diguer

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French

Etymology

From Middle French diguer, dicquier, dieguer, from Old French dikier, from Middle Dutch diken, dijcken, from Old Dutch *dīkon, from Proto-West Germanic *dīkōn (“to dig, ditch, dam”); cognate with Old English dīcian (“to dam, dig”). More at English dig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.ɡe/
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Verb

diguer

  1. (transitive) to dam, to dike; to spur (a horse) [1]

Conjugation

Conjugation of diguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple diguer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple diguant
/di.ɡɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle digué
/di.ɡe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present digue
/diɡ/ 		digues
/diɡ/ 		digue
/diɡ/ 		diguons
/di.ɡɔ̃/ 		diguez
/di.ɡe/ 		diguent
/diɡ/
imperfect diguais
/di.ɡɛ/ 		diguais
/di.ɡɛ/ 		diguait
/di.ɡɛ/ 		diguions
/di.ɡjɔ̃/ 		diguiez
/di.ɡje/ 		diguaient
/di.ɡɛ/
past historic2 diguai
/di.ɡe/ 		diguas
/di.ɡa/ 		digua
/di.ɡa/ 		diguâmes
/di.ɡam/ 		diguâtes
/di.ɡat/ 		diguèrent
/di.ɡɛʁ/
future diguerai
/di.ɡʁe/ 		digueras
/di.ɡʁa/ 		diguera
/di.ɡʁa/ 		diguerons
/di.ɡʁɔ̃/ 		diguerez
/di.ɡʁe/ 		digueront
/di.ɡʁɔ̃/
conditional diguerais
/di.ɡʁɛ/ 		diguerais
/di.ɡʁɛ/ 		diguerait
/di.ɡʁɛ/ 		diguerions
/di.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		digueriez
/di.ɡə.ʁje/ 		digueraient
/di.ɡʁɛ/
(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 digue
/diɡ/ 		digues
/diɡ/ 		digue
/diɡ/ 		diguions
/di.ɡjɔ̃/ 		diguiez
/di.ɡje/ 		diguent
/diɡ/
imperfect2 diguasse
/di.ɡas/ 		diguasses
/di.ɡas/ 		diguât
/di.ɡa/ 		diguassions
/di.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ 		diguassiez
/di.ɡa.sje/ 		diguassent
/di.ɡas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — digue
/diɡ/ 		— diguons
/di.ɡɔ̃/ 		diguez
/di.ɡe/ 		—
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).

References

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