jointoyer

French

Etymology

From joint +‎ -oyer.

Pronunciation

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Verb

jointoyer

1. to grout
2. to point (brickwork)

Conjugation

This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.

Conjugation of jointoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	jointoyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	jointoyant /ʒwɛ̃.twa.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		jointoyé /ʒwɛ̃.twa.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	jointoie /ʒwɛ̃.twa/	jointoies /ʒwɛ̃.twa/	jointoie /ʒwɛ̃.twa/	jointoyons /ʒwɛ̃.twa.jɔ̃/	jointoyez /ʒwɛ̃.twa.je/	jointoient /ʒwɛ̃.twa/
	imperfect	jointoyais /ʒwɛ̃.twa.jɛ/	jointoyais /ʒwɛ̃.twa.jɛ/	jointoyait /ʒwɛ̃.twa.jɛ/	jointoyions /ʒwɛ̃.twaj.jɔ̃/	jointoyiez /ʒwɛ̃.twaj.je/	jointoyaient /ʒwɛ̃.twa.jɛ/
	past historic2	jointoyai /ʒwɛ̃.twa.je/	jointoyas /ʒwɛ̃.twa.ja/	jointoya /ʒwɛ̃.twa.ja/	jointoyâmes /ʒwɛ̃.twa.jam/	jointoyâtes /ʒwɛ̃.twa.jat/	jointoyèrent /ʒwɛ̃.twa.jɛʁ/
	future	jointoierai /ʒwɛ̃.twa.ʁe/	jointoieras /ʒwɛ̃.twa.ʁa/	jointoiera /ʒwɛ̃.twa.ʁa/	jointoierons /ʒwɛ̃.twa.ʁɔ̃/	jointoierez /ʒwɛ̃.twa.ʁe/	jointoieront /ʒwɛ̃.twa.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	jointoierais /ʒwɛ̃.twa.ʁɛ/	jointoierais /ʒwɛ̃.twa.ʁɛ/	jointoierait /ʒwɛ̃.twa.ʁɛ/	jointoierions /ʒwɛ̃.twa.ʁjɔ̃/	jointoieriez /ʒwɛ̃.twa.ʁje/	jointoieraient /ʒwɛ̃.twa.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	jointoie /ʒwɛ̃.twa/	jointoies /ʒwɛ̃.twa/	jointoie /ʒwɛ̃.twa/	jointoyions /ʒwɛ̃.twaj.jɔ̃/	jointoyiez /ʒwɛ̃.twaj.je/	jointoient /ʒwɛ̃.twa/
	imperfect2	jointoyasse /ʒwɛ̃.twa.jas/	jointoyasses /ʒwɛ̃.twa.jas/	jointoyât /ʒwɛ̃.twa.ja/	jointoyassions /ʒwɛ̃.twa.ja.sjɔ̃/	jointoyassiez /ʒwɛ̃.twa.ja.sje/	jointoyassent /ʒwɛ̃.twa.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	jointoie /ʒwɛ̃.twa/	—	jointoyons /ʒwɛ̃.twa.jɔ̃/	jointoyez /ʒwɛ̃.twa.je/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “jointoyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.