figer

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fegier, from Vulgar Latin *feticāre, ultimately from Latin ficatum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi.ʒe/
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Verb

figer

  1. to freeze
  2. to fix
  3. to congeal; to thicken; to clot
  4. (figuratively) to scare, frighten

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written fige- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of figer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple figer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple figeant
/fi.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle figé
/fi.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present fige
/fiʒ/ 		figes
/fiʒ/ 		fige
/fiʒ/ 		figeons
/fi.ʒɔ̃/ 		figez
/fi.ʒe/ 		figent
/fiʒ/
imperfect figeais
/fi.ʒɛ/ 		figeais
/fi.ʒɛ/ 		figeait
/fi.ʒɛ/ 		figions
/fi.ʒjɔ̃/ 		figiez
/fi.ʒje/ 		figeaient
/fi.ʒɛ/
past historic2 figeai
/fi.ʒe/ 		figeas
/fi.ʒa/ 		figea
/fi.ʒa/ 		figeâmes
/fi.ʒam/ 		figeâtes
/fi.ʒat/ 		figèrent
/fi.ʒɛʁ/
future figerai
/fiʒ.ʁe/ 		figeras
/fiʒ.ʁa/ 		figera
/fiʒ.ʁa/ 		figerons
/fiʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		figerez
/fiʒ.ʁe/ 		figeront
/fiʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional figerais
/fiʒ.ʁɛ/ 		figerais
/fiʒ.ʁɛ/ 		figerait
/fiʒ.ʁɛ/ 		figerions
/fi.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		figeriez
/fi.ʒə.ʁje/ 		figeraient
/fiʒ.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 fige
/fiʒ/ 		figes
/fiʒ/ 		fige
/fiʒ/ 		figions
/fi.ʒjɔ̃/ 		figiez
/fi.ʒje/ 		figent
/fiʒ/
imperfect2 figeasse
/fi.ʒas/ 		figeasses
/fi.ʒas/ 		figeât
/fi.ʒa/ 		figeassions
/fi.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		figeassiez
/fi.ʒa.sje/ 		figeassent
/fi.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fige
/fiʒ/ 		— figeons
/fi.ʒɔ̃/ 		figez
/fi.ʒe/ 		—
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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Verb

figer

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular future subjunctive of fazer

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French figier, fiier, from Latin fīcārius (modern French figuier is remodelled after French figue).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiˈɡeːr(ə)/, /ˈfiɡər(ə)/, /ˈfeːr(ə)/

Noun

figer (plural fygers)

  1. A fig tree (a tree of the genus Ficus)

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