atermoyer

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ Old French termoyer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.tɛʁ.mwa.je/

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Verb

atermoyer

1. (transitive, intransitive) to procrastinate, delay

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 atermoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	atermoyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	atermoyant /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		atermoyé /a.tɛʁ.mwa.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	atermoie /a.tɛʁ.mwa/	atermoies /a.tɛʁ.mwa/	atermoie /a.tɛʁ.mwa/	atermoyons /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jɔ̃/	atermoyez /a.tɛʁ.mwa.je/	atermoient /a.tɛʁ.mwa/
	imperfect	atermoyais /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jɛ/	atermoyais /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jɛ/	atermoyait /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jɛ/	atermoyions /a.tɛʁ.mwaj.jɔ̃/	atermoyiez /a.tɛʁ.mwaj.je/	atermoyaient /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jɛ/
	past historic2	atermoyai /a.tɛʁ.mwa.je/	atermoyas /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ja/	atermoya /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ja/	atermoyâmes /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jam/	atermoyâtes /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jat/	atermoyèrent /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jɛʁ/
	future	atermoierai /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁe/	atermoieras /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁa/	atermoiera /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁa/	atermoierons /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁɔ̃/	atermoierez /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁe/	atermoieront /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	atermoierais /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁɛ/	atermoierais /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁɛ/	atermoierait /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁɛ/	atermoierions /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁjɔ̃/	atermoieriez /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁje/	atermoieraient /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ʁɛ/
(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	atermoie /a.tɛʁ.mwa/	atermoies /a.tɛʁ.mwa/	atermoie /a.tɛʁ.mwa/	atermoyions /a.tɛʁ.mwaj.jɔ̃/	atermoyiez /a.tɛʁ.mwaj.je/	atermoient /a.tɛʁ.mwa/
	imperfect2	atermoyasse /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jas/	atermoyasses /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jas/	atermoyât /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ja/	atermoyassions /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ja.sjɔ̃/	atermoyassiez /a.tɛʁ.mwa.ja.sje/	atermoyassent /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	atermoie /a.tɛʁ.mwa/	—	atermoyons /a.tɛʁ.mwa.jɔ̃/	atermoyez /a.tɛʁ.mwa.je/	—
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).

Related terms

• atermoiement

Further reading

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