concevoir

French

Etymology

From Old French concevoir, from Vulgar Latin *concipēre, from Latin concipere, present active infinitive of concipiō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sə.vwaʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -waʁ

Verb

concevoir

  1. to conceive (an idea)
  2. to conceive (a baby)
  3. to conceive (to understand, to comprehend)
  4. to design

Conjugation
Conjugation of concevoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle concevant
/kɔ̃s.vɑ̃/
past participle conçu
/kɔ̃.sy/
infinitive
simple concevoir
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple concevant
/kɔ̃s.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present conçois
/kɔ̃.swa/		 conçois
/kɔ̃.swa/		 conçoit
/kɔ̃.swa/		 concevons
/kɔ̃s.vɔ̃/		 concevez
/kɔ̃s.ve/		 conçoivent
/kɔ̃.swav/
imperfect concevais
/kɔ̃s.vɛ/		 concevais
/kɔ̃s.vɛ/		 concevait
/kɔ̃s.vɛ/		 concevions
/kɔ̃.sə.vjɔ̃/		 conceviez
/kɔ̃.sə.vje/		 concevaient
/kɔ̃s.vɛ/
past historic2 conçus
/kɔ̃.sy/		 conçus
/kɔ̃.sy/		 conçut
/kɔ̃.sy/		 conçûmes
/kɔ̃.sym/		 conçûtes
/kɔ̃.syt/		 conçurent
/kɔ̃.syʁ/
future concevrai
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁe/		 concevras
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁa/		 concevra
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁa/		 concevrons
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁɔ̃/		 concevrez
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁe/		 concevront
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁɔ̃/
conditional concevrais
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁɛ/		 concevrais
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁɛ/		 concevrait
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁɛ/		 concevrions
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁi.jɔ̃/		 concevriez
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁi.je/		 concevraient
/kɔ̃.sə.vʁɛ/
(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 conçoive
/kɔ̃.swav/		 conçoives
/kɔ̃.swav/		 conçoive
/kɔ̃.swav/		 concevions
/kɔ̃.sə.vjɔ̃/		 conceviez
/kɔ̃.sə.vje/		 conçoivent
/kɔ̃.swav/
imperfect2 conçusse
/kɔ̃.sys/		 conçusses
/kɔ̃.sys/		 conçût
/kɔ̃.sy/		 conçussions
/kɔ̃.sy.sjɔ̃/		 conçussiez
/kɔ̃.sy.sje/		 conçussent
/kɔ̃.sys/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — conçois
/kɔ̃.swa/		 — concevons
/kɔ̃s.vɔ̃/		 concevez
/kɔ̃s.ve/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *concipēre, variant form of Classical Latin concipere, present active infinitive of concipiō.

Verb

concevoir

  1. to conceive (an idea)
  2. to conceive (a baby)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem conçoiv distinct from the unstressed stem concev, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of concevoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive concevoir avoir conceü
gerund en concevant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle concevant
past participle conceü
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present conçoif, conçoi conçois conçoit concevons concevez conçoivent
imperfect concevoie, conceveie concevoies, conceveies concevoit, conceveit conceviiens, conceviens conceviiez, conceviez concevoient, conceveient
preterite conçui conceüs conçut conceümes conceüstes conçurent
future concevrai concevras concevra concevrons concevroiz, concevreiz, concevrez concevront
conditional concevroie, concevreie concevroies, concevreies concevroit, concevreit concevriiens, concevriens concevriiez, concevriez concevroient, concevreient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present conçoive conçoives conçoive concevons concevez conçoivent
imperfect conceüsse conceüsses conceüst conceüssons, conceüssiens conceüssoiz, conceüssez, conceüssiez conceüssent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— conçoif — concevons concevez —

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