égorger
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒe/
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Verb
égorger
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written égorge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of égorger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | égorger | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | égorgeant /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | égorgé /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | égorge /e.ɡɔʁʒ/ |
égorges /e.ɡɔʁʒ/ |
égorge /e.ɡɔʁʒ/ |
égorgeons /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
égorgez /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ |
égorgent /e.ɡɔʁʒ/ |
| imperfect | égorgeais /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/ |
égorgeais /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/ |
égorgeait /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/ |
égorgions /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
égorgiez /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒje/ |
égorgeaient /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | égorgeai /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ |
égorgeas /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒa/ |
égorgea /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒa/ |
égorgeâmes /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒam/ |
égorgeâtes /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒat/ |
égorgèrent /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | égorgerai /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
égorgeras /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
égorgera /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
égorgerons /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ |
égorgerez /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
égorgeront /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | égorgerais /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
égorgerais /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
égorgerait /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
égorgerions /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
égorgeriez /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁje/ |
égorgeraient /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.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 | égorge /e.ɡɔʁʒ/ |
égorges /e.ɡɔʁʒ/ |
égorge /e.ɡɔʁʒ/ |
égorgions /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
égorgiez /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒje/ |
égorgent /e.ɡɔʁʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | égorgeasse /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒas/ |
égorgeasses /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒas/ |
égorgeât /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒa/ |
égorgeassions /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
égorgeassiez /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒa.sje/ |
égorgeassent /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | égorge /e.ɡɔʁʒ/ |
— | égorgeons /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
égorgez /e.ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “égorger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012