douloir

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French doloir, from Latin dolēre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /du.lwaʁ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -waʁ

Verb

douloir

  1. (obsolete, reflexive) to suffer
    • Et je me deux d’être tout seul
      And I suffer for I'm alone
      (Guillaume Apollinaire)
    • Quand je me deux
      When I suffer
      (Valérie Rouzeau)

Conjugation

Conjugation of se douloir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple se douloir
compound s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple se doulant
/sə du.lɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle doulu
/du.ly/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present me deux
/mə dø/ 		te deux
/tə dø/ 		se deut
/sə dø/ 		nous doulons
/nu du.lɔ̃/ 		vous doulez
/vu du.le/ 		se deulent
/sə dœl/
imperfect me doulais
/mə du.lɛ/ 		te doulais
/tə du.lɛ/ 		se doulait
/sə du.lɛ/ 		nous doulions
/nu du.ljɔ̃/ 		vous douliez
/vu du.lje/ 		se doulaient
/sə du.lɛ/
past historic2 me doulus
/mə du.ly/ 		te doulus
/tə du.ly/ 		se doulut
/sə du.ly/ 		nous doulûmes
/nu du.lym/ 		vous doulûtes
/vu du.lyt/ 		se doulurent
/sə du.lyʁ/
future me doudrai
/mə du.dʁe/ 		te doudras
/tə du.dʁa/ 		se doudra
/sə du.dʁa/ 		nous doudrons
/nu du.dʁɔ̃/ 		vous doudrez
/vu du.dʁe/ 		se doudront
/sə du.dʁɔ̃/
conditional me doudrais
/mə du.dʁɛ/ 		te doudrais
/tə du.dʁɛ/ 		se doudrait
/sə du.dʁɛ/ 		nous doudrions
/nu du.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		vous doudriez
/vu du.dʁi.je/ 		se doudraient
/sə du.dʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present me deuille
/mə dœj/ 		te deuilles
/tə dœj/ 		se deuille
/sə dœj/ 		nous doulions
/nu du.ljɔ̃/ 		vous douliez
/vu du.lje/ 		se deuillent
/sə dœj/
imperfect2 me doulusse
/mə du.lys/ 		te doulusses
/tə du.lys/ 		se doulût
/sə du.ly/ 		nous doulussions
/nu du.ly.sjɔ̃/ 		vous doulussiez
/vu du.ly.sje/ 		se doulussent
/sə du.lys/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — deux-toi
/dø.twa/ 		— doulons-nous
/du.lɔ̃.nu/ 		doulez-vous
/du.le.vu/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'être + 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

Verb

douloir

  1. alternative infinitive of doloir

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a distinct stressed present stem, 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 douloir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive douloir avoir doulu
gerund en doulant, douillant, dueillant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle doulant, douillant, dueillant
past participle doulu
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present douil, dueil, duel dueus dueut doulons doulez duelent
imperfect douloie, douleie douloies, douleies douloit, douleit douliiens, douliens douliiez, douliez douloient, douleient
preterite doului doulus doulu doulumes doulustes doulurent
future doudrai doudras doudra doudrons doudroiz, doudreiz, doudrez doudront
conditional doudroie, doudreie doudroies, doudreies doudroit, doudreit doudriiens, doudriens doudriiez, doudriez doudroient, doudreient
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 dueille dueilles dueille douilliens, douillons, dueillons douilliez, dueilliez dueillent
imperfect doulusse doulusses doulust doulussons, doulussiens doulussoiz, doulussez, doulussiez doulussent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— duel — doulons doulez —
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