encontrer

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French encontrer.

Verb

encontrer

  1. to meet
    • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 38:
      tant chevaucha qu'il encontra ung chevalier
      when he got on his horse, he met a knight

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of encontrer
infinitive simple encontrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple encontrant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle encontré
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present encontre encontres encontre encontrons encontrez encontrent
imperfect encontrois, encontroys encontrois, encontroys encontroit, encontroyt encontrions, encontryons encontriez, encontryez encontroient, encontroyent
past historic encontra encontras encontra encontrasmes encontrastes encontrerent
future encontrerai, encontreray encontreras encontrera encontrerons encontrerez encontreront
conditional encontrerois, encontreroys encontrerois, encontreroys encontreroit, encontreroyt encontrerions, encontreryons encontreriez, encontreryez encontreroient, encontreroyent
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present encontre encontres encontre encontrons encontrez encontrent
imperfect encontrasse encontrasses encontrast encontrassions encontrassiez encontrassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — encontre — encontrons encontrez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château , Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château , op. cit., p. 180).

Old French

Etymology

Compare Spanish and Portuguese encontrar or Italian incontrare.

Pronunciation

Verb

encontrer

  1. to meet; to encounter
  2. (by extension) to meet in battle; to combat

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of encontrer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive encontrer avoir encontré
gerund en encontrant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle encontrant
past participle encontré
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present encontre encontres encontre encontrons encontrez encontrent
imperfect encontroie, encontreie, encontroe, encontreve encontroies, encontreies, encontroes, encontreves encontroit, encontreit, encontrot, encontreve encontriiens, encontriens encontriiez, encontriez encontroient, encontreient, encontroent, encontrevent
preterite encontrai encontras encontra encontrames encontrastes encontrerent
future encontrerai encontreras encontrera encontrerons encontreroiz, encontrereiz, encontrerez encontreront
conditional encontreroie, encontrereie encontreroies, encontrereies encontreroit, encontrereit encontreriiens, encontreriens encontreriiez, encontreriez encontreroient, encontrereient
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 encontre encontres encontre encontrons encontrez encontrent
imperfect encontrasse encontrasses encontrast encontrissons, encontrissiens encontrissoiz, encontrissez, encontrissiez encontrassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— encontre — encontrons encontrez —

Descendants

  • → English: encounter
  • French: rencontrer, encontrer (archaic)
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