quester
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)
Noun
editquester (plural questers)
- A person engaged in a quest.
Anagrams
editMiddle French
editVerb
editquester
Conjugation
edit- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of quester
infinitive | simple | quester | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | questant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past participle | questé | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | queste | questes | queste | questons | questez | questent |
imperfect | questois, questoys | questois, questoys | questoit, questoyt | questions, questyons | questiez, questyez | questoient, questoyent | |
past historic | questa | questas | questa | questasmes | questastes | questerent | |
future | questerai, questeray | questeras | questera | questerons | questerez | questeront | |
conditional | questerois, questeroys | questerois, questeroys | questeroit, questeroyt | questerions, questeryons | questeriez, questeryez | questeroient, questeroyent | |
(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 | queste | questes | queste | questons | questez | questent |
imperfect | questasse | questasses | questast | questassions | questassiez | questassent | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | queste | — | questons | questez | — | |
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). |
Synonyms
editDescendants
edit- French: quêter
Old French
editEtymology
editFrom Latin quaestāre, present active infinitive of quaestō (“to search”), from quaestus.
Verb
editquester
Conjugation
editThis verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of quester (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | quester | avoir questé | |||||
gerund | en questant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | questant | ||||||
past participle | questé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | quest | questes | queste | questons | questez | questent |
imperfect | questoie, questeie, questoe, questeve | questoies, questeies, questoes, questeves | questoit, questeit, questot, questeve | questiiens, questiens | questiiez, questiez | questoient, questeient, questoent, questevent | |
preterite | questai | questas | questa | questames | questastes | questerent | |
future | questerai | questeras | questera | questerons | questeroiz, questereiz, questerez | questeront | |
conditional | questeroie, questereie | questeroies, questereies | questeroit, questereit | questeriiens, questeriens | questeriiez, questeriez | questeroient, questereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | quest | quez | quest | questons | questez | questent |
imperfect | questasse | questasses | questast | questissons, questissiens | questissoiz, questissez, questissiez | questassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | queste | — | questons | questez | — |
Synonyms
editDescendants
editCategories:
- English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)
- Rhymes:English/ɛstə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/ɛstə(ɹ)/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:People
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French verbs
- Middle French first group verbs
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French verbs
- Old French verbs with weak-a preterite
- Old French first group verbs
- Old French verbs ending in -er