chaloir

French

Etymology

From Middle French chaloir, from Old French chaloir, from earlier chaleir, from Latin calēre, present active infinitive of caleō (“to heat”), from Proto-Italic *kalēō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁-. Compare Occitan caler, Catalan caldre, Italian calere.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃa.lwaʁ/

Verb

chaloir

  1. (impersonal, reflexive, literary) to heat
  2. (impersonal, reflexive, literary) to matter
  3. (impersonal, literary) to be of import

Conjugation

This verb is impersonal and usually found only in the third person present chaut. Its use in other tenses is rare.

Derived terms

References

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French chaloir, from earlier chaleir, from Latin calēre, present active infinitive of caleō (“to heat”)

Verb

chaloir

  1. to heat
  2. (reflexive, se chaloir) to bother, to worry

Descendants

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier chaleir, from Latin calēre, present active infinitive of caleō (“I heat”). Compare Franco-Provençal chalêr, Old Occitan caler.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʃaˈlojr/

Verb

chaloir

  1. to heat
  2. (impersonal, reflexive, se chaloir) to bother, to concern

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. 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 chaloir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive chaloir avoir chalu
gerund en chalant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle chalant
past participle chalu
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present — — chielt, chaut — — —
imperfect — — chaloit, chaleit — — —
preterite — — chalu, chaust — — —
future — — chaudra — — —
conditional — — chaudroit, chaudreit — — —
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present — — chaille — — —
imperfect — — chalust, chausist — — —
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— — — — — —

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 150–151
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