ployer

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Champenois

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ploiier, from Latin plicāre.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /plo.je/

Verb

ployer

  1. (Troyen) to fold

References

  • Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne) (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux (in French), Troyes

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French ployer; variant of plier (which later underwent further modification), both from Old French pleier, ploiier, from Latin plicāre, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (to plait, to weave) .

Pronunciation

Verb

ployer

  1. (literary, intransitive) to bend, fold
    Synonym: plier

Conjugation

This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French pleier, ploiier.

Verb

ployer

  1. to fold

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

  • French: ployer