vexer
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
vexer (plural vexers)
TranslationsEdit
one who vexes
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French, borrowed from Latin vēxāre, present active infinitive of vēxō.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
vexer
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of vexer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | vexer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | vexant /vɛk.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | vexé /vɛk.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | vexe /vɛks/ |
vexes /vɛks/ |
vexe /vɛks/ |
vexons /vɛk.sɔ̃/ |
vexez /vɛk.se/ |
vexent /vɛks/ |
| imperfect | vexais /vɛk.sɛ/ |
vexais /vɛk.sɛ/ |
vexait /vɛk.sɛ/ |
vexions /vɛk.sjɔ̃/ |
vexiez /vɛk.sje/ |
vexaient /vɛk.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | vexai /vɛk.se/ |
vexas /vɛk.sa/ |
vexa /vɛk.sa/ |
vexâmes /vɛk.sam/ |
vexâtes /vɛk.sat/ |
vexèrent /vɛk.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | vexerai /vɛk.sə.ʁe/ |
vexeras /vɛk.sə.ʁa/ |
vexera /vɛk.sə.ʁa/ |
vexerons /vɛk.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
vexerez /vɛk.sə.ʁe/ |
vexeront /vɛk.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | vexerais /vɛk.sə.ʁɛ/ |
vexerais /vɛk.sə.ʁɛ/ |
vexerait /vɛk.sə.ʁɛ/ |
vexerions /vɛk.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vexeriez /vɛk.sə.ʁje/ |
vexeraient /vɛk.sə.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 | vexe /vɛks/ |
vexes /vɛks/ |
vexe /vɛks/ |
vexions /vɛk.sjɔ̃/ |
vexiez /vɛk.sje/ |
vexent /vɛks/ |
| imperfect2 | vexasse /vɛk.sas/ |
vexasses /vɛk.sas/ |
vexât /vɛk.sa/ |
vexassions /vɛk.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
vexassiez /vɛk.sa.sje/ |
vexassent /vɛk.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | vexe /vɛks/ |
— | vexons /vɛk.sɔ̃/ |
vexez /vɛk.se/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is only usable with the preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “vexer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
LatinEdit
VerbEdit
vexer
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin vēxāre, present active infinitive of vēxō.
VerbEdit
vexer
ConjugationEdit
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. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of vexer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | vexer | avoir vexé | |||||
| gerund | en vexant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | vexant | ||||||
| past participle | vexé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | vexe | vexes | vexe | vexons | vexez | vexent |
| imperfect | vexoie, vexeie, vexoe, vexeve | vexoies, vexeies, vexoes, vexeves | vexoit, vexeit, vexot, vexeve | vexiiens, vexiens | vexiiez, vexiez | vexoient, vexeient, vexoent, vexevent | |
| preterite | vexai | vexas | vexa | vexames | vexastes | vexerent | |
| future | vexerai | vexeras | vexera | vexerons | vexeroiz, vexereiz, vexerez | vexeront | |
| conditional | vexeroie, vexereie | vexeroies, vexereies | vexeroit, vexereit | vexeriiens, vexeriens | vexeriiez, vexeriez | vexeroient, vexereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | vexe | vexes | vexe | vexons | vexez | vexent |
| imperfect | vexasse | vexasses | vexast | vexissons, vexissiens | vexissoiz, vexissez, vexissiez | vexassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | vexe | — | vexons | vexez | — | ||