noyer

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English

Noun

noyer (plural noyers)

  1. (obsolete) An annoyer.
    • 1573, Thomas Tusser, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry
      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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

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)
Derived terms
  • noix (walnut, the nut)

Etymology 2

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

Verb

noyer

  1. (reflexive, literal and figurative) to drown; to drown oneself
    Elle s’est noyée dans l’océan.
    She drowned in the ocean.
  2. (transitive, literal and figurative) to drown
    J’ai noyé mon chien dans le fleuve.
    I drowned my dog in the river.
    • 1640, Pierre Corneille, “Act I, Scene 3”, in Horace:
      Et noyons dans l’oubli ces petits différends
      And let us drown in oblivion these petty disputes
  3. (transitive, cooking) to dilute; 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)
infinitive simple noyer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple noyant
/nwa.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle noyé
/nwa.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(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 historic2 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 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 noie
/nwa/ 		noies
/nwa/ 		noie
/nwa/ 		noyions
/nwaj.jɔ̃/ 		noyiez
/nwaj.je/ 		noient
/nwa/
imperfect2 noyasse
/nwa.jas/ 		noyasses
/nwa.jas/ 		noyât
/nwa.ja/ 		noyassions
/nwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		noyassiez
/nwa.ja.sje/ 		noyassent
/nwa.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — noie
/nwa/ 		— noyons
/nwa.jɔ̃/ 		noyez
/nwa.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).

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)
infinitive simple se noyer
compound s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple se noyant
/sə nwa.jɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle noyé
/nwa.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(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 historic2 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 present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(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/
imperfect2 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 present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — noie-toi
/nwa.twa/ 		— noyons-nous
/nwa.jɔ̃.nu/ 		noyez-vous
/nwa.je.vu/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'être + 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).

Derived terms

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