chaloir

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French chaloir, from Old French chaloir, from earlier chaleir, from Latin calēre (“to heat”), from Proto-Italic *kalēō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁-. Compare Occitan caler, Catalan caldre (“to be necessary”), Italian calere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.lwaʁ/

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Verb

chaloir (defective)

1. (impersonal, literary, with indirect object) to matter (to), to be of import (for)

Conjugation

• This verb is conjugated exactly like valoir, except that, being impersonal, it has only the third-person singular. Tenses other than the present indicative (il chaut) are rare.

Derived terms

• chaland
• nonchaloir
• nonchalant

Related terms

• chaleur
• chaud
• échauffer

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French chaloir, from earlier chaleir, from Latin calēre (“to heat”).

Verb

chaloir

1. to heat
2. (reflexive, se chaloir) to bother, to worry

Descendants

• French: chaloir

Old French

FWOTD – 24 May 2020

Alternative forms

• caleir, chaleir

Etymology

From earlier chaleir, from Latin calēre (“to heat”). Compare Franco-Provençal chalêr, Old Occitan caler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈloi̯ɾ/

Verb

chaloir

1. to heat
2. (impersonal, reflexive, se chaloir) to bother, to concern
   • c. 1200, author unknown, Aucassin et Nicolette:

     Moi ne caut u nous aillons

     I don't care where we go

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		chaloir			avoir chalu
gerund		en chalant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		chalant
past participle		chalu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	—	—	chielt, chaut	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	chaloit, chaleit	—	—	—
	preterite	—	—	chalu, chaust	—	—	—
	future	—	—	chaudra	—	—	—
	conditional	—	—	chaudroit, chaudreit	—	—	—
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	—	—	chaille	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	chalust, chausist	—	—	—
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	—	—	—	—	—

Derived terms

• nonchaloir

Related terms

• chaut/chalt
• eschaufer/eschalfer

Descendants

• Middle French: chaloir
  • French: chaloir

References

• “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 150–151