portraire

Middle French

Verb

portraire

1. to portray (represent with images, words, etc.)

Descendants

• English: portray
• French: portraire

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Old French

Etymology

por- +‎ traire.

Verb

portraire

1. to portray (represent with images, words, etc.)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. 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 portraire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		portraire			avoir portrait
gerund		en portraiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		portraiant
past participle		portrait
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	portrai	portrais	portrait	portraions	portraiiez, portraites	portraient
	imperfect	portraioie, portraieie	portraioies, portraieies	portraioit, portraieit	portraiiiens, portraiiens	portraiiiez, portraiiez	portraioient, portraieient
	preterite	portrais	portraisis	portraist	portraisimes	portraisistes	portraistrent
	future	portrairai	portrairas	portraira	portrairons	portrairoiz, portraireiz, portrairez	portrairont
	conditional	portrairoie, portraireie	portrairoies, portraireies	portrairoit, portraireit	portrairiiens, portrairiens	portrairiiez, portrairiez	portrairoient, portraireient
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	portraie	portraies	portraie	portraiiens, portraions	portraiiez	portraient
	imperfect	portraisisse	portraisisses	portraisist	portraisissons, portraisissiens	portraisissoiz, portraisissez, portraisissiez	portraisissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	portrai	—	portraions	portraiiez	—

Descendants

• English: portray
• French: portraire