guerroyer

French

Etymology

From Old French guerroiier, inherited from Vulgar Latin *werrizāre. Derivable from guerre (“war”) +‎ -oyer (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ.ʁwa.je/, /ɡe.ʁwa.je/

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Verb

guerroyer

1. to wage war
2. (figuratively) to hassle; to bother

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 guerroyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	guerroyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	guerroyant /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jɑ̃/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		guerroyé /ɡɛ.ʁwa.je/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	guerroie /ɡɛ.ʁwa/ or /ɡe.ʁwa/	guerroies /ɡɛ.ʁwa/ or /ɡe.ʁwa/	guerroie /ɡɛ.ʁwa/ or /ɡe.ʁwa/	guerroyons /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jɔ̃/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jɔ̃/	guerroyez /ɡɛ.ʁwa.je/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.je/	guerroient /ɡɛ.ʁwa/ or /ɡe.ʁwa/
	imperfect	guerroyais /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jɛ/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jɛ/	guerroyais /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jɛ/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jɛ/	guerroyait /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jɛ/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jɛ/	guerroyions /ɡɛ.ʁwaj.jɔ̃/ or /ɡe.ʁwaj.jɔ̃/	guerroyiez /ɡɛ.ʁwaj.je/ or /ɡe.ʁwaj.je/	guerroyaient /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jɛ/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jɛ/
	past historic2	guerroyai /ɡɛ.ʁwa.je/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.je/	guerroyas /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ja/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ja/	guerroya /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ja/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ja/	guerroyâmes /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jam/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jam/	guerroyâtes /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jat/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jat/	guerroyèrent /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jɛʁ/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jɛʁ/
	future	guerroierai /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁe/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ʁe/	guerroieras /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁa/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ʁa/	guerroiera /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁa/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ʁa/	guerroierons /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ʁɔ̃/	guerroierez /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁe/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ʁe/	guerroieront /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	guerroierais /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁɛ/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ʁɛ/	guerroierais /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁɛ/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ʁɛ/	guerroierait /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁɛ/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ʁɛ/	guerroierions /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ʁjɔ̃/	guerroieriez /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁje/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ʁje/	guerroieraient /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁɛ/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.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	guerroie /ɡɛ.ʁwa/ or /ɡe.ʁwa/	guerroies /ɡɛ.ʁwa/ or /ɡe.ʁwa/	guerroie /ɡɛ.ʁwa/ or /ɡe.ʁwa/	guerroyions /ɡɛ.ʁwaj.jɔ̃/ or /ɡe.ʁwaj.jɔ̃/	guerroyiez /ɡɛ.ʁwaj.je/ or /ɡe.ʁwaj.je/	guerroient /ɡɛ.ʁwa/ or /ɡe.ʁwa/
	imperfect2	guerroyasse /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jas/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jas/	guerroyasses /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jas/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jas/	guerroyât /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ja/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ja/	guerroyassions /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ja.sjɔ̃/	guerroyassiez /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ja.sje/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ja.sje/	guerroyassent /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jas/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	guerroie /ɡɛ.ʁwa/ or /ɡe.ʁwa/	—	guerroyons /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jɔ̃/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jɔ̃/	guerroyez /ɡɛ.ʁwa.je/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.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).

Derived terms

• guerroyeur

Related terms

• guerre
• guerrier

Further reading

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