aterminer
Middle French
Etymology
Old French aterminer, equivalent to a- + terminer.
Verb
aterminer
- (transitive, intransitive) to finish; to complete
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of aterminer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | aterminer | avoir aterminé | |||||
| gerund | en aterminant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | aterminant | ||||||
| past participle | aterminé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses | present | atermine | atermines | atermine | aterminons | aterminez | aterminent |
| imperfect | aterminois, aterminoys | aterminois, aterminoys | aterminoit, aterminoyt | aterminions, aterminyons | aterminiez, aterminyez | aterminoient, aterminoyent | |
| past historic | atermina | aterminas | atermina | aterminasmes | aterminastes | aterminerent | |
| future | aterminerai, atermineray | atermineras | aterminera | aterminerons | aterminerez | atermineront | |
| conditional | aterminerois, atermineroys | aterminerois, atermineroys | atermineroit, atermineroyt | aterminerions, atermineryons | atermineriez, atermineryez | atermineroient, atermineroyent | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses | present | atermine | atermines | atermine | aterminons | aterminez | aterminent |
| imperfect | aterminasse | aterminasses | aterminast | aterminassions | aterminassiez | aterminassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | atermine | — | aterminons | aterminez | — | ||
References
- aterminer on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)