convoiter

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French convoitier, altered from the older coveitier (by analogy with the prefix con-), from Vulgar Latin *cupidietāre, a verb based on *cupidietās, a modification of the Classical Latin cupiditās by analogy with words such as medietās.

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Verb

convoiter

  1. to covet, to desire
    Tu ne convoiteras pas la femme de ton prochain.
    Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife.
    • 1864, Phaedrus, translated by Levasseur and J. Chenu, Fables, sourced from :
      On perd justement son bien, quand on convoite celui d’autrui.
      He who covets what belongs to another, deservedly loses his own.

Conjugation

Conjugation of convoiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple convoiter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple convoitant
/kɔ̃.vwa.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle convoité
/kɔ̃.vwa.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present convoite
/kɔ̃.vwat/ 		convoites
/kɔ̃.vwat/ 		convoite
/kɔ̃.vwat/ 		convoitons
/kɔ̃.vwa.tɔ̃/ 		convoitez
/kɔ̃.vwa.te/ 		convoitent
/kɔ̃.vwat/
imperfect convoitais
/kɔ̃.vwa.tɛ/ 		convoitais
/kɔ̃.vwa.tɛ/ 		convoitait
/kɔ̃.vwa.tɛ/ 		convoitions
/kɔ̃.vwa.tjɔ̃/ 		convoitiez
/kɔ̃.vwa.tje/ 		convoitaient
/kɔ̃.vwa.tɛ/
past historic2 convoitai
/kɔ̃.vwa.te/ 		convoitas
/kɔ̃.vwa.ta/ 		convoita
/kɔ̃.vwa.ta/ 		convoitâmes
/kɔ̃.vwa.tam/ 		convoitâtes
/kɔ̃.vwa.tat/ 		convoitèrent
/kɔ̃.vwa.tɛʁ/
future convoiterai
/kɔ̃.vwa.tʁe/ 		convoiteras
/kɔ̃.vwa.tʁa/ 		convoitera
/kɔ̃.vwa.tʁa/ 		convoiterons
/kɔ̃.vwa.tʁɔ̃/ 		convoiterez
/kɔ̃.vwa.tʁe/ 		convoiteront
/kɔ̃.vwa.tʁɔ̃/
conditional convoiterais
/kɔ̃.vwa.tʁɛ/ 		convoiterais
/kɔ̃.vwa.tʁɛ/ 		convoiterait
/kɔ̃.vwa.tʁɛ/ 		convoiterions
/kɔ̃.vwa.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		convoiteriez
/kɔ̃.vwa.tə.ʁje/ 		convoiteraient
/kɔ̃.vwa.tʁɛ/
(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 convoite
/kɔ̃.vwat/ 		convoites
/kɔ̃.vwat/ 		convoite
/kɔ̃.vwat/ 		convoitions
/kɔ̃.vwa.tjɔ̃/ 		convoitiez
/kɔ̃.vwa.tje/ 		convoitent
/kɔ̃.vwat/
imperfect2 convoitasse
/kɔ̃.vwa.tas/ 		convoitasses
/kɔ̃.vwa.tas/ 		convoitât
/kɔ̃.vwa.ta/ 		convoitassions
/kɔ̃.vwa.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		convoitassiez
/kɔ̃.vwa.ta.sje/ 		convoitassent
/kɔ̃.vwa.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — convoite
/kɔ̃.vwat/ 		— convoitons
/kɔ̃.vwa.tɔ̃/ 		convoitez
/kɔ̃.vwa.te/ 		—
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).

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