fouragier

Middle French

Etymology

Old French forragier.

Verb

fouragier

1. to forage (specifically, to look for food)

Conjugation

• As chevauchier except an extra e is inserted before a and o.
• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of fouragier

infinitive	simple	fouragier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	fourageant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		fouragié
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	fourage	fourages	fourage	fouragions	fouragiez	fouragent
	imperfect	fourageois, fourageoys	fourageois, fourageoys	fourageoit, fourageoyt	fouragions, fouragyons	fouragiez, fouragyez	fourageoient, fourageoyent
	past historic	fouragea	fourageas	fouragea	fourageasmes	fourageastes	fouragierent
	future	fouragierai, fouragieray	fouragieras	fouragiera	fouragierons	fouragierez	fouragieront
	conditional	fouragierois, fouragieroys	fouragierois, fouragieroys	fouragieroit, fouragieroyt	fouragierions, fouragieryons	fouragieriez, fouragieryez	fouragieroient, fouragieroyent
(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	fourage	fourages	fourage	fouragions	fouragiez	fouragent
	imperfect	fourageasse	fourageasses	fourageast	fourageassions	fourageassiez	fourageassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fourage	—	fouragions	fouragiez	—
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).

Adjective

fouragier m (feminine singular fouragiere, masculine plural fouragiers, feminine plural fouragieres)

1. foraging, that forages

Noun

fouragier m (plural fouragiers)

1. forager

Descendants

• French: fourrager (noun)