chaungen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• change, chaunge, chaungi, chaungie, chawnge, chawngyn, chaynge, chonge, schaunche

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman chaungier, chaunger and continental Old French changier, from Latin cambiāre, from Gaulish cambion (“change”); equivalent to chaunge (“change”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃau̯nd͡ʒən/, /ˈt͡ʃaːnd͡ʒən/
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): (Northern) /ˈt͡ʃand͡ʒən/, (East Anglian, Kentish) /ˈt͡ʃɔnd͡ʒən/, (Western) /ˈt͡ʃæi̯nd͡ʒən/

Verb

chaungen (third-person singular simple present chaungeth, present participle chaungende, chaungynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle chaunged)

1. To change or vary; to become or make different:
   1. To change in opinion or emotion.
   2. To alter or transmogrify; to change in entirety.
   3. To replace or swap; to substitute for another.
   4. To move; to change (in) location.
   5. (physiology) To deteriorate or impair.
   6. (rare) To change clothing or outfit.
2. To exchange or trade (especially money)
3. (rare) To be different; to differ.

Conjugation

Conjugation of chaungen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) chaungen, chaunge
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	chaunge	chaunged
2nd-person singular	chaungest	chaungedest
3rd-person singular	chaungeth	chaunged
subjunctive singular	chaunge
imperative singular		—
plural1	chaungen, chaunge	chaungeden, chaungede
imperative plural	chaungeth, chaunge	—
participles	chaungynge, chaungende	chaunged

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: change
• Scots: cheenge, chinge, cheynge

References

• “chaunǧen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.