descourager

Middle French

Etymology

des- +‎ courage +‎ -er.

Verb

descourager

1. to discourage
2. (reflexive, se descourager) to becomes discouraged

Conjugation

• As parler except an extra e is inserted after the final g before a and o.
• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of descourager

infinitive	simple	descourager
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	descourageant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		descouragé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	descourage	descourages	descourage	descourageons	descouragez	descouragent
	imperfect	descourageois, descourageoys	descourageois, descourageoys	descourageoit, descourageoyt	descouragions, descouragyons	descouragiez, descouragyez	descourageoient, descourageoyent
	past historic	descouragea	descourageas	descouragea	descourageasmes	descourageastes	descouragerent
	future	descouragerai, descourageray	descourageras	descouragera	descouragerons	descouragerez	descourageront
	conditional	descouragerois, descourageroys	descouragerois, descourageroys	descourageroit, descourageroyt	descouragerions, descourageryons	descourageriez, descourageryez	descourageroient, descourageroyent
(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	descourage	descourages	descourage	descourageons	descouragez	descouragent
	imperfect	descourageasse	descourageasses	descourageast	descourageassions	descourageassiez	descourageassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	descourage	—	descourageons	descouragez	—
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).

Descendants

• English: discourage
• French: décourager