netoiier

Old French

Alternative forms

• nettoier, nettoiier

Etymology

Restructuring, based on net (“clean (adj.)”), of noiier (“to clean”), from Vulgar Latin *nitidiāre, a verb based on Latin nitidus (“shining, polished”), which took on the sense of 'clean'.

Verb

netoiier

1. to clean

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has a stressed present stem neti distinct from the unstressed stem netoi, 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 netoiier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		netoiier			avoir netoiié
gerund		en netoiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		netoiant
past participle		netoiié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	neti, netoi	netïes, netoies	netïe, netoie	netoions	netoiiez, netoiez	netïent, netoient
	imperfect	netoioie, netoieie, netoioe, netoiieve, netoieve	netoioies, netoieies, netoioes, netoiieves, netoieves	netoioit, netoieit, netoiot, netoiieve, netoieve	netoiiiens, netoiiens	netoiiiez, netoiiez	netoioient, netoieient, netoioent, netoiievent, netoievent
	preterite	netoiai	netoias	netoia	netoiames	netoiastes	netoiierent
	future	netoierai	netoieras	netoiera	netoierons	netoieroiz, netoiereiz, netoierez	netoieront
	conditional	netoieroie, netoiereie	netoieroies, netoiereies	netoieroit, netoiereit	netoieriiens, netoieriens	netoieriiez, netoieriez	netoieroient, netoiereient
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	neti, netoi	netis, netois	netit, netoit	netoions	netoiiez, netoiez	netïent, netoient
	imperfect	netoiasse	netoiasses	netoiast	netoiissons, netoiissiens	netoiissoiz, netoiissez, netoiissiez	netoiassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	netïe, netoie	—	netoions	netoiiez, netoiez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: nettoyer
  • French: nettoyer

See also

• laver