figer
French
Etymology
From Old French fegier, from Vulgar Latin *feticare, ultimately from Latin ficatum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.ʒe/
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Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written fige- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of figer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | figer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | figeant /fi.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | figé /fi.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | fige /fiʒ/ |
figes /fiʒ/ |
fige /fiʒ/ |
figeons /fi.ʒɔ̃/ |
figez /fi.ʒe/ |
figent /fiʒ/ |
| imperfect | figeais /fi.ʒɛ/ |
figeais /fi.ʒɛ/ |
figeait /fi.ʒɛ/ |
figions /fi.ʒjɔ̃/ |
figiez /fi.ʒje/ |
figeaient /fi.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | figeai /fi.ʒe/ |
figeas /fi.ʒa/ |
figea /fi.ʒa/ |
figeâmes /fi.ʒam/ |
figeâtes /fi.ʒat/ |
figèrent /fi.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | figerai /fiʒ.ʁe/ |
figeras /fiʒ.ʁa/ |
figera /fiʒ.ʁa/ |
figerons /fiʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
figerez /fiʒ.ʁe/ |
figeront /fiʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | figerais /fiʒ.ʁɛ/ |
figerais /fiʒ.ʁɛ/ |
figerait /fiʒ.ʁɛ/ |
figerions /fi.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
figeriez /fi.ʒə.ʁje/ |
figeraient /fiʒ.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 | fige /fiʒ/ |
figes /fiʒ/ |
fige /fiʒ/ |
figions /fi.ʒjɔ̃/ |
figiez /fi.ʒje/ |
figent /fiʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | figeasse /fi.ʒas/ |
figeasses /fi.ʒas/ |
figeât /fi.ʒa/ |
figeassions /fi.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
figeassiez /fi.ʒa.sje/ |
figeassent /fi.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | fige /fiʒ/ |
— | figeons /fi.ʒɔ̃/ |
figez /fi.ʒe/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- figé
- figement
- locution figée
- se figer
References
- “figer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French figier, fiier, from Latin fīcārius (modern French figuier is remodelled after French figue).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiˈɡeːr(ə)/, /ˈfiɡər(ə)/, /ˈfeːr(ə)/
References
- “figēr, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-3.
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