cogiter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōgitāre. Doublet of cuider, which was inherited but is now obsolete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʒi.te/

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Verb

cogiter

1. to cogitate, think about

Conjugation

Conjugation of cogiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	cogiter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	cogitant /kɔ.ʒi.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		cogité /kɔ.ʒi.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cogite /kɔ.ʒit/	cogites /kɔ.ʒit/	cogite /kɔ.ʒit/	cogitons /kɔ.ʒi.tɔ̃/	cogitez /kɔ.ʒi.te/	cogitent /kɔ.ʒit/
	imperfect	cogitais /kɔ.ʒi.tɛ/	cogitais /kɔ.ʒi.tɛ/	cogitait /kɔ.ʒi.tɛ/	cogitions /kɔ.ʒi.tjɔ̃/	cogitiez /kɔ.ʒi.tje/	cogitaient /kɔ.ʒi.tɛ/
	past historic2	cogitai /kɔ.ʒi.te/	cogitas /kɔ.ʒi.ta/	cogita /kɔ.ʒi.ta/	cogitâmes /kɔ.ʒi.tam/	cogitâtes /kɔ.ʒi.tat/	cogitèrent /kɔ.ʒi.tɛʁ/
	future	cogiterai /kɔ.ʒi.tʁe/	cogiteras /kɔ.ʒi.tʁa/	cogitera /kɔ.ʒi.tʁa/	cogiterons /kɔ.ʒi.tʁɔ̃/	cogiterez /kɔ.ʒi.tʁe/	cogiteront /kɔ.ʒi.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	cogiterais /kɔ.ʒi.tʁɛ/	cogiterais /kɔ.ʒi.tʁɛ/	cogiterait /kɔ.ʒi.tʁɛ/	cogiterions /kɔ.ʒi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	cogiteriez /kɔ.ʒi.tə.ʁje/	cogiteraient /kɔ.ʒi.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	cogite /kɔ.ʒit/	cogites /kɔ.ʒit/	cogite /kɔ.ʒit/	cogitions /kɔ.ʒi.tjɔ̃/	cogitiez /kɔ.ʒi.tje/	cogitent /kɔ.ʒit/
	imperfect2	cogitasse /kɔ.ʒi.tas/	cogitasses /kɔ.ʒi.tas/	cogitât /kɔ.ʒi.ta/	cogitassions /kɔ.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/	cogitassiez /kɔ.ʒi.ta.sje/	cogitassent /kɔ.ʒi.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	cogite /kɔ.ʒit/	—	cogitons /kɔ.ʒi.tɔ̃/	cogitez /kɔ.ʒi.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

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

Latin

Verb

cōgiter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cōgitō