foudroyer

French

Etymology

foudre +‎ -oyer

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fudʁwaje/

Verb

foudroyer

1. to strike (of lightning)
2. to devastate; to cause to be thunderstruck

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 foudroyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		foudroyer			avoir foudroyé
gerund		en foudroyant			en ayant foudroyé
present participle		foudroyant
past participle		foudroyé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	foudroie	foudroies	foudroie	foudroyons	foudroyez	foudroient
	imperfect	foudroyais	foudroyais	foudroyait	foudroyions	foudroyiez	foudroyaient
	past historic1	foudroyai	foudroyas	foudroya	foudroyâmes	foudroyâtes	foudroyèrent
	future	foudroierai	foudroieras	foudroiera	foudroierons	foudroierez	foudroieront
	conditional	foudroierais	foudroierais	foudroierait	foudroierions	foudroieriez	foudroieraient
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 anterior1	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 je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	foudroie	foudroies	foudroie	foudroyions	foudroyiez	foudroient
	imperfect1	foudroyasse	foudroyasses	foudroyât	foudroyassions	foudroyassiez	foudroyassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	foudroie	—	foudroyons	foudroyez	—
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