noyer
English
Noun
noyer (plural noyers)
- (obsolete) An annoyer.
- Thomas Tusser
- The North is a noyer to grass of all suites, / The East a destroyer to herb and all fruits.
- Thomas Tusser
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for noyer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nwa.je/
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Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin nucārius (“nut tree”) from Classical Latin nux. Compare Spanish noguera, Portuguese nogueira, Catalan noguera, Occitan noguièr. Equivalent to noix + -ier.
Related terms
- noix (walnut, the nut)
Etymology 2
From Old French noier, from Latin necāre, present active infinitive of necō (“kill”). The sense of "to drown" can be found in other Romance cognates; compare Italian annegare, Spanish anegar, Romanian îneca.
Verb
noyer
- (reflexive) To drown; to drown oneself
- Elle s'est noyée dans l'océan.
- She drowned in the ocean.
- Elle s'est noyée dans l'océan.
- (transitive) To drown
- J'ai noyé mon chien dans le fleuve.
- I drowned my dog in the river.
- J'ai noyé mon chien dans le fleuve.
- (transitive, cooking) To water down
- Il faut noyer le vin avec de l'eau.
- You must water down the wine.
- Il faut noyer le vin avec de l'eau.
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like employer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ before a silent ‘e’.
present participle | noyant /nwa.jɑ̃/ | ||||||
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past participle | noyé /nwa.je/ | ||||||
infinitive | |||||||
simple | noyer | ||||||
compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
gerund1 | |||||||
simple | noyant /nwa.jɑ̃/ | ||||||
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 | noie /nwa/ |
noies /nwa/ |
noie /nwa/ |
noyons /nwa.jɔ̃/ |
noyez /nwa.je/ |
noient /nwa/ |
imperfect | noyais /nwa.jɛ/ |
noyais /nwa.jɛ/ |
noyait /nwa.jɛ/ |
noyions /nwaj.jɔ̃/ |
noyiez /nwaj.je/ |
noyaient /nwa.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | noyai /nwa.je/ |
noyas /nwa.ja/ |
noya /nwa.ja/ |
noyâmes /nwa.jam/ |
noyâtes /nwa.jat/ |
noyèrent /nwa.jɛʁ/ | |
future | noierai /nwa.ʁe/ |
noieras /nwa.ʁa/ |
noiera /nwa.ʁa/ |
noierons /nwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
noierez /nwa.ʁe/ |
noieront /nwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | noierais /nwa.ʁɛ/ |
noierais /nwa.ʁɛ/ |
noierait /nwa.ʁɛ/ |
noierions /nwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
noieriez /nwa.ʁje/ |
noieraient /nwa.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 | noie /nwa/ |
noies /nwa/ |
noie /nwa/ |
noyions /nwaj.jɔ̃/ |
noyiez /nwaj.je/ |
noient /nwa/ |
imperfect2 | noyasse /nwa.jas/ |
noyasses /nwa.jas/ |
noyât /nwa.ja/ |
noyassions /nwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
noyassiez /nwa.ja.sje/ |
noyassent /nwa.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | noie /nwa/ |
— | noyons /nwa.jɔ̃/ |
noyez /nwa.je/ |
— | |
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). |
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like employer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ before a silent ‘e’.
present participle | se noyant /sə nwa.jɑ̃/ | ||||||
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past participle | noyé /nwa.je/ | ||||||
infinitive | |||||||
simple | se noyer | ||||||
compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
gerund1 | |||||||
simple | se noyant /sə nwa.jɑ̃/ | ||||||
compound | s'étant + past participle | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | me noie /mə nwa/ |
te noies /tə nwa/ |
se noie /sə nwa/ |
nous noyons /nu nwa.jɔ̃/ |
vous noyez /vu nwa.je/ |
se noient /sə nwa/ |
imperfect | me noyais /mə nwa.jɛ/ |
te noyais /tə nwa.jɛ/ |
se noyait /sə nwa.jɛ/ |
nous noyions /nu nwaj.jɔ̃/ |
vous noyiez /vu nwaj.je/ |
se noyaient /sə nwa.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | me noyai /mə nwa.je/ |
te noyas /tə nwa.ja/ |
se noya /sə nwa.ja/ |
nous noyâmes /nu nwa.jam/ |
vous noyâtes /vu nwa.jat/ |
se noyèrent /sə nwa.jɛʁ/ | |
future | me noierai /mə nwa.ʁe/ |
te noieras /tə nwa.ʁa/ |
se noiera /sə nwa.ʁa/ |
nous noierons /nu nwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous noierez /vu nwa.ʁe/ |
se noieront /sə nwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | me noierais /mə nwa.ʁɛ/ |
te noierais /tə nwa.ʁɛ/ |
se noierait /sə nwa.ʁɛ/ |
nous noierions /nu nwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous noieriez /vu nwa.ʁje/ |
se noieraient /sə nwa.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | me noie /mə nwa/ |
te noies /tə nwa/ |
se noie /sə nwa/ |
nous noyions /nu nwaj.jɔ̃/ |
vous noyiez /vu nwaj.je/ |
se noient /sə nwa/ |
imperfect2 | me noyasse /mə nwa.jas/ |
te noyasses /tə nwa.jas/ |
se noyât /sə nwa.ja/ |
nous noyassions /nu nwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
vous noyassiez /vu nwa.ja.sje/ |
se noyassent /sə nwa.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | noie-toi /nwa.twa/ |
— | noyons-nous /nwa.jɔ̃.nu/ |
noyez-vous /nwa.je.vu/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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). |
Further reading
- “noyer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).