festoyer
French
Etymology
From Old French festeer, festeier, festoyer, from Vulgar Latin *festidiāre. Compare Occitan festejar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛs.twa.je/
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Verb
festoyer
- (transitive) to feast, banquet
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.
Conjugation of festoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | festoyer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | festoyant /fɛs.twa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | festoyé /fɛs.twa.je/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | festoie /fɛs.twa/ | festoies /fɛs.twa/ | festoie /fɛs.twa/ | festoyons /fɛs.twa.jɔ̃/ | festoyez /fɛs.twa.je/ | festoient /fɛs.twa/ |
imperfect | festoyais /fɛs.twa.jɛ/ | festoyais /fɛs.twa.jɛ/ | festoyait /fɛs.twa.jɛ/ | festoyions /fɛs.twaj.jɔ̃/ | festoyiez /fɛs.twaj.je/ | festoyaient /fɛs.twa.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | festoyai /fɛs.twa.je/ | festoyas /fɛs.twa.ja/ | festoya /fɛs.twa.ja/ | festoyâmes /fɛs.twa.jam/ | festoyâtes /fɛs.twa.jat/ | festoyèrent /fɛs.twa.jɛʁ/ | |
future | festoierai /fɛs.twa.ʁe/ | festoieras /fɛs.twa.ʁa/ | festoiera /fɛs.twa.ʁa/ | festoierons /fɛs.twa.ʁɔ̃/ | festoierez /fɛs.twa.ʁe/ | festoieront /fɛs.twa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | festoierais /fɛs.twa.ʁɛ/ | festoierais /fɛs.twa.ʁɛ/ | festoierait /fɛs.twa.ʁɛ/ | festoierions /fɛs.twa.ʁjɔ̃/ | festoieriez /fɛs.twa.ʁje/ | festoieraient /fɛs.twa.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 | festoie /fɛs.twa/ | festoies /fɛs.twa/ | festoie /fɛs.twa/ | festoyions /fɛs.twaj.jɔ̃/ | festoyiez /fɛs.twaj.je/ | festoient /fɛs.twa/ |
imperfect2 | festoyasse /fɛs.twa.jas/ | festoyasses /fɛs.twa.jas/ | festoyât /fɛs.twa.ja/ | festoyassions /fɛs.twa.ja.sjɔ̃/ | festoyassiez /fɛs.twa.ja.sje/ | festoyassent /fɛs.twa.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | festoie /fɛs.twa/ | — | festoyons /fɛs.twa.jɔ̃/ | festoyez /fɛs.twa.je/ | — | |
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
- “festoyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.