honnourer

Middle French

Etymology

Old French honorer.

Verb

honnourer

1. to honor (to treat with honor and respect)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of honnourer

infinitive	simple	honnourer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	honnourant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		honnouré
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	honnoure	honnoures	honnoure	honnourons	honnourez	honnourent
	imperfect	honnourois, honnouroys	honnourois, honnouroys	honnouroit, honnouroyt	honnourions, honnouryons	honnouriez, honnouryez	honnouroient, honnouroyent
	past historic	honnoura	honnouras	honnoura	honnourasmes	honnourastes	honnourerent
	future	honnourerai, honnoureray	honnoureras	honnourera	honnourerons	honnourerez	honnoureront
	conditional	honnourerois, honnoureroys	honnourerois, honnoureroys	honnoureroit, honnoureroyt	honnourerions, honnoureryons	honnoureriez, honnoureryez	honnoureroient, honnoureroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	honnoure	honnoures	honnoure	honnourons	honnourez	honnourent
	imperfect	honnourasse	honnourasses	honnourast	honnourassions	honnourassiez	honnourassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	honnoure	—	honnourons	honnourez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Related terms

• deshonnourer

Descendants

• French: honorer