temprer
Middle French
Verb
temprer
- Alternative form of tremper
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of temprer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | temprer | avoir tempré | |||||
| gerund | en temprant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | temprant | ||||||
| past participle | tempré | ||||||
| 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 | tempre | tempres | tempre | temprons | temprez | temprent |
| imperfect | temprois, temproys | temprois, temproys | temproit, temproyt | temprions, tempryons | tempriez, tempryez | temproient, temproyent | |
| past historic | tempra | tempras | tempra | temprasmes | temprastes | temprerent | |
| future | temprerai, tempreray | tempreras | temprera | temprerons | temprerez | tempreront | |
| conditional | temprerois, tempreroys | temprerois, tempreroys | tempreroit, tempreroyt | temprerions, tempreryons | tempreriez, tempreryez | tempreroient, tempreroyent | |
| 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 | tempre | tempres | tempre | temprons | temprez | temprent |
| imperfect | temprasse | temprasses | temprast | temprassions | temprassiez | temprassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | tempre | — | temprons | temprez | — | ||
Old French
Alternative forms
- tenprer
Etymology
From Latin temperāre, present active infinitive of temperō.
Verb
temprer
- to temper; to moderate
- to milden the water in a bath
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of temprer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | temprer | avoir tempré | |||||
| gerund | en temprant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | temprant | ||||||
| past participle | tempré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | tempre | tempres | tempre | temprons | temprez | temprent |
| imperfect | temproie, tempreie, temproe, tempreve | temproies, tempreies, temproes, tempreves | temproit, tempreit, temprot, tempreve | tempriiens, tempriens | tempriiez, tempriez | temproient, tempreient, temproent, temprevent | |
| preterite | temprai | tempras | tempra | temprames | temprastes | temprerent | |
| future | temprerai | tempreras | temprera | temprerons | tempreroiz, temprereiz, temprerez | tempreront | |
| conditional | tempreroie, temprereie | tempreroies, temprereies | tempreroit, temprereit | tempreriiens, tempreriens | tempreriiez, tempreriez | tempreroient, temprereient | |
| 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 preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | tempre | tempres | tempre | temprons | temprez | temprent |
| imperfect | temprasse | temprasses | temprast | temprissons, temprissiens | temprissoiz, temprissez, temprissiez | temprassent | |
| 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 | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | tempre | — | temprons | temprez | — | ||
Related terms
- atemprer
Descendants
- Middle French: tremper, temprer
- French: tremper
- Norman: tremper