desieuner

Middle French

Alternative forms

• desjeuner

Verb

desieuner

1. to eat breakfast

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of desieuner

infinitive	simple	desieuner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	desieunant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		desieuné
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	desieune	desieunes	desieune	desieunons	desieunez	desieunent
	imperfect	desieunois, desieunoys	desieunois, desieunoys	desieunoit, desieunoyt	desieunions, desieunyons	desieuniez, desieunyez	desieunoient, desieunoyent
	past historic	desieuna	desieunas	desieuna	desieunasmes	desieunastes	desieunerent
	future	desieunerai, desieuneray	desieuneras	desieunera	desieunerons	desieunerez	desieuneront
	conditional	desieunerois, desieuneroys	desieunerois, desieuneroys	desieuneroit, desieuneroyt	desieunerions, desieuneryons	desieuneriez, desieuneryez	desieuneroient, desieuneroyent
(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	desieune	desieunes	desieune	desieunons	desieunez	desieunent
	imperfect	desieunasse	desieunasses	desieunast	desieunassions	desieunassiez	desieunassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	desieune	—	desieunons	desieunez	—
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

• French: déjeuner