choyer

French

Etymology

From Old French chuer, ultimately from Vulgan Latin cavicare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃwa.je/

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Verb

choyer

1. (transitive) to cherish, pamper, coddle (care for with affection and tenderness)
2. (transitive) to hold in great esteem, revere, going to great lengths to demonstrate this
3. (transitive) to cherish, treasure, conserve with great care

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'.

infinitive	simple	choyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	choyant /ʃwa.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		choyé /ʃwa.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	choie /ʃwa/	choies /ʃwa/	choie /ʃwa/	choyons /ʃwa.jɔ̃/	choyez /ʃwa.je/	choient /ʃwa/
	imperfect	choyais /ʃwa.jɛ/	choyais /ʃwa.jɛ/	choyait /ʃwa.jɛ/	choyions /ʃwaj.jɔ̃/	choyiez /ʃwaj.je/	choyaient /ʃwa.jɛ/
	past historic2	choyai /ʃwa.je/	choyas /ʃwa.ja/	choya /ʃwa.ja/	choyâmes /ʃwa.jam/	choyâtes /ʃwa.jat/	choyèrent /ʃwa.jɛʁ/
	future	choierai /ʃwa.ʁe/	choieras /ʃwa.ʁa/	choiera /ʃwa.ʁa/	choierons /ʃwa.ʁɔ̃/	choierez /ʃwa.ʁe/	choieront /ʃwa.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	choierais /ʃwa.ʁɛ/	choierais /ʃwa.ʁɛ/	choierait /ʃwa.ʁɛ/	choierions /ʃwa.ʁjɔ̃/	choieriez /ʃwa.ʁje/	choieraient /ʃwa.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	choie /ʃwa/	choies /ʃwa/	choie /ʃwa/	choyions /ʃwaj.jɔ̃/	choyiez /ʃwaj.je/	choient /ʃwa/
	imperfect2	choyasse /ʃwa.jas/	choyasses /ʃwa.jas/	choyât /ʃwa.ja/	choyassions /ʃwa.ja.sjɔ̃/	choyassiez /ʃwa.ja.sje/	choyassent /ʃwa.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	choie /ʃwa/	—	choyons /ʃwa.jɔ̃/	choyez /ʃwa.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Conjugation of choyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

Further reading

• “choyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.