conquerre

Old French

Alternative forms

• cunquere, cunquerre

Etymology

From Latin conquaerere, variant of conquīrere. Equivalent to con- +‎ querre.

Verb

conquerre

1. to conquer; to defeat

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem conquier distinct from the unstressed stem conquer, 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 conquerre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		conquerre			avoir conquis
gerund		en conquerant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		conquerant
past participle		conquis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	conquier	conquiers	conquiert	conquerons	conquerez	conquierent
	imperfect	conqueroie, conquereie	conqueroies, conquereies	conqueroit, conquereit	conqueriiens, conqueriens	conqueriiez, conqueriez	conqueroient, conquereient
	preterite	conquis	conqueṣis	conquist	conqueṣimes	conqueṣistes	conquisdrent
	future	conquerrai	conquerras	conquerra	conquerrons	conquerroiz, conquerreiz, conquerrez	conquerront
	conditional	conquerroie, conquerreie	conquerroies, conquerreies	conquerroit, conquerreit	conquerriiens, conquerriens	conquerriiez, conquerriez	conquerroient, conquerreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	conquiere, conquierge	conquieres, conquierges	conquiere, conquierge	conquerons, conquiergiens, conquierjons	conquerez, conquiergiez	conquierent, conquiergent
	imperfect	conqueṣisse	conqueṣisses	conqueṣist	conqueṣissons, conqueṣissiens	conqueṣissoiz, conqueṣissez, conqueṣissiez	conqueṣissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	conquier	—	conquerons	conquerez	—

Descendants

• French: conquérir
• → Middle English: conqueren, conquer, conquere, conquery, conquire, conqwere
  • English: conquer
  • Middle Scots: conquer, conquere
  • Middle Welsh: cwncwerio, kwncwerio
    • Welsh: concro (remodelled after modern English)