covoitier

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word covoitier. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word covoitier, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say covoitier in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word covoitier you have here. The definition of the word covoitier will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofcovoitier, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cupidietāre, a verb based on *cupidietās, a modification of the Classical cupiditās by analogy with words such as medietās.

Verb

covoitier

  1. to desire; to covet; to lust

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of covoitier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive covoitier avoir covoitié
gerund en covoitant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle covoitant
past participle covoitié
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present covoit covoites covoite covoitons covoitiez covoitent
imperfect covoitoie, covoiteie, covoitoe, covoitieve covoitoies, covoiteies, covoitoes, covoitieves covoitoit, covoiteit, covoitot, covoitieve covoitiiens, covoitiens covoitiiez, covoitiez covoitoient, covoiteient, covoitoent, covoitievent
preterite covoitai covoitas covoita covoitames covoitastes covoitierent
future covoiterai covoiteras covoitera covoiterons covoiteroiz, covoitereiz, covoiterez covoiteront
conditional covoiteroie, covoitereie covoiteroies, covoitereies covoiteroit, covoitereit covoiteriiens, covoiteriens covoiteriiez, covoiteriez covoiteroient, covoitereient
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 covoit covoiz covoit covoitons covoitiez covoitent
imperfect covoitasse covoitasses covoitast covoitissons, covoitissiens covoitissoiz, covoitissez, covoitissiez covoitassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— covoite — covoitons covoitiez —

Descendants

  • → Middle English: coveten
  • French: convoiter
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia