seoir
French
Etymology
From Middle French seoir, from Old French seoir, from earlier sedeir, from Latin sedēre, present active infinitive of sedeō, from Proto-Italic *sedēō, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /swaʁ/
- (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) Homophone: soir - (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) Rhymes: -waʁ
Verb
seoir (defective)
Conjugation
This is a defective verb, only conjugated in the third person.
Conjugation of seoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | seoir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | — | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | séant or seyant /se.ɑ̃/ or /sɛ.jɑ̃/ or /se.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | — | ||||||
| past participle | — | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | — | — | sied /sje/ |
— | — | siéent /sje/ |
| imperfect | — | — | seyait /sɛ.jɛ/ or /se.jɛ/ |
— | — | seyaient /sɛ.jɛ/ or /se.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | siéra /sje.ʁa/ |
— | — | siéront /sje.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | — | — | siérait /sje.ʁɛ/ |
— | — | siéraient /sje.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | — | |||||
| pluperfect | — | ||||||
| past anterior2 | — | ||||||
| future perfect | — | ||||||
| conditional perfect | — | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | — | — | siée /sje/ |
— | — | siéent /sje/ |
| imperfect2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | — | |||||
| pluperfect2 | — | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| compound | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
This is a defective verb, only conjugated in the third person. This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.
Conjugation of seoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | seoir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | — | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | séant or seyant /se.ɑ̃/ or /sɛ.jɑ̃/ or /se.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | — | ||||||
| past participle | — | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | — | — | sied /sje/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | seyait /sɛ.jɛ/ or /se.jɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| past historic2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | siéra /sje.ʁa/ |
— | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | siérait /sje.ʁɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | — | |||||
| pluperfect | — | ||||||
| past anterior2 | — | ||||||
| future perfect | — | ||||||
| conditional perfect | — | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | — | — | siée /sje/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | — | |||||
| pluperfect2 | — | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| compound | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “seoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French seoir, from earlier sedeir, from Latin sedēre, present active infinitive of sedeō.
Verb
seoir
- to be; to be situated
- Lua error in Module:quote at line 2951: Parameter 1 is required.
- (reflexive, se seoir) to sit down (be sitting)
Old French
Etymology
From an earlier sedeir, from Latin sedēre, present active infinitive of sedeō.
Verb
seoir
- (transitive) to sit (make someone sit)
- (reflexive, se sedeir) to sit down
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem sie distinct from the unstressed stem se, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of seoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | seoir | avoir sis | |||||
| gerund | en seant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | seant | ||||||
| past participle | sis | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | sié | siez | siet | seons | seez | sieent |
| imperfect | seoie, seeie | seoies, seeies | seoit, seeit | seïiens, seïens | seïiez, seïez | seoient, seeient | |
| preterite | sis | seṣis | sist | seṣimes | seṣistes | sisdrent | |
| future | serrai | serras | serra | serrons | serroiz, serreiz, serrez | serront | |
| conditional | serroie, serreie | serroies, serreies | serroit, serreit | serriiens, serriens | serriiez, serriez | serroient, serreient | |
| 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 | siee, sië | siees, siës | siee, sië | seons, seiiens, seions | seez, seiiez | sieent, siënt |
| imperfect | seṣisse | seṣisses | seṣist | seṣissons, seṣissiens | seṣissoiz, seṣissez, seṣissiez | seṣissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | sie | — | seons | seez | — | ||
Descendants
Categories:
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- French terms derived from Proto-Italic
- French terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with homophones
- Rhymes:French/waʁ
- French lemmas
- French verbs
- French defective verbs
- fr:Law
- French terms with archaic senses
- French verbs with conjugation seoir
- French third group verbs
- French irregular verbs
- French impersonal verbs
- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French terms inherited from Latin
- Middle French terms derived from Latin
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French verbs
- Middle French reflexive verbs
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French verbs
- Old French transitive verbs
- Old French reflexive verbs
- Old French verbs with stem alternations
- Old French verbs with strong-sd preterite
- Old French third group verbs
- Old French verbs ending in -oir
- Old French irregular verbs