mangier

English

Adjective

mangier

1. comparative form of mangy: more mangy

Anagrams

• Germain, reaming

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Guernésiais

Etymology

From Old French mengier, mangier, from Latin mandūcō, mandūcāre.

Verb

mangier

1. to eat

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Old French

Verb

mangier

1. Alternative form of mengier.

Conjugation

• This verb conjugates the same as a verb ending in -ier, where the i is dropped most of the time. In addition, g becomes j before an 'a' or an 'o' to keep the /dʒ/ sound in tact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of mangier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		mangier			avoir mangié, mangiez
gerund		en manjant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		manjant
past participle		mangié, mangiez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	mange	manges	mange	mangions	mangiez, mangiés	mangent
	imperfect	manjoe, mangeie, manjoie	manjoes, mangeies, manjoies	manjot, mangeit, manjoit	mangions, mangiions	mangiez, mangiiez	manjoent, mangient, manjoient
	past historic	manja	manjas	manja	manjames	manjastes	mangerent
	future	mangierai	mangieras	mangiera	mangierons	mangierez, mangiereiz	mangieront
	conditional	mangeroe, mangereie, mangeroie	mangeroes, mangereied, mangeroied	mangerot, mangereie, mangeroie	mangerions, mangeriions	mangeriez, mangeriiez	mangeroent, mangereient, mangeroient
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 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 jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	mange	manges	mange	manjons	mangez	mangent
	imperfect	manjasse	manjasses	manjast	mangissons	mangissez, mangissiez	manjassent
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, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	mange	—	mangions	mangiez	—

Descendants

• French: manger
• Italian: mangiare