grossoyer

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

grossoyer

1. (business) to engross

Conjugation

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 grossoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	grossoyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	grossoyant /ɡʁɔ.swa.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		grossoyé /ɡʁɔ.swa.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	grossoie /ɡʁɔ.swa/	grossoies /ɡʁɔ.swa/	grossoie /ɡʁɔ.swa/	grossoyons /ɡʁɔ.swa.jɔ̃/	grossoyez /ɡʁɔ.swa.je/	grossoient /ɡʁɔ.swa/
	imperfect	grossoyais /ɡʁɔ.swa.jɛ/	grossoyais /ɡʁɔ.swa.jɛ/	grossoyait /ɡʁɔ.swa.jɛ/	grossoyions /ɡʁɔ.swaj.jɔ̃/	grossoyiez /ɡʁɔ.swaj.je/	grossoyaient /ɡʁɔ.swa.jɛ/
	past historic2	grossoyai /ɡʁɔ.swa.je/	grossoyas /ɡʁɔ.swa.ja/	grossoya /ɡʁɔ.swa.ja/	grossoyâmes /ɡʁɔ.swa.jam/	grossoyâtes /ɡʁɔ.swa.jat/	grossoyèrent /ɡʁɔ.swa.jɛʁ/
	future	grossoierai /ɡʁɔ.swa.ʁe/	grossoieras /ɡʁɔ.swa.ʁa/	grossoiera /ɡʁɔ.swa.ʁa/	grossoierons /ɡʁɔ.swa.ʁɔ̃/	grossoierez /ɡʁɔ.swa.ʁe/	grossoieront /ɡʁɔ.swa.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	grossoierais /ɡʁɔ.swa.ʁɛ/	grossoierais /ɡʁɔ.swa.ʁɛ/	grossoierait /ɡʁɔ.swa.ʁɛ/	grossoierions /ɡʁɔ.swa.ʁjɔ̃/	grossoieriez /ɡʁɔ.swa.ʁje/	grossoieraient /ɡʁɔ.swa.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	grossoie /ɡʁɔ.swa/	grossoies /ɡʁɔ.swa/	grossoie /ɡʁɔ.swa/	grossoyions /ɡʁɔ.swaj.jɔ̃/	grossoyiez /ɡʁɔ.swaj.je/	grossoient /ɡʁɔ.swa/
	imperfect2	grossoyasse /ɡʁɔ.swa.jas/	grossoyasses /ɡʁɔ.swa.jas/	grossoyât /ɡʁɔ.swa.ja/	grossoyassions /ɡʁɔ.swa.ja.sjɔ̃/	grossoyassiez /ɡʁɔ.swa.ja.sje/	grossoyassent /ɡʁɔ.swa.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	grossoie /ɡʁɔ.swa/	—	grossoyons /ɡʁɔ.swa.jɔ̃/	grossoyez /ɡʁɔ.swa.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: 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

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