîner
- → Middle English: dyner, dener, deynere, dinare, diner, dinere, dynare, dynere, dynier, dynnar, dynner
- English: dinner (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: denner
- Yola: dineare, deneare
- → Middle Irish: dinér, dinnér
- Irish: dinnéar, dínnéar
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (disner, supplement)