verdoyer

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *virdidiāre, from Late Latin virdis (“green”). Compare Occitan verdejar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.dwa.je/

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Verb

verdoyer

1. to be/become verdant, green

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 verdoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	verdoyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	verdoyant /vɛʁ.dwa.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		verdoyé /vɛʁ.dwa.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	verdoie /vɛʁ.dwa/	verdoies /vɛʁ.dwa/	verdoie /vɛʁ.dwa/	verdoyons /vɛʁ.dwa.jɔ̃/	verdoyez /vɛʁ.dwa.je/	verdoient /vɛʁ.dwa/
	imperfect	verdoyais /vɛʁ.dwa.jɛ/	verdoyais /vɛʁ.dwa.jɛ/	verdoyait /vɛʁ.dwa.jɛ/	verdoyions /vɛʁ.dwaj.jɔ̃/	verdoyiez /vɛʁ.dwaj.je/	verdoyaient /vɛʁ.dwa.jɛ/
	past historic2	verdoyai /vɛʁ.dwa.je/	verdoyas /vɛʁ.dwa.ja/	verdoya /vɛʁ.dwa.ja/	verdoyâmes /vɛʁ.dwa.jam/	verdoyâtes /vɛʁ.dwa.jat/	verdoyèrent /vɛʁ.dwa.jɛʁ/
	future	verdoierai /vɛʁ.dwa.ʁe/	verdoieras /vɛʁ.dwa.ʁa/	verdoiera /vɛʁ.dwa.ʁa/	verdoierons /vɛʁ.dwa.ʁɔ̃/	verdoierez /vɛʁ.dwa.ʁe/	verdoieront /vɛʁ.dwa.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	verdoierais /vɛʁ.dwa.ʁɛ/	verdoierais /vɛʁ.dwa.ʁɛ/	verdoierait /vɛʁ.dwa.ʁɛ/	verdoierions /vɛʁ.dwa.ʁjɔ̃/	verdoieriez /vɛʁ.dwa.ʁje/	verdoieraient /vɛʁ.dwa.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	verdoie /vɛʁ.dwa/	verdoies /vɛʁ.dwa/	verdoie /vɛʁ.dwa/	verdoyions /vɛʁ.dwaj.jɔ̃/	verdoyiez /vɛʁ.dwaj.je/	verdoient /vɛʁ.dwa/
	imperfect2	verdoyasse /vɛʁ.dwa.jas/	verdoyasses /vɛʁ.dwa.jas/	verdoyât /vɛʁ.dwa.ja/	verdoyassions /vɛʁ.dwa.ja.sjɔ̃/	verdoyassiez /vɛʁ.dwa.ja.sje/	verdoyassent /vɛʁ.dwa.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	verdoie /vɛʁ.dwa/	—	verdoyons /vɛʁ.dwa.jɔ̃/	verdoyez /vɛʁ.dwa.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

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