larmoyer
French
Etymology
From Old French larmoiier, from Vulgar Latin *lacrimidiāre. By surface analysis, larme + -oyer. Compare Occitan lagremejar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laʁ.mwa.je/
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Verb
larmoyer
- (intransitive, of a person) to weep, sob
- (intransitive, of eyes) to build up with tears; water up
- (intransitive, of a person) to whine, whinge
- (intransitive) to drip
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 larmoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | larmoyer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | larmoyant /laʁ.mwa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | larmoyé /laʁ.mwa.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | larmoie /laʁ.mwa/ | larmoies /laʁ.mwa/ | larmoie /laʁ.mwa/ | larmoyons /laʁ.mwa.jɔ̃/ | larmoyez /laʁ.mwa.je/ | larmoient /laʁ.mwa/ |
| imperfect | larmoyais /laʁ.mwa.jɛ/ | larmoyais /laʁ.mwa.jɛ/ | larmoyait /laʁ.mwa.jɛ/ | larmoyions /laʁ.mwaj.jɔ̃/ | larmoyiez /laʁ.mwaj.je/ | larmoyaient /laʁ.mwa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | larmoyai /laʁ.mwa.je/ | larmoyas /laʁ.mwa.ja/ | larmoya /laʁ.mwa.ja/ | larmoyâmes /laʁ.mwa.jam/ | larmoyâtes /laʁ.mwa.jat/ | larmoyèrent /laʁ.mwa.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | larmoierai /laʁ.mwa.ʁe/ | larmoieras /laʁ.mwa.ʁa/ | larmoiera /laʁ.mwa.ʁa/ | larmoierons /laʁ.mwa.ʁɔ̃/ | larmoierez /laʁ.mwa.ʁe/ | larmoieront /laʁ.mwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | larmoierais /laʁ.mwa.ʁɛ/ | larmoierais /laʁ.mwa.ʁɛ/ | larmoierait /laʁ.mwa.ʁɛ/ | larmoierions /laʁ.mwa.ʁjɔ̃/ | larmoieriez /laʁ.mwa.ʁje/ | larmoieraient /laʁ.mwa.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 | larmoie /laʁ.mwa/ | larmoies /laʁ.mwa/ | larmoie /laʁ.mwa/ | larmoyions /laʁ.mwaj.jɔ̃/ | larmoyiez /laʁ.mwaj.je/ | larmoient /laʁ.mwa/ |
| imperfect2 | larmoyasse /laʁ.mwa.jas/ | larmoyasses /laʁ.mwa.jas/ | larmoyât /laʁ.mwa.ja/ | larmoyassions /laʁ.mwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ | larmoyassiez /laʁ.mwa.ja.sje/ | larmoyassent /laʁ.mwa.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | larmoie /laʁ.mwa/ | — | larmoyons /laʁ.mwa.jɔ̃/ | larmoyez /laʁ.mwa.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). | |||||||
See also
- pleurer
Further reading
- “larmoyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.