excogiter
French
Etymology
From Latin excogitare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.te/
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Verb
excogiter
- (rare, aged) to imagine
Conjugation
Conjugation of excogiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | excogiter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | excogitant /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | excogité /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | excogite /ɛk.skɔ.ʒit/ | excogites /ɛk.skɔ.ʒit/ | excogite /ɛk.skɔ.ʒit/ | excogitons /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tɔ̃/ | excogitez /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.te/ | excogitent /ɛk.skɔ.ʒit/ |
| imperfect | excogitais /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tɛ/ | excogitais /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tɛ/ | excogitait /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tɛ/ | excogitions /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tjɔ̃/ | excogitiez /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tje/ | excogitaient /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | excogitai /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.te/ | excogitas /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.ta/ | excogita /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.ta/ | excogitâmes /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tam/ | excogitâtes /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tat/ | excogitèrent /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | excogiterai /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tʁe/ | excogiteras /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tʁa/ | excogitera /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tʁa/ | excogiterons /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tʁɔ̃/ | excogiterez /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tʁe/ | excogiteront /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | excogiterais /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tʁɛ/ | excogiterais /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tʁɛ/ | excogiterait /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tʁɛ/ | excogiterions /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | excogiteriez /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tə.ʁje/ | excogiteraient /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | excogite /ɛk.skɔ.ʒit/ | excogites /ɛk.skɔ.ʒit/ | excogite /ɛk.skɔ.ʒit/ | excogitions /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tjɔ̃/ | excogitiez /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tje/ | excogitent /ɛk.skɔ.ʒit/ |
| imperfect2 | excogitasse /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tas/ | excogitasses /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tas/ | excogitât /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.ta/ | excogitassions /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/ | excogitassiez /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.ta.sje/ | excogitassent /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | excogite /ɛk.skɔ.ʒit/ | — | excogitons /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.tɔ̃/ | excogitez /ɛk.skɔ.ʒi.te/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
- excogitation
Further reading
- “excogiter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈskoː.ɡi.ter/, [ɛkˈs̠koːɡɪt̪ɛr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈsko.d͡ʒi.ter/, [ekˈskɔːd͡ʒit̪er]
Verb
excōgiter
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of excōgitō