zézayer
French
Etymology
Onomatopoeic formation from a reduplication of z.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ze.zɛ.je/, /ze.ze.je/
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Verb
zézayer
- to pronounce "zh" (/ʒ/) as "z" (/z/) and "sh" (/ʃ/) as "s" (/s/); loosely, to lisp, to slur
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to both groups, according to the writer's preference).
Conjugation of zézayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | zézayant /ze.zɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ze.ze.jɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | zézayé /ze.zɛ.je/ or /ze.ze.je/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | zézayer | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | zézayant /ze.zɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ze.ze.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 | zézaye or zézaie /ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ |
zézayes or zézaies /ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ |
zézaye or zézaie /ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ |
zézayons /ze.zɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ze.ze.jɔ̃/ |
zézayez /ze.zɛ.je/ or /ze.ze.je/ |
zézayent or zézaient /ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ |
| imperfect | zézayais /ze.zɛ.jɛ/ or /ze.ze.jɛ/ |
zézayais /ze.zɛ.jɛ/ or /ze.ze.jɛ/ |
zézayait /ze.zɛ.jɛ/ or /ze.ze.jɛ/ |
zézayions /ze.zɛj.jɔ̃/ or /ze.zej.jɔ̃/ |
zézayiez /ze.zɛj.je/ or /ze.zej.je/ |
zézayaient /ze.zɛ.jɛ/ or /ze.ze.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | zézayai /ze.zɛ.je/ or /ze.ze.je/ |
zézayas /ze.zɛ.ja/ or /ze.ze.ja/ |
zézaya /ze.zɛ.ja/ or /ze.ze.ja/ |
zézayâmes /ze.zɛ.jam/ or /ze.ze.jam/ |
zézayâtes /ze.zɛ.jat/ or /ze.ze.jat/ |
zézayèrent /ze.zɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ze.ze.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | zézayerai or zézaierai /ze.zɛj.ʁe/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁe/ |
zézayeras or zézaieras /ze.zɛj.ʁa/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁa/ |
zézayera or zézaiera /ze.zɛj.ʁa/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁa/ |
zézayerons or zézaierons /ze.zɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
zézayerez or zézaierez /ze.zɛj.ʁe/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁe/ |
zézayeront or zézaieront /ze.zɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | zézayerais or zézaierais /ze.zɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁɛ/ |
zézayerais or zézaierais /ze.zɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁɛ/ |
zézayerait or zézaierait /ze.zɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁɛ/ |
zézayerions or zézaierions /ze.zɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
zézayeriez or zézaieriez /ze.zɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁje/ |
zézayeraient or zézaieraient /ze.zɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ze.zɛ.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 | zézaye or zézaie /ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ |
zézayes or zézaies /ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ |
zézaye or zézaie /ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ |
zézayions /ze.zɛj.jɔ̃/ or /ze.zej.jɔ̃/ |
zézayiez /ze.zɛj.je/ or /ze.zej.je/ |
zézayent or zézaient /ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ |
| imperfect2 | zézayasse /ze.zɛ.jas/ or /ze.ze.jas/ |
zézayasses /ze.zɛ.jas/ or /ze.ze.jas/ |
zézayât /ze.zɛ.ja/ or /ze.ze.ja/ |
zézayassions /ze.zɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ze.ze.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
zézayassiez /ze.zɛ.ja.sje/ or /ze.ze.ja.sje/ |
zézayassent /ze.zɛ.jas/ or /ze.ze.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | zézaye or zézaie /ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ |
— | zézayons /ze.zɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ze.ze.jɔ̃/ |
zézayez /ze.zɛ.je/ or /ze.ze.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). | |||||||
Synonyms
Further reading
- “zézayer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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