vermifuger

French

Etymology

From vermifuge +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒe/

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Verb

vermifuger

1. to deworm

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written vermifuge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of vermifuger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	vermifuger
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	vermifugeant /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		vermifugé /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	vermifuge /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ/	vermifuges /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ/	vermifuge /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ/	vermifugeons /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒɔ̃/	vermifugez /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒe/	vermifugent /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ/
	imperfect	vermifugeais /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒɛ/	vermifugeais /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒɛ/	vermifugeait /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒɛ/	vermifugions /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒjɔ̃/	vermifugiez /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒje/	vermifugeaient /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	vermifugeai /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒe/	vermifugeas /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒa/	vermifugea /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒa/	vermifugeâmes /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒam/	vermifugeâtes /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒat/	vermifugèrent /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒɛʁ/
	future	vermifugerai /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ.ʁe/	vermifugeras /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ.ʁa/	vermifugera /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ.ʁa/	vermifugerons /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ.ʁɔ̃/	vermifugerez /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ.ʁe/	vermifugeront /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	vermifugerais /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ.ʁɛ/	vermifugerais /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ.ʁɛ/	vermifugerait /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ.ʁɛ/	vermifugerions /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	vermifugeriez /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒə.ʁje/	vermifugeraient /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ.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	vermifuge /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ/	vermifuges /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ/	vermifuge /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ/	vermifugions /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒjɔ̃/	vermifugiez /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒje/	vermifugent /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ/
	imperfect2	vermifugeasse /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒas/	vermifugeasses /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒas/	vermifugeât /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒa/	vermifugeassions /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	vermifugeassiez /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒa.sje/	vermifugeassent /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	vermifuge /vɛʁ.mi.fyʒ/	—	vermifugeons /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒɔ̃/	vermifugez /vɛʁ.mi.fy.ʒe/	—
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).