ondoyer
French
Etymology
From Old French ondoiier, from Vulgar Latin *undidiāre, from Latin unda (“wave”). By surface analysis, onde + -oyer. Compare Italian ondeggiare, Spanish ondear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̃.dwa.je/
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Verb
ondoyer
- to sway, undulate
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 ondoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ondoyer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ondoyant /ɔ̃.dwa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ondoyé /ɔ̃.dwa.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | ondoie /ɔ̃.dwa/ | ondoies /ɔ̃.dwa/ | ondoie /ɔ̃.dwa/ | ondoyons /ɔ̃.dwa.jɔ̃/ | ondoyez /ɔ̃.dwa.je/ | ondoient /ɔ̃.dwa/ |
| imperfect | ondoyais /ɔ̃.dwa.jɛ/ | ondoyais /ɔ̃.dwa.jɛ/ | ondoyait /ɔ̃.dwa.jɛ/ | ondoyions /ɔ̃.dwaj.jɔ̃/ | ondoyiez /ɔ̃.dwaj.je/ | ondoyaient /ɔ̃.dwa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ondoyai /ɔ̃.dwa.je/ | ondoyas /ɔ̃.dwa.ja/ | ondoya /ɔ̃.dwa.ja/ | ondoyâmes /ɔ̃.dwa.jam/ | ondoyâtes /ɔ̃.dwa.jat/ | ondoyèrent /ɔ̃.dwa.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | ondoierai /ɔ̃.dwa.ʁe/ | ondoieras /ɔ̃.dwa.ʁa/ | ondoiera /ɔ̃.dwa.ʁa/ | ondoierons /ɔ̃.dwa.ʁɔ̃/ | ondoierez /ɔ̃.dwa.ʁe/ | ondoieront /ɔ̃.dwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ondoierais /ɔ̃.dwa.ʁɛ/ | ondoierais /ɔ̃.dwa.ʁɛ/ | ondoierait /ɔ̃.dwa.ʁɛ/ | ondoierions /ɔ̃.dwa.ʁjɔ̃/ | ondoieriez /ɔ̃.dwa.ʁje/ | ondoieraient /ɔ̃.dwa.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 | ondoie /ɔ̃.dwa/ | ondoies /ɔ̃.dwa/ | ondoie /ɔ̃.dwa/ | ondoyions /ɔ̃.dwaj.jɔ̃/ | ondoyiez /ɔ̃.dwaj.je/ | ondoient /ɔ̃.dwa/ |
| imperfect2 | ondoyasse /ɔ̃.dwa.jas/ | ondoyasses /ɔ̃.dwa.jas/ | ondoyât /ɔ̃.dwa.ja/ | ondoyassions /ɔ̃.dwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ | ondoyassiez /ɔ̃.dwa.ja.sje/ | ondoyassent /ɔ̃.dwa.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ondoie /ɔ̃.dwa/ | — | ondoyons /ɔ̃.dwa.jɔ̃/ | ondoyez /ɔ̃.dwa.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- ondoiement
Further reading
- “ondoyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.