noyer

English

Noun

noyer (plural noyers)

  1. (obsolete) An annoyer.
    • Thomas Tusser
      The North is a noyer to grass of all suites, / The East a destroyer to herb and all fruits.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for noyer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nwa.je/
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Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin nucārius (“nut tree”) from Classical Latin nux. Compare Spanish noguera, Portuguese nogueira, Catalan noguera, Occitan noguièr. Equivalent to noix +‎ -ier.

Noun

noyer m (plural noyers)

  1. walnut (tree)
  • noix (walnut, the nut)

Etymology 2

From Old French noier, from Latin necāre, present active infinitive of necō (“kill”). The sense of "to drown" can be found in other Romance cognates; compare Italian annegare, Spanish anegar, Romanian îneca.

Verb

noyer

  1. (reflexive) To drown; to drown oneself
    Elle s'est noyée dans l'océan.
    She drowned in the ocean.
  2. (transitive) To drown
    J'ai noyé mon chien dans le fleuve.
    I drowned my dog in the river.
  3. (transitive, cooking) To water down
    Il faut noyer le vin avec de l'eau.
    You must water down the wine.
Conjugation

This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like employer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ before a silent ‘e’.

  Conjugation of noyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive noyer avoir noyé
gerund en noyant en ayant noyé
present participle noyant
/nwa.jɑ̃/
past participle noyé
/nwa.je/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present noie
/nwa/		 noies
/nwa/		 noie
/nwa/		 noyons
/nwa.jɔ̃/		 noyez
/nwa.je/		 noient
/nwa/
imperfect noyais
/nwa.jɛ/		 noyais
/nwa.jɛ/		 noyait
/nwa.jɛ/		 noyions
/nwaj.jɔ̃/		 noyiez
/nwaj.je/		 noyaient
/nwa.jɛ/
past historic1 noyai
/nwa.je/		 noyas
/nwa.ja/		 noya
/nwa.ja/		 noyâmes
/nwa.jam/		 noyâtes
/nwa.jat/		 noyèrent
/nwa.jɛʁ/
future noierai
/nwa.ʁe/		 noieras
/nwa.ʁa/		 noiera
/nwa.ʁa/		 noierons
/nwa.ʁɔ̃/		 noierez
/nwa.ʁe/		 noieront
/nwa.ʁɔ̃/
conditional noierais
/nwa.ʁɛ/		 noierais
/nwa.ʁɛ/		 noierait
/nwa.ʁɛ/		 noierions
/nwa.ʁjɔ̃/		 noieriez
/nwa.ʁje/		 noieraient
/nwa.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 noie
/nwa/		 noies
/nwa/		 noie
/nwa/		 noyions
/nwaj.jɔ̃/		 noyiez
/nwaj.je/		 noient
/nwa/
imperfect1 noyasse
/nwa.jas/		 noyasses
/nwa.jas/		 noyât
/nwa.ja/		 noyassions
/nwa.ja.sjɔ̃/		 noyassiez
/nwa.ja.sje/		 noyassent
/nwa.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 –
— noie
/nwa/		 — noyons
/nwa.jɔ̃/		 noyez
/nwa.je/		 —
1literary tenses

This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like employer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ before a silent ‘e’.

  Conjugation of se noyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive se noyer s'être noyé
gerund en se noyant en s'étant noyé
present participle se noyant
/sə‿.nwa.jɑ̃/
past participle noyé
/nwa.je/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present me noie
/mə‿.nwa/		 te noies
/tə‿.nwa/		 se noie
/sə‿.nwa/		 nous noyons
/nu‿.nwa.jɔ̃/		 vous noyez
/vu‿.nwa.je/		 se noient
/sə‿.nwa/
imperfect me noyais
/mə‿.nwa.jɛ/		 te noyais
/tə‿.nwa.jɛ/		 se noyait
/sə‿.nwa.jɛ/		 nous noyions
/nu‿.nwaj.jɔ̃/		 vous noyiez
/vu‿.nwaj.je/		 se noyaient
/sə‿.nwa.jɛ/
past historic1 me noyai
/mə‿.nwa.je/		 te noyas
/tə‿.nwa.ja/		 se noya
/sə‿.nwa.ja/		 nous noyâmes
/nu‿.nwa.jam/		 vous noyâtes
/vu‿.nwa.jat/		 se noyèrent
/sə‿.nwa.jɛʁ/
future me noierai
/mə‿.nwa.ʁe/		 te noieras
/tə‿.nwa.ʁa/		 se noiera
/sə‿.nwa.ʁa/		 nous noierons
/nu‿.nwa.ʁɔ̃/		 vous noierez
/vu‿.nwa.ʁe/		 se noieront
/sə‿.nwa.ʁɔ̃/
conditional me noierais
/mə‿.nwa.ʁɛ/		 te noierais
/tə‿.nwa.ʁɛ/		 se noierait
/sə‿.nwa.ʁɛ/		 nous noierions
/nu‿.nwa.ʁjɔ̃/		 vous noieriez
/vu‿.nwa.ʁje/		 se noieraient
/sə‿.nwa.ʁɛ/
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of s'être followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of s'être followed by the past participle
past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of s'être followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of s'être followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of s'être followed by the past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
simple
tenses		 present me noie
/mə‿.nwa/		 te noies
/tə‿.nwa/		 se noie
/sə‿.nwa/		 nous noyions
/nu‿.nwaj.jɔ̃/		 vous noyiez
/vu‿.nwaj.je/		 se noient
/sə‿.nwa/
imperfect1 me noyasse
/mə‿.nwa.jas/		 te noyasses
/tə‿.nwa.jas/		 se noyât
/sə‿.nwa.ja/		 nous noyassions
/nu‿.nwa.ja.sjɔ̃/		 vous noyassiez
/vu‿.nwa.ja.sje/		 se noyassent
/sə‿.nwa.jas/
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— noie-toi
/nwa.‿twa/		 — noyons-nous
/nwa.jɔ̃.‿nu/		 noyez-vous
/nwa.je.‿vu/		 —
1literary tenses

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