operer

See also: opérer

Latin

Verb

operer

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of operor

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin operor. Compare the inherited ouvrer.

Verb

operer

1. to operate; to act; to do

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of operer

infinitive	simple	operer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	operant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		operé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	opere	operes	opere	operons	operez	operent
	imperfect	operois, operoys	operois, operoys	operoit, operoyt	operions, operyons	operiez, operyez	operoient, operoyent
	past historic	opera	operas	opera	operasmes	operastes	opererent
	future	opererai, opereray	opereras	operera	opererons	opererez	opereront
	conditional	opererois, opereroys	opererois, opereroys	opereroit, opereroyt	opererions, opereryons	opereriez, opereryez	opereroient, opereroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	opere	operes	opere	operons	operez	operent
	imperfect	operasse	operasses	operast	operassions	operassiez	operassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	opere	—	operons	operez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

operer

1. imperative of operere