chaloir
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French chaloir, from Old French chaloir, from earlier chaleir, from Latin calēre (“to heat”), from Proto-Italic *kalēō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁-. Compare Occitan caler, Catalan caldre (“to be necessary”), Italian calere.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
chaloir
- (impersonal, reflexive, literary) to heat
- (impersonal, reflexive, literary) to matter
- (impersonal, literary) to be of import
Conjugation edit
This verb is impersonal and usually found only in the third-person singular present chaut. Its use in other tenses is rare.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “chaloir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French chaloir, from earlier chaleir, from Latin calēre, present active infinitive of caleō (“to heat”).
Verb edit
chaloir
Descendants edit
- French: chaloir
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From earlier chaleir, from Latin calēre, present active infinitive of caleō (“I heat”). Compare Franco-Provençal chalêr, Old Occitan caler.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
chaloir
- to heat
- (impersonal, reflexive, se chaloir) to bother, to concern
- c. 1200, author unknown, Aucassin et Nicolette:
- Moi ne caut u nous aillons
- I don't care where we go
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | chaloir | avoir chalu | |||||
| gerund | en chalant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | chalant | ||||||
| past participle | chalu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | chielt, chaut | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | chaloit, chaleit | — | — | — | |
| preterite | — | — | chalu, chaust | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | chaudra | — | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | chaudroit, chaudreit | — | — | — | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | chaille | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | chalust, chausist | — | — | — | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 150–151