fourvoyer
French
Etymology
From Old French forvoier, from for- + voie (“way”) + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fuʁ.vwa.je/
Verb
fourvoyer
- (transitive) to mislead
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to make a mistake, go astray, err
- Synonym: égarer
- to cloak
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 fourvoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fourvoyer | avoir fourvoyé | |||||
| gerund | en fourvoyant | en ayant fourvoyé | |||||
| present participle | fourvoyant /fuʁ.vwa.jɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | fourvoyé /fuʁ.vwa.je/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | fourvoie /fuʁ.vwa/ |
fourvoies /fuʁ.vwa/ |
fourvoie /fuʁ.vwa/ |
fourvoyons /fuʁ.vwa.jɔ̃/ |
fourvoyez /fuʁ.vwa.je/ |
fourvoient /fuʁ.vwa/ |
| imperfect | fourvoyais /fuʁ.vwa.jɛ/ |
fourvoyais /fuʁ.vwa.jɛ/ |
fourvoyait /fuʁ.vwa.jɛ/ |
fourvoyions /fuʁ.vwaj.jɔ̃/ |
fourvoyiez /fuʁ.vwaj.je/ |
fourvoyaient /fuʁ.vwa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | fourvoyai /fuʁ.vwa.je/ |
fourvoyas /fuʁ.vwa.ja/ |
fourvoya /fuʁ.vwa.ja/ |
fourvoyâmes /fuʁ.vwa.jam/ |
fourvoyâtes /fuʁ.vwa.jat/ |
fourvoyèrent /fuʁ.vwa.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | fourvoierai /fuʁ.vwa.ʁe/ |
fourvoieras /fuʁ.vwa.ʁa/ |
fourvoiera /fuʁ.vwa.ʁa/ |
fourvoierons /fuʁ.vwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
fourvoierez /fuʁ.vwa.ʁe/ |
fourvoieront /fuʁ.vwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | fourvoierais /fuʁ.vwa.ʁɛ/ |
fourvoierais /fuʁ.vwa.ʁɛ/ |
fourvoierait /fuʁ.vwa.ʁɛ/ |
fourvoierions /fuʁ.vwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fourvoieriez /fuʁ.vwa.ʁje/ |
fourvoieraient /fuʁ.vwa.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 | fourvoie /fuʁ.vwa/ |
fourvoies /fuʁ.vwa/ |
fourvoie /fuʁ.vwa/ |
fourvoyions /fuʁ.vwaj.jɔ̃/ |
fourvoyiez /fuʁ.vwaj.je/ |
fourvoient /fuʁ.vwa/ |
| imperfect1 | fourvoyasse /fuʁ.vwa.jas/ |
fourvoyasses /fuʁ.vwa.jas/ |
fourvoyât /fuʁ.vwa.ja/ |
fourvoyassions /fuʁ.vwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
fourvoyassiez /fuʁ.vwa.ja.sje/ |
fourvoyassent /fuʁ.vwa.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 | – | |
| — | fourvoie /fuʁ.vwa/ |
— | fourvoyons /fuʁ.vwa.jɔ̃/ |
fourvoyez /fuʁ.vwa.je/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Further reading
- “fourvoyer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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