côtoyer
French
Etymology
From Old French costoier. See côte and -oyer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko.twa.je/
Verb
côtoyer
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 côtoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | côtoyer | avoir côtoyé | |||||
| gerund | en côtoyant | en ayant côtoyé | |||||
| present participle | côtoyant /ko.twa.jɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | côtoyé /ko.twa.je/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | côtoie /ko.twa/ |
côtoies /ko.twa/ |
côtoie /ko.twa/ |
côtoyons /ko.twa.jɔ̃/ |
côtoyez /ko.twa.je/ |
côtoient /ko.twa/ |
| imperfect | côtoyais /ko.twa.jɛ/ |
côtoyais /ko.twa.jɛ/ |
côtoyait /ko.twa.jɛ/ |
côtoyions /ko.twaj.jɔ̃/ |
côtoyiez /ko.twaj.je/ |
côtoyaient /ko.twa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | côtoyai /ko.twa.je/ |
côtoyas /ko.twa.ja/ |
côtoya /ko.twa.ja/ |
côtoyâmes /ko.twa.jam/ |
côtoyâtes /ko.twa.jat/ |
côtoyèrent /ko.twa.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | côtoierai /ko.twa.ʁe/ |
côtoieras /ko.twa.ʁa/ |
côtoiera /ko.twa.ʁa/ |
côtoierons /ko.twa.ʁɔ̃/ |
côtoierez /ko.twa.ʁe/ |
côtoieront /ko.twa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | côtoierais /ko.twa.ʁɛ/ |
côtoierais /ko.twa.ʁɛ/ |
côtoierait /ko.twa.ʁɛ/ |
côtoierions /ko.twa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
côtoieriez /ko.twa.ʁje/ |
côtoieraient /ko.twa.ʁɛ/ | |
| 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 anterior1 | Use the past historic 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | côtoie /ko.twa/ |
côtoies /ko.twa/ |
côtoie /ko.twa/ |
côtoyions /ko.twaj.jɔ̃/ |
côtoyiez /ko.twaj.je/ |
côtoient /ko.twa/ |
| imperfect1 | côtoyasse /ko.twa.jas/ |
côtoyasses /ko.twa.jas/ |
côtoyât /ko.twa.ja/ |
côtoyassions /ko.twa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
côtoyassiez /ko.twa.ja.sje/ |
côtoyassent /ko.twa.jas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | côtoie /ko.twa/ |
— | côtoyons /ko.twa.jɔ̃/ |
côtoyez /ko.twa.je/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Further reading
- “côtoyer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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