encontrer
Middle French
Etymology
Old French encontrer.
Verb
encontrer
- to meet
- 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 38:
- tant chevaucha qu'il encontra ung chevalier
- when he got on his horse, he met a knight
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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 encontrer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | encontrer | avoir encontré | |||||
| gerund | en encontrant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | encontrant | ||||||
| past participle | encontré | ||||||
| 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 | encontre | encontres | encontre | encontrons | encontrez | encontrent |
| imperfect | encontrois, encontroys | encontrois, encontroys | encontroit, encontroyt | encontrions, encontryons | encontriez, encontryez | encontroient, encontroyent | |
| past historic | encontra | encontras | encontra | encontrasmes | encontrastes | encontrerent | |
| future | encontrerai, encontreray | encontreras | encontrera | encontrerons | encontrerez | encontreront | |
| conditional | encontrerois, encontreroys | encontrerois, encontreroys | encontreroit, encontreroyt | encontrerions, encontreryons | encontreriez, encontreryez | encontreroient, encontreroyent | |
| 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 | encontre | encontres | encontre | encontrons | encontrez | encontrent |
| imperfect | encontrasse | encontrasses | encontrast | encontrassions | encontrassiez | encontrassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | encontre | — | encontrons | encontrez | — | ||
Old French
Etymology
Compare Modern Spanish and Portuguese encontrar.
Verb
encontrer
- to meet; to encounter
- (by extension) to meet in battle; to combat
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 encontrer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | encontrer | avoir encontré | |||||
| gerund | en encontrant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | encontrant | ||||||
| past participle | encontré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | encontre | encontres | encontre | encontrons | encontrez | encontrent |
| imperfect | encontroie, encontreie, encontroe, encontreve | encontroies, encontreies, encontroes, encontreves | encontroit, encontreit, encontrot, encontreve | encontriiens, encontriens | encontriiez, encontriez | encontroient, encontreient, encontroent, encontrevent | |
| preterite | encontrai | encontras | encontra | encontrames | encontrastes | encontrerent | |
| future | encontrerai | encontreras | encontrera | encontrerons | encontreroiz, encontrereiz, encontrerez | encontreront | |
| conditional | encontreroie, encontrereie | encontreroies, encontrereies | encontreroit, encontrereit | encontreriiens, encontreriens | encontreriiez, encontreriez | encontreroient, encontrereient | |
| 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 | encontre | encontres | encontre | encontrons | encontrez | encontrent |
| imperfect | encontrasse | encontrasses | encontrast | encontrissons, encontrissiens | encontrissoiz, encontrissez, encontrissiez | encontrassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | encontre | — | encontrons | encontrez | — | ||
Descendants
- → English: encounter
- French: rencontrer, encontrer (archaic)