zézayer

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French

Etymology

Onomatopoeic formation from a reduplication of z.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ze.zɛ.je/, /ze.ze.je/
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Verb

zézayer

  1. to pronounce "zh" (/ʒ/) as "z" (/z/) and "sh" (/ʃ/) as "s" (/s/); loosely, to lisp, to slur
    Synonym: zozoter

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).

Conjugation of zézayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple zézayer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple zézayant
/ze.zɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ze.ze.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle zézayé
/ze.zɛ.je/ or /ze.ze.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present zézaye or zézaie
/ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ 		zézayes or zézaies
/ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ 		zézaye or zézaie
/ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ 		zézayons
/ze.zɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ze.ze.jɔ̃/ 		zézayez
/ze.zɛ.je/ or /ze.ze.je/ 		zézayent or zézaient
/ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/
imperfect zézayais
/ze.zɛ.jɛ/ or /ze.ze.jɛ/ 		zézayais
/ze.zɛ.jɛ/ or /ze.ze.jɛ/ 		zézayait
/ze.zɛ.jɛ/ or /ze.ze.jɛ/ 		zézayions
/ze.zɛj.jɔ̃/ 		zézayiez
/ze.zɛj.je/ 		zézayaient
/ze.zɛ.jɛ/ or /ze.ze.jɛ/
past historic2 zézayai
/ze.zɛ.je/ or /ze.ze.je/ 		zézayas
/ze.zɛ.ja/ or /ze.ze.ja/ 		zézaya
/ze.zɛ.ja/ or /ze.ze.ja/ 		zézayâmes
/ze.zɛ.jam/ or /ze.ze.jam/ 		zézayâtes
/ze.zɛ.jat/ or /ze.ze.jat/ 		zézayèrent
/ze.zɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ze.ze.jɛʁ/
future zézayerai or zézaierai
/ze.zɛj.ʁe/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁe/ or /ze.ze.ʁe/ 		zézayeras or zézaieras
/ze.zɛj.ʁa/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁa/ or /ze.ze.ʁa/ 		zézayera or zézaiera
/ze.zɛj.ʁa/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁa/ or /ze.ze.ʁa/ 		zézayerons or zézaierons
/ze.zɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ze.ze.ʁɔ̃/ 		zézayerez or zézaierez
/ze.zɛj.ʁe/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁe/ or /ze.ze.ʁe/ 		zézayeront or zézaieront
/ze.zɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ze.ze.ʁɔ̃/
conditional zézayerais or zézaierais
/ze.zɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ze.ze.ʁɛ/ 		zézayerais or zézaierais
/ze.zɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ze.ze.ʁɛ/ 		zézayerait or zézaierait
/ze.zɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ze.ze.ʁɛ/ 		zézayerions or zézaierions
/ze.zɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ze.ze.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ze.ze.ʁjɔ̃/ 		zézayeriez or zézaieriez
/ze.zɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ze.ze.jə.ʁje/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁje/ or /ze.ze.ʁje/ 		zézayeraient or zézaieraient
/ze.zɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ze.ze.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 zézaye or zézaie
/ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ 		zézayes or zézaies
/ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ 		zézaye or zézaie
/ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ 		zézayions
/ze.zɛj.jɔ̃/ 		zézayiez
/ze.zɛj.je/ 		zézayent or zézaient
/ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/
imperfect2 zézayasse
/ze.zɛ.jas/ or /ze.ze.jas/ 		zézayasses
/ze.zɛ.jas/ or /ze.ze.jas/ 		zézayât
/ze.zɛ.ja/ or /ze.ze.ja/ 		zézayassions
/ze.zɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ze.ze.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		zézayassiez
/ze.zɛ.ja.sje/ or /ze.ze.ja.sje/ 		zézayassent
/ze.zɛ.jas/ or /ze.ze.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — zézaye or zézaie
/ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ 		— zézayons
/ze.zɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ze.ze.jɔ̃/ 		zézayez
/ze.zɛ.je/ or /ze.ze.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:
  • 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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