octroyer
French
Etymology
From Middle French octroyer, from Old French otroiier, from Medieval Latin auctōrizāre. The /k/ was reinserted, per the Latin etymon, in early modern times. Doublet of autoriser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔk.tʁwa.je/, /ɔk.tʁwɑ.je/
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Verb
octroyer
- to grant
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 octroyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | octroyer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | octroyant /ɔk.tʁwa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | octroyé /ɔk.tʁwa.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | octroie /ɔk.tʁwa/ | octroies /ɔk.tʁwa/ | octroie /ɔk.tʁwa/ | octroyons /ɔk.tʁwa.jɔ̃/ | octroyez /ɔk.tʁwa.je/ | octroient /ɔk.tʁwa/ |
| imperfect | octroyais /ɔk.tʁwa.jɛ/ | octroyais /ɔk.tʁwa.jɛ/ | octroyait /ɔk.tʁwa.jɛ/ | octroyions /ɔk.tʁwaj.jɔ̃/ | octroyiez /ɔk.tʁwaj.je/ | octroyaient /ɔk.tʁwa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | octroyai /ɔk.tʁwa.je/ | octroyas /ɔk.tʁwa.ja/ | octroya /ɔk.tʁwa.ja/ | octroyâmes /ɔk.tʁwa.jam/ | octroyâtes /ɔk.tʁwa.jat/ | octroyèrent /ɔk.tʁwa.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | octroierai /ɔk.tʁwa.ʁe/ | octroieras /ɔk.tʁwa.ʁa/ | octroiera /ɔk.tʁwa.ʁa/ | octroierons /ɔk.tʁwa.ʁɔ̃/ | octroierez /ɔk.tʁwa.ʁe/ | octroieront /ɔk.tʁwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | octroierais /ɔk.tʁwa.ʁɛ/ | octroierais /ɔk.tʁwa.ʁɛ/ | octroierait /ɔk.tʁwa.ʁɛ/ | octroierions /ɔk.tʁwa.ʁjɔ̃/ | octroieriez /ɔk.tʁwa.ʁje/ | octroieraient /ɔk.tʁwa.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 | octroie /ɔk.tʁwa/ | octroies /ɔk.tʁwa/ | octroie /ɔk.tʁwa/ | octroyions /ɔk.tʁwaj.jɔ̃/ | octroyiez /ɔk.tʁwaj.je/ | octroient /ɔk.tʁwa/ |
| imperfect2 | octroyasse /ɔk.tʁwa.jas/ | octroyasses /ɔk.tʁwa.jas/ | octroyât /ɔk.tʁwa.ja/ | octroyassions /ɔk.tʁwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ | octroyassiez /ɔk.tʁwa.ja.sje/ | octroyassent /ɔk.tʁwa.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | octroie /ɔk.tʁwa/ | — | octroyons /ɔk.tʁwa.jɔ̃/ | octroyez /ɔk.tʁwa.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). | |||||||
Related terms
- octroi
Further reading
- “octroyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.