concevoir

French

Etymology

From Old French concevoir, from Vulgar Latin *concipēre, from Latin concipere, present active infinitive of concipiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sə.vwaʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -waʁ

Verb

concevoir

  1. to conceive (an idea)
  2. to conceive (a baby)
  3. to conceive (to understand, to comprehend)
  4. to design

Conjugation

Further reading

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *concipēre, variant form of Classical Latin concipere, present active infinitive of concipiō.

Verb

concevoir

  1. to conceive (an idea)
  2. to conceive (a baby)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem conçoiv distinct from the unstressed stem concev, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of concevoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive concevoir avoir conceü
gerund en concevant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle concevant
past participle conceü
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present conçoif, conçoi conçois conçoit concevons concevez conçoivent
imperfect concevoie, conceveie concevoies, conceveies concevoit, conceveit conceviiens, conceviens conceviiez, conceviez concevoient, conceveient
preterite conçui conceüs conçut conceümes conceüstes conçurent
future concevrai concevras concevra concevrons concevroiz, concevreiz, concevrez concevront
conditional concevroie, concevreie concevroies, concevreies concevroit, concevreit concevriiens, concevriens concevriiez, concevriez concevroient, concevreient
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 conçoive conçoives conçoive concevons concevez conçoivent
imperfect conceüsse conceüsses conceüst conceüssons, conceüssiens conceüssoiz, conceüssez, conceüssiez conceüssent
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 –
— conçoif — concevons concevez —

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