convoyer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French conveier (source of English convey), from Vulgar Latin *conviāre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

convoyer

1. to convoy; to escort

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 convoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	convoyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	convoyant /kɔ̃.vwa.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		convoyé /kɔ̃.vwa.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	convoie /kɔ̃.vwa/	convoies /kɔ̃.vwa/	convoie /kɔ̃.vwa/	convoyons /kɔ̃.vwa.jɔ̃/	convoyez /kɔ̃.vwa.je/	convoient /kɔ̃.vwa/
	imperfect	convoyais /kɔ̃.vwa.jɛ/	convoyais /kɔ̃.vwa.jɛ/	convoyait /kɔ̃.vwa.jɛ/	convoyions /kɔ̃.vwaj.jɔ̃/	convoyiez /kɔ̃.vwaj.je/	convoyaient /kɔ̃.vwa.jɛ/
	past historic2	convoyai /kɔ̃.vwa.je/	convoyas /kɔ̃.vwa.ja/	convoya /kɔ̃.vwa.ja/	convoyâmes /kɔ̃.vwa.jam/	convoyâtes /kɔ̃.vwa.jat/	convoyèrent /kɔ̃.vwa.jɛʁ/
	future	convoierai /kɔ̃.vwa.ʁe/	convoieras /kɔ̃.vwa.ʁa/	convoiera /kɔ̃.vwa.ʁa/	convoierons /kɔ̃.vwa.ʁɔ̃/	convoierez /kɔ̃.vwa.ʁe/	convoieront /kɔ̃.vwa.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	convoierais /kɔ̃.vwa.ʁɛ/	convoierais /kɔ̃.vwa.ʁɛ/	convoierait /kɔ̃.vwa.ʁɛ/	convoierions /kɔ̃.vwa.ʁjɔ̃/	convoieriez /kɔ̃.vwa.ʁje/	convoieraient /kɔ̃.vwa.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	convoie /kɔ̃.vwa/	convoies /kɔ̃.vwa/	convoie /kɔ̃.vwa/	convoyions /kɔ̃.vwaj.jɔ̃/	convoyiez /kɔ̃.vwaj.je/	convoient /kɔ̃.vwa/
	imperfect2	convoyasse /kɔ̃.vwa.jas/	convoyasses /kɔ̃.vwa.jas/	convoyât /kɔ̃.vwa.ja/	convoyassions /kɔ̃.vwa.ja.sjɔ̃/	convoyassiez /kɔ̃.vwa.ja.sje/	convoyassent /kɔ̃.vwa.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	convoie /kɔ̃.vwa/	—	convoyons /kɔ̃.vwa.jɔ̃/	convoyez /kɔ̃.vwa.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

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