songer

See also: Songer

English

Etymology

Perhaps dialectally inherited from Middle English songere, from Old English sangere, from Proto-Germanic *sangwārijaz (“singer”), whence German Sänger, Dutch zanger etc. Equivalent to song +‎ -er. Alternatively newly formed from these components.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒŋə(ɹ)

Noun

songer (plural songers)

1. (rare, nonstandard, sometimes humorous) A singer (of songs); a songster.
   • 1902, Interstate Druggist, volume 3:

     If a man who plays at ping pong is a "ponger," Then a singer of a "singsong" is a "songer"; If the "songer" is a singer. Then the "ponger" is a "pinger," And the man who says it's wrong must be a "wronger."

   • 1976, Katie Lee, Ten Thousand Goddam Cattle:

     Will he sing it, I wonder?"
     "Chantoozie, I ain't much of a songer any more. I just done that because I was told it was a colorful trait."

   • 2012, Susan St. Francis, A Tale of the Bug Fairies:

     No sound of songers chirping or jumbies, foraging for nuts.

Anagrams

• Egnors, Gerson, Gonser, Gorens, Groens, Negros, Ogrens, ergons, genros, goners, grones, negros, ornges, reongs

Cebuano

Etymology

Blend of song +‎ singer

Noun

songer

1. (humorous) a person (a nonsinger) with a surprisingly good singing voice

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French songer, from Old French songier, from Latin somniāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ̃.ʒe/

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Verb

songer

1. (intransitive, literary, with de) to dream
2. (intransitive, with à) to think (about), consider (that)
3. (intransitive) to ponder, to imagine, to consider
   • 1820, Victor Hugo, Lettres à la Fiancée:

     Quant à moi, je suis tout joyeux quand je songe que tu es à moi

     As for me, I am so happy when I imagine you are mine.

4. (transitive, literary) to dream about
5. (transitive) to be preoccupied by, with

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written songe- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of songer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	songer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	songeant /sɔ̃.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		songé /sɔ̃.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	songe /sɔ̃ʒ/	songes /sɔ̃ʒ/	songe /sɔ̃ʒ/	songeons /sɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/	songez /sɔ̃.ʒe/	songent /sɔ̃ʒ/
	imperfect	songeais /sɔ̃.ʒɛ/	songeais /sɔ̃.ʒɛ/	songeait /sɔ̃.ʒɛ/	songions /sɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/	songiez /sɔ̃.ʒje/	songeaient /sɔ̃.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	songeai /sɔ̃.ʒe/	songeas /sɔ̃.ʒa/	songea /sɔ̃.ʒa/	songeâmes /sɔ̃.ʒam/	songeâtes /sɔ̃.ʒat/	songèrent /sɔ̃.ʒɛʁ/
	future	songerai /sɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/	songeras /sɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/	songera /sɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/	songerons /sɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/	songerez /sɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/	songeront /sɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	songerais /sɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/	songerais /sɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/	songerait /sɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/	songerions /sɔ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	songeriez /sɔ̃.ʒə.ʁje/	songeraient /sɔ̃ʒ.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	songe /sɔ̃ʒ/	songes /sɔ̃ʒ/	songe /sɔ̃ʒ/	songions /sɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/	songiez /sɔ̃.ʒje/	songent /sɔ̃ʒ/
	imperfect2	songeasse /sɔ̃.ʒas/	songeasses /sɔ̃.ʒas/	songeât /sɔ̃.ʒa/	songeassions /sɔ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	songeassiez /sɔ̃.ʒa.sje/	songeassent /sɔ̃.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	songe /sɔ̃ʒ/	—	songeons /sɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/	songez /sɔ̃.ʒe/	—
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).

Synonyms

• (to dream): rêver

Related terms

• songe
• songerie
• songeur, songeuse

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• en gros, gérons, rognes, ronges, rongés

Middle French

Alternative forms

• songier

Etymology

From Old French songier.

Verb

songer

1. to dream

Conjugation

• As parler except an extra e is inserted after the final g 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 songer

infinitive	simple	songer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	songeant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		songé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	songe	songes	songe	songeons	songez	songent
	imperfect	songeois, songeoys	songeois, songeoys	songeoit, songeoyt	songions, songyons	songiez, songyez	songeoient, songeoyent
	past historic	songea	songeas	songea	songeasmes	songeastes	songerent
	future	songerai, songeray	songeras	songera	songerons	songerez	songeront
	conditional	songerois, songeroys	songerois, songeroys	songeroit, songeroyt	songerions, songeryons	songeriez, songeryez	songeroient, songeroyent
(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	songe	songes	songe	songeons	songez	songent
	imperfect	songeasse	songeasses	songeast	songeassions	songeassiez	songeassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	songe	—	songeons	songez	—
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

• resver

Related terms

• songe

Descendants

• French: songer

Old French

Verb

songer

1. Alternative form of songier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. In addition, g becomes j before an a or an o to keep the /dʒ/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of songer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		songer			avoir songé
gerund		en sonjant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		sonjant
past participle		songé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	songe	songes	songe	sonjons	songez	songent
	imperfect	sonjoie, songeie, sonjoe, songeve	sonjoies, songeies, sonjoes, songeves	sonjoit, songeit, sonjot, songeve	songiiens, songiens	songiiez, songiez	sonjoient, songeient, sonjoent, songevent
	preterite	sonjai	sonjas	sonja	sonjames	sonjastes	songerent
	future	songerai	songeras	songera	songerons	songeroiz, songereiz, songerez	songeront
	conditional	songeroie, songereie	songeroies, songereies	songeroit, songereit	songeriiens, songeriens	songeriiez, songeriez	songeroient, songereient
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	songe	songes	songe	sonjons	songez	songent
	imperfect	sonjasse	sonjasses	sonjast	songissons, songissiens	songissoiz, songissez, songissiez	sonjassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	songe	—	sonjons	songez	—