From Vulgar Latin nucārius (“nut tree”) from Classical Latin nux. Compare Spanish noguera, Portuguese nogueira, Catalan noguera, Occitan noguièr. Equivalent to noix + -ier.
noyer m (plural noyers)
Inherited from Old French noier, neier, from Latin necāre (“kill”). The sense of "to drown" can be found in other Romance cognates; compare Catalan negar, Italian annegare, Spanish anegar, Romanian îneca.
noyer
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like employer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.
| infinitive | simple | noyer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | noyant /nwa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | noyé /nwa.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | noie /nwa/ |
noies /nwa/ |
noie /nwa/ |
noyons /nwa.jɔ̃/ |
noyez /nwa.je/ |
noient /nwa/ |
| imperfect | noyais /nwa.jɛ/ |
noyais /nwa.jɛ/ |
noyait /nwa.jɛ/ |
noyions /nwaj.jɔ̃/ |
noyiez /nwaj.je/ |
noyaient /nwa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | noyai /nwa.je/ |
noyas /nwa.ja/ |
noya /nwa.ja/ |
noyâmes /nwa.jam/ |
noyâtes /nwa.jat/ |
noyèrent /nwa.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | noierai /nwa.ʁe/ |
noieras /nwa.ʁa/ |
noiera /nwa.ʁa/ |
noierons /nwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
noierez /nwa.ʁe/ |
noieront /nwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | noierais /nwa.ʁɛ/ |
noierais /nwa.ʁɛ/ |
noierait /nwa.ʁɛ/ |
noierions /nwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
noieriez /nwa.ʁje/ |
noieraient /nwa.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 | noie /nwa/ |
noies /nwa/ |
noie /nwa/ |
noyions /nwaj.jɔ̃/ |
noyiez /nwaj.je/ |
noient /nwa/ |
| imperfect2 | noyasse /nwa.jas/ |
noyasses /nwa.jas/ |
noyât /nwa.ja/ |
noyassions /nwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
noyassiez /nwa.ja.sje/ |
noyassent /nwa.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | noie /nwa/ |
— | noyons /nwa.jɔ̃/ |
noyez /nwa.je/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like employer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.
| infinitive | simple | se noyer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se noyant /sə nwa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | noyé /nwa.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me noie /mə nwa/ |
te noies /tə nwa/ |
se noie /sə nwa/ |
nous noyons /nu nwa.jɔ̃/ |
vous noyez /vu nwa.je/ |
se noient /sə nwa/ |
| imperfect | me noyais /mə nwa.jɛ/ |
te noyais /tə nwa.jɛ/ |
se noyait /sə nwa.jɛ/ |
nous noyions /nu nwaj.jɔ̃/ |
vous noyiez /vu nwaj.je/ |
se noyaient /sə nwa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me noyai /mə nwa.je/ |
te noyas /tə nwa.ja/ |
se noya /sə nwa.ja/ |
nous noyâmes /nu nwa.jam/ |
vous noyâtes /vu nwa.jat/ |
se noyèrent /sə nwa.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | me noierai /mə nwa.ʁe/ |
te noieras /tə nwa.ʁa/ |
se noiera /sə nwa.ʁa/ |
nous noierons /nu nwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous noierez /vu nwa.ʁe/ |
se noieront /sə nwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me noierais /mə nwa.ʁɛ/ |
te noierais /tə nwa.ʁɛ/ |
se noierait /sə nwa.ʁɛ/ |
nous noierions /nu nwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous noieriez /vu nwa.ʁje/ |
se noieraient /sə nwa.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 noie /mə nwa/ |
te noies /tə nwa/ |
se noie /sə nwa/ |
nous noyions /nu nwaj.jɔ̃/ |
vous noyiez /vu nwaj.je/ |
se noient /sə nwa/ |
| imperfect2 | me noyasse /mə nwa.jas/ |
te noyasses /tə nwa.jas/ |
se noyât /sə nwa.ja/ |
nous noyassions /nu nwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
vous noyassiez /vu nwa.ja.sje/ |
se noyassent /sə nwa.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | noie-toi /nwa.twa/ |
— | noyons-nous /nwa.jɔ̃.nu/ |
noyez-vous /nwa.je.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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||