From Vulgar Latin *mināciāre, present active infinitive of *mināciō (“threaten”), from minācia (“threat”), from Latin mināx, mināciae.
menacier
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | menacier | avoir menacié | |||||
| gerund | en menaçant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | menaçant | ||||||
| past participle | menacié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | menaz | menaces | menace | menaçons | menaciez | menacent |
| imperfect | menaçoie, menaceie, menaçoe, menacieve | menaçoies, menaceies, menaçoes, menacieves | menaçoit, menaceit, menaçot, menacieve | menaciiens, menaciens | menaciiez, menaciez | menaçoient, menaceient, menaçoent, menacievent | |
| preterite | menaçai | menaças | menaça | menaçames | menaçastes | menacierent | |
| future | menacerai | menaceras | menacera | menacerons | menaceroiz, menacereiz, menacerez | menaceront | |
| conditional | menaceroie, menacereie | menaceroies, menacereies | menaceroit, menacereit | menaceriiens, menaceriens | menaceriiez, menaceriez | menaceroient, menacereient | |
| 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 | menaz | menaz | menazt | menaçons | menaciez | menacent |
| imperfect | menaçasse | menaçasses | menaçast | menacissons, menacissiens | menacissoiz, menacissez, menacissiez | menaçassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | menace | — | menaçons | menaciez | — | ||