neiger
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French negier, from Vulgar Latin *nivicāre, present active infinitive of *nivicō, from *nivō, from Latin nix. Compare Italian nevicare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛ.ʒe/, /ne.ʒe/
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Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written neige- 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 bouger and manger. This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.
Conjugation of neiger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | neigeant /nɛ.ʒɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | neigé /nɛ.ʒe/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | neiger | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | neigeant /nɛ.ʒɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | — | — | neige /nɛʒ/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | neigeait /nɛ.ʒɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| past historic2 | — | — | neigea /nɛ.ʒa/ |
— | — | — | |
| future | — | — | neigera /nɛʒ.ʁa/ |
— | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | neigerait /nɛʒ.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 | — | — | neige /nɛʒ/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect2 | — | — | neigeât /nɛ.ʒa/ |
— | — | — | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “neiger” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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