escapper

Middle French

Etymology

Old French escaper, from *Late Latin excapio

Verb

escapper

1. to leave; to come out of; to depart from

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of escapper

infinitive	simple	escapper
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	escappant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		escappé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	escappe	escappes	escappe	escappons	escappez	escappent
	imperfect	escappois, escappoys	escappois, escappoys	escappoit, escappoyt	escappions, escappyons	escappiez, escappyez	escappoient, escappoyent
	past historic	escappa	escappas	escappa	escappasmes	escappastes	escapperent
	future	escapperai, escapperay	escapperas	escappera	escapperons	escapperez	escapperont
	conditional	escapperois, escapperoys	escapperois, escapperoys	escapperoit, escapperoyt	escapperions, escapperyons	escapperiez, escapperyez	escapperoient, escapperoyent
(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	escappe	escappes	escappe	escappons	escappez	escappent
	imperfect	escappasse	escappasses	escappast	escappassions	escappassiez	escappassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	escappe	—	escappons	escappez	—
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: échapper