noyer

noyer (plural noyers)

1. (obsolete) An annoyer.
   • Thomas Tusser

     The North is a noyer to grass of all suites, / The East a destroyer to herb and all fruits.

• Roney, onery, yeron

• IPA^(key): /nwa.je/

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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)

1. walnut (tree)

• noix (walnut, the nut)

From Old French noier, from Latin necāre, present active infinitive of necō (“kill”). The sense of "to drown" can be found in other Romance cognates; compare Italian annegare, Spanish anegar, Romanian îneca.

noyer

1. (reflexive) To drown; to drown oneself

   Elle s'est noyée dans l'océan.

   She drowned in the ocean.

2. (transitive) To drown

   J'ai noyé mon chien dans le fleuve.

   I drowned my dog in the river.

3. (transitive, cooking) To water down

   Il faut noyer le vin avec de l'eau.

   You must water down the wine.

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’.

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’.

• “noyer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).