mensongier

Middle French

Etymology

Old French mençongier.

Verb

mensongier

1. to lie (say untrue things)

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 mensongier

infinitive	simple	mensongier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	mensongeant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		mensongié
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	mensonge	mensonges	mensonge	mensongions	mensongiez	mensongent
	imperfect	mensongeois, mensongeoys	mensongeois, mensongeoys	mensongeoit, mensongeoyt	mensongions, mensongyons	mensongiez, mensongyez	mensongeoient, mensongeoyent
	past historic	mensongea	mensongeas	mensongea	mensongeasmes	mensongeastes	mensongierent
	future	mensongierai, mensongieray	mensongieras	mensongiera	mensongierons	mensongierez	mensongieront
	conditional	mensongierois, mensongieroys	mensongierois, mensongieroys	mensongieroit, mensongieroyt	mensongierions, mensongieryons	mensongieriez, mensongieryez	mensongieroient, mensongieroyent
(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	mensonge	mensonges	mensonge	mensongions	mensongiez	mensongent
	imperfect	mensongeasse	mensongeasses	mensongeast	mensongeassions	mensongeassiez	mensongeassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	mensonge	—	mensongions	mensongiez	—
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

mensongier m (feminine singular mensongiere, masculine plural mensongiers, feminine plural mensongieres)

1. lying (telling lies)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (mençongier)