accointer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French accointer, from Old French acointier, from Early Medieval Latin accognitāre, from Late Latin accognitus, past participle of accognōscere, from Latin cognōscere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kwɛ̃.te/

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Verb

accointer

1. to get to know, acquaint oneself with

Conjugation

Conjugation of accointer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	accointer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	accointant /a.kwɛ̃.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		accointé /a.kwɛ̃.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	accointe /a.kwɛ̃t/	accointes /a.kwɛ̃t/	accointe /a.kwɛ̃t/	accointons /a.kwɛ̃.tɔ̃/	accointez /a.kwɛ̃.te/	accointent /a.kwɛ̃t/
	imperfect	accointais /a.kwɛ̃.tɛ/	accointais /a.kwɛ̃.tɛ/	accointait /a.kwɛ̃.tɛ/	accointions /a.kwɛ̃.tjɔ̃/	accointiez /a.kwɛ̃.tje/	accointaient /a.kwɛ̃.tɛ/
	past historic2	accointai /a.kwɛ̃.te/	accointas /a.kwɛ̃.ta/	accointa /a.kwɛ̃.ta/	accointâmes /a.kwɛ̃.tam/	accointâtes /a.kwɛ̃.tat/	accointèrent /a.kwɛ̃.tɛʁ/
	future	accointerai /a.kwɛ̃.tʁe/	accointeras /a.kwɛ̃.tʁa/	accointera /a.kwɛ̃.tʁa/	accointerons /a.kwɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/	accointerez /a.kwɛ̃.tʁe/	accointeront /a.kwɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	accointerais /a.kwɛ̃.tʁɛ/	accointerais /a.kwɛ̃.tʁɛ/	accointerait /a.kwɛ̃.tʁɛ/	accointerions /a.kwɛ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	accointeriez /a.kwɛ̃.tə.ʁje/	accointeraient /a.kwɛ̃.tʁɛ/
(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	accointe /a.kwɛ̃t/	accointes /a.kwɛ̃t/	accointe /a.kwɛ̃t/	accointions /a.kwɛ̃.tjɔ̃/	accointiez /a.kwɛ̃.tje/	accointent /a.kwɛ̃t/
	imperfect2	accointasse /a.kwɛ̃.tas/	accointasses /a.kwɛ̃.tas/	accointât /a.kwɛ̃.ta/	accointassions /a.kwɛ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/	accointassiez /a.kwɛ̃.ta.sje/	accointassent /a.kwɛ̃.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	accointe /a.kwɛ̃t/	—	accointons /a.kwɛ̃.tɔ̃/	accointez /a.kwɛ̃.te/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “accointer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French acointier.

Verb

accointer

1. (reflexive, s'accointer) to get to know; to acquaint oneself

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of accointer

infinitive	simple	accointer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	accointant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		accointé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	accointe	accointes	accointe	accointons	accointez	accointent
	imperfect	accointois, accointoys	accointois, accointoys	accointoit, accointoyt	accointions, accointyons	accointiez, accointyez	accointoient, accointoyent
	past historic	accointa	accointas	accointa	accointasmes	accointastes	accointerent
	future	accointerai, accointeray	accointeras	accointera	accointerons	accointerez	accointeront
	conditional	accointerois, accointeroys	accointerois, accointeroys	accointeroit, accointeroyt	accointerions, accointeryons	accointeriez, accointeryez	accointeroient, accointeroyent
(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	accointe	accointes	accointe	accointons	accointez	accointent
	imperfect	accointasse	accointasses	accointast	accointassions	accointassiez	accointassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	accointe	—	accointons	accointez	—
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).

Descendants

• French: accointer