envier

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English

Etymology

From envy +‎ -er.

Noun

envier (plural enviers)

  1. One who envies.
    • 1816, Francis Gibbon, The public characters of Europe, page 578:
      There was a period, when the enviers of Bernadotte, taking advantage of this kind of popularity which he had obtained, represented him to the Directory as a man dangerous to liberty […]

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French

Etymology

From envie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.vje/
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Verb

envier

  1. (intransitive) to envy

Conjugation

Conjugation of envier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple envier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple enviant
/ɑ̃.vjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle envié
/ɑ̃.vje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present envie
/ɑ̃.vi/ 		envies
/ɑ̃.vi/ 		envie
/ɑ̃.vi/ 		envions
/ɑ̃.vjɔ̃/ 		enviez
/ɑ̃.vje/ 		envient
/ɑ̃.vi/
imperfect enviais
/ɑ̃.vjɛ/ 		enviais
/ɑ̃.vjɛ/ 		enviait
/ɑ̃.vjɛ/ 		enviions
/ɑ̃.vi.jɔ̃/ 		enviiez
/ɑ̃.vi.je/ 		enviaient
/ɑ̃.vjɛ/
past historic2 enviai
/ɑ̃.vje/ 		envias
/ɑ̃.vja/ 		envia
/ɑ̃.vja/ 		enviâmes
/ɑ̃.vjam/ 		enviâtes
/ɑ̃.vjat/ 		envièrent
/ɑ̃.vjɛʁ/
future envierai
/ɑ̃.vi.ʁe/ 		envieras
/ɑ̃.vi.ʁa/ 		enviera
/ɑ̃.vi.ʁa/ 		envierons
/ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃/ 		envierez
/ɑ̃.vi.ʁe/ 		envieront
/ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional envierais
/ɑ̃.vi.ʁɛ/ 		envierais
/ɑ̃.vi.ʁɛ/ 		envierait
/ɑ̃.vi.ʁɛ/ 		envierions
/ɑ̃.vi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		envieriez
/ɑ̃.vi.ʁje/ 		envieraient
/ɑ̃.vi.ʁɛ/
(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 envie
/ɑ̃.vi/ 		envies
/ɑ̃.vi/ 		envie
/ɑ̃.vi/ 		enviions
/ɑ̃.vi.jɔ̃/ 		enviiez
/ɑ̃.vi.je/ 		envient
/ɑ̃.vi/
imperfect2 enviasse
/ɑ̃.vjas/ 		enviasses
/ɑ̃.vjas/ 		enviât
/ɑ̃.vja/ 		enviassions
/ɑ̃.vja.sjɔ̃/ 		enviassiez
/ɑ̃.vja.sje/ 		enviassent
/ɑ̃.vjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — envie
/ɑ̃.vi/ 		— envions
/ɑ̃.vjɔ̃/ 		enviez
/ɑ̃.vje/ 		—
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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