festoyer
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French festeer, festeier, festoyer, from Vulgar Latin *festidiāre. Compare Occitan festejar.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
festoyer
- (transitive) to feast, banquet
Conjugation edit
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 festoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | festoyer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | festoyant /fɛs.twa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | festoyé /fɛs.twa.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | festoie /fɛs.twa/ |
festoies /fɛs.twa/ |
festoie /fɛs.twa/ |
festoyons /fɛs.twa.jɔ̃/ |
festoyez /fɛs.twa.je/ |
festoient /fɛs.twa/ |
| imperfect | festoyais /fɛs.twa.jɛ/ |
festoyais /fɛs.twa.jɛ/ |
festoyait /fɛs.twa.jɛ/ |
festoyions /fɛs.twaj.jɔ̃/ |
festoyiez /fɛs.twaj.je/ |
festoyaient /fɛs.twa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | festoyai /fɛs.twa.je/ |
festoyas /fɛs.twa.ja/ |
festoya /fɛs.twa.ja/ |
festoyâmes /fɛs.twa.jam/ |
festoyâtes /fɛs.twa.jat/ |
festoyèrent /fɛs.twa.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | festoierai /fɛs.twa.ʁe/ |
festoieras /fɛs.twa.ʁa/ |
festoiera /fɛs.twa.ʁa/ |
festoierons /fɛs.twa.ʁɔ̃/ |
festoierez /fɛs.twa.ʁe/ |
festoieront /fɛs.twa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | festoierais /fɛs.twa.ʁɛ/ |
festoierais /fɛs.twa.ʁɛ/ |
festoierait /fɛs.twa.ʁɛ/ |
festoierions /fɛs.twa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
festoieriez /fɛs.twa.ʁje/ |
festoieraient /fɛs.twa.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 | festoie /fɛs.twa/ |
festoies /fɛs.twa/ |
festoie /fɛs.twa/ |
festoyions /fɛs.twaj.jɔ̃/ |
festoyiez /fɛs.twaj.je/ |
festoient /fɛs.twa/ |
| imperfect2 | festoyasse /fɛs.twa.jas/ |
festoyasses /fɛs.twa.jas/ |
festoyât /fɛs.twa.ja/ |
festoyassions /fɛs.twa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
festoyassiez /fɛs.twa.ja.sje/ |
festoyassent /fɛs.twa.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | festoie /fɛs.twa/ |
— | festoyons /fɛs.twa.jɔ̃/ |
festoyez /fɛs.twa.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading edit
- “festoyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.