rougeoyer

French

Etymology

From rouge (“red”) +‎ -oyer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁu.ʒwa.je/

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Verb

rougeoyer

1. (intransitive) to glow (red)

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 rougeoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rougeoyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rougeoyant /ʁu.ʒwa.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		rougeoyé /ʁu.ʒwa.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	rougeoie /ʁu.ʒwa/	rougeoies /ʁu.ʒwa/	rougeoie /ʁu.ʒwa/	rougeoyons /ʁu.ʒwa.jɔ̃/	rougeoyez /ʁu.ʒwa.je/	rougeoient /ʁu.ʒwa/
	imperfect	rougeoyais /ʁu.ʒwa.jɛ/	rougeoyais /ʁu.ʒwa.jɛ/	rougeoyait /ʁu.ʒwa.jɛ/	rougeoyions /ʁu.ʒwaj.jɔ̃/	rougeoyiez /ʁu.ʒwaj.je/	rougeoyaient /ʁu.ʒwa.jɛ/
	past historic2	rougeoyai /ʁu.ʒwa.je/	rougeoyas /ʁu.ʒwa.ja/	rougeoya /ʁu.ʒwa.ja/	rougeoyâmes /ʁu.ʒwa.jam/	rougeoyâtes /ʁu.ʒwa.jat/	rougeoyèrent /ʁu.ʒwa.jɛʁ/
	future	rougeoierai /ʁu.ʒwa.ʁe/	rougeoieras /ʁu.ʒwa.ʁa/	rougeoiera /ʁu.ʒwa.ʁa/	rougeoierons /ʁu.ʒwa.ʁɔ̃/	rougeoierez /ʁu.ʒwa.ʁe/	rougeoieront /ʁu.ʒwa.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	rougeoierais /ʁu.ʒwa.ʁɛ/	rougeoierais /ʁu.ʒwa.ʁɛ/	rougeoierait /ʁu.ʒwa.ʁɛ/	rougeoierions /ʁu.ʒwa.ʁjɔ̃/	rougeoieriez /ʁu.ʒwa.ʁje/	rougeoieraient /ʁu.ʒwa.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	rougeoie /ʁu.ʒwa/	rougeoies /ʁu.ʒwa/	rougeoie /ʁu.ʒwa/	rougeoyions /ʁu.ʒwaj.jɔ̃/	rougeoyiez /ʁu.ʒwaj.je/	rougeoient /ʁu.ʒwa/
	imperfect2	rougeoyasse /ʁu.ʒwa.jas/	rougeoyasses /ʁu.ʒwa.jas/	rougeoyât /ʁu.ʒwa.ja/	rougeoyassions /ʁu.ʒwa.ja.sjɔ̃/	rougeoyassiez /ʁu.ʒwa.ja.sje/	rougeoyassent /ʁu.ʒwa.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	rougeoie /ʁu.ʒwa/	—	rougeoyons /ʁu.ʒwa.jɔ̃/	rougeoyez /ʁu.ʒwa.je/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “rougeoyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.