menacier

Old French

Alternative forms

• manecier
• manacier

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mināciāre, present active infinitive of *mināciō (“threaten”), from *minācia (“threat”), from Latin mināx, mināciae.

Verb

menacier

1. to threaten

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		menacier			avoir menacié
gerund		en menaçant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		menaçant
past participle		menacié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	menaz	menaces	menace	menaçons	menaciez	menacent
	imperfect	menaçoie, menaceie, menaçoe, menacieve	menaçoies, menaceies, menaçoes, menacieves	menaçoit, menaceit, menaçot, menacieve	menaciiens, menaciens	menaciiez, menaciez	menaçoient, menaceient, menaçoent, menacievent
	preterite	menaçai	menaças	menaça	menaçames	menaçastes	menacierent
	future	menacerai	menaceras	menacera	menacerons	menaceroiz, menacereiz, menacerez	menaceront
	conditional	menaceroie, menacereie	menaceroies, menacereies	menaceroit, menacereit	menaceriiens, menaceriens	menaceriiez, menaceriez	menaceroient, menacereient
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	menaz	menaz	menazt	menaçons	menaciez	menacent
	imperfect	menaçasse	menaçasses	menaçast	menacissons, menacissiens	menacissoiz, menacissez, menacissiez	menaçassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	menace	—	menaçons	menaciez	—

Descendants

• English: to menace
• French: menacer
• Norman: m'nichi