tourmenter

French

Etymology

From tourment +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuʁ.mɑ̃.te/

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Verb

tourmenter

1. to torment, to torture

   On l’a si horriblement tourmenté, qu’il en est mort.

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2. to torment, to bother, to harass

   Ne te tourmente pas comme ça.

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Conjugation

Conjugation of tourmenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	tourmenter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	tourmentant /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		tourmenté /tuʁ.mɑ̃.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	tourmente /tuʁ.mɑ̃t/	tourmentes /tuʁ.mɑ̃t/	tourmente /tuʁ.mɑ̃t/	tourmentons /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/	tourmentez /tuʁ.mɑ̃.te/	tourmentent /tuʁ.mɑ̃t/
	imperfect	tourmentais /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tɛ/	tourmentais /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tɛ/	tourmentait /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tɛ/	tourmentions /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	tourmentiez /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tje/	tourmentaient /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tɛ/
	past historic2	tourmentai /tuʁ.mɑ̃.te/	tourmentas /tuʁ.mɑ̃.ta/	tourmenta /tuʁ.mɑ̃.ta/	tourmentâmes /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tam/	tourmentâtes /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tat/	tourmentèrent /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/
	future	tourmenterai /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tʁe/	tourmenteras /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tʁa/	tourmentera /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tʁa/	tourmenterons /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	tourmenterez /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tʁe/	tourmenteront /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	tourmenterais /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/	tourmenterais /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/	tourmenterait /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/	tourmenterions /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	tourmenteriez /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tə.ʁje/	tourmenteraient /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/
(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	tourmente /tuʁ.mɑ̃t/	tourmentes /tuʁ.mɑ̃t/	tourmente /tuʁ.mɑ̃t/	tourmentions /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	tourmentiez /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tje/	tourmentent /tuʁ.mɑ̃t/
	imperfect2	tourmentasse /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tas/	tourmentasses /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tas/	tourmentât /tuʁ.mɑ̃.ta/	tourmentassions /tuʁ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/	tourmentassiez /tuʁ.mɑ̃.ta.sje/	tourmentassent /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	tourmente /tuʁ.mɑ̃t/	—	tourmentons /tuʁ.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/	tourmentez /tuʁ.mɑ̃.te/	—
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).

Synonyms

• supplicier, torturer

Related terms

• tourmente

Further reading

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

Middle French

Verb

tourmenter

1. to torment
2. to torture

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of tourmenter

infinitive	simple	tourmenter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	tourmentant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		tourmenté
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	tourmente	tourmentes	tourmente	tourmentons	tourmentez	tourmentent
	imperfect	tourmentois, tourmentoys	tourmentois, tourmentoys	tourmentoit, tourmentoyt	tourmentions, tourmentyons	tourmentiez, tourmentyez	tourmentoient, tourmentoyent
	past historic	tourmenta	tourmentas	tourmenta	tourmentasmes	tourmentastes	tourmenterent
	future	tourmenterai, tourmenteray	tourmenteras	tourmentera	tourmenterons	tourmenterez	tourmenteront
	conditional	tourmenterois, tourmenteroys	tourmenterois, tourmenteroys	tourmenteroit, tourmenteroyt	tourmenterions, tourmenteryons	tourmenteriez, tourmenteryez	tourmenteroient, tourmenteroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	tourmente	tourmentes	tourmente	tourmentons	tourmentez	tourmentent
	imperfect	tourmentasse	tourmentasses	tourmentast	tourmentassions	tourmentassiez	tourmentassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	tourmente	—	tourmentons	tourmentez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Old French

Verb

tourmenter

1. Alternative form of tormenter

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		tourmenter			avoir tourmenté
gerund		en tourmentant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		tourmentant
past participle		tourmenté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	tourment	tourmentes	tourmente	tourmentons	tourmentez	tourmentent
	imperfect	tourmentoie, tourmenteie, tourmentoe, tourmenteve	tourmentoies, tourmenteies, tourmentoes, tourmenteves	tourmentoit, tourmenteit, tourmentot, tourmenteve	tourmentiiens, tourmentiens	tourmentiiez, tourmentiez	tourmentoient, tourmenteient, tourmentoent, tourmentevent
	preterite	tourmentai	tourmentas	tourmenta	tourmentames	tourmentastes	tourmenterent
	future	tourmenterai	tourmenteras	tourmentera	tourmenterons	tourmenteroiz, tourmentereiz, tourmenterez	tourmenteront
	conditional	tourmenteroie, tourmentereie	tourmenteroies, tourmentereies	tourmenteroit, tourmentereit	tourmenteriiens, tourmenteriens	tourmenteriiez, tourmenteriez	tourmenteroient, tourmentereient
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	tourment	tourmenz	tourment	tourmentons	tourmentez	tourmentent
	imperfect	tourmentasse	tourmentasses	tourmentast	tourmentissons, tourmentissiens	tourmentissoiz, tourmentissez, tourmentissiez	tourmentassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	tourmente	—	tourmentons	tourmentez	—