concevoir

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French concevoir, from Vulgar Latin *concipēre, from Latin concipere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sə.vwaʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -waʁ

Verb

concevoir

  1. to conceive (an idea)
  2. to conceive (a baby)
  3. to conceive (to understand, to comprehend)
  4. to design

Conjugation

Conjugation of concevoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple concevoir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple concevant
/kɔ̃s.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle conçu
/kɔ̃.sy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present conçois
/kɔ̃.swa/ 		conçois
/kɔ̃.swa/ 		conçoit
/kɔ̃.swa/ 		concevons
/kɔ̃s.vɔ̃/ 		concevez
/kɔ̃s.ve/ 		conçoivent
/kɔ̃.swav/
imperfect concevais
/kɔ̃s.vɛ/ 		concevais
/kɔ̃s.vɛ/ 		concevait
/kɔ̃s.vɛ/ 		concevions
/kɔ̃.sə.vjɔ̃/ 		conceviez
/kɔ̃.sə.vje/ 		concevaient
/kɔ̃s.vɛ/
past historic2 conçus
/kɔ̃.sy/ 		conçus
/kɔ̃.sy/ 		conçut
/kɔ̃.sy/ 		conçûmes
/kɔ̃.sym/ 		conçûtes
/kɔ̃.syt/ 		conçurent
/kɔ̃.syʁ/
future concevrai
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁe/ 		concevras
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁa/ 		concevra
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁa/ 		concevrons
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁɔ̃/ 		concevrez
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁe/ 		concevront
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁɔ̃/
conditional concevrais
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁɛ/ 		concevrais
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁɛ/ 		concevrait
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁɛ/ 		concevrions
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁi.jɔ̃/ 		concevriez
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁi.je/ 		concevraient
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁɛ/
(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 conçoive
/kɔ̃.swav/ 		conçoives
/kɔ̃.swav/ 		conçoive
/kɔ̃.swav/ 		concevions
/kɔ̃.sə.vjɔ̃/ 		conceviez
/kɔ̃.sə.vje/ 		conçoivent
/kɔ̃.swav/
imperfect2 conçusse
/kɔ̃.sys/ 		conçusses
/kɔ̃.sys/ 		conçût
/kɔ̃.sy/ 		conçussions
/kɔ̃.sy.sjɔ̃/ 		conçussiez
/kɔ̃.sy.sje/ 		conçussent
/kɔ̃.sys/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — conçois
/kɔ̃.swa/ 		— concevons
/kɔ̃s.vɔ̃/ 		concevez
/kɔ̃s.ve/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *concipēre, variant form of Classical Latin concipere, present active infinitive of concipiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kunt͡səˈvoi̯ɾ/

Verb

concevoir

  1. to conceive (an idea)
  2. to conceive (a baby)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem conçoiv distinct from the unstressed stem concev, 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 concevoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive concevoir avoir conceü
gerund en concevant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle concevant
past participle conceü
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present conçoif, conçoi conçois conçoit concevons concevez conçoivent
imperfect concevoie, conceveie concevoies, conceveies concevoit, conceveit conceviiens, conceviens conceviiez, conceviez concevoient, conceveient
preterite conçui conceüs conçut conceümes conceüstes conçurent
future concevrai concevras concevra concevrons concevroiz, concevreiz, concevrez concevront
conditional concevroie, concevreie concevroies, concevreies concevroit, concevreit concevriiens, concevriens concevriiez, concevriez concevroient, concevreient
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 conçoive conçoives conçoive concevons concevez conçoivent
imperfect conceüsse conceüsses conceüst conceüssons, conceüssiens conceüssoiz, conceüssez, conceüssiez conceüssent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— conçoif — concevons concevez —

Descendants

  • → English: conceive
  • French: concevoir

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