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disner
disner
Middle French
Verb
disner
- to dine
- 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:
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[…] et dormit jusques au lendemain heure de disner
- […] and slept until it was time to dine
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[…] et dormit jusques au lendemain heure de disner
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Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of disner
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | disner | avoir disné | |||||
gerund | en disnant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | disnant | ||||||
past participle | disné | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
simple tenses |
present | disne | disnes | disne | disnons | disnez | disnent |
imperfect | disnois, disnoys | disnois, disnoys | disnoit, disnoyt | disnions, disnyons | disniez, disnyez | disnoient, disnoyent | |
past historic | disna | disnas | disna | disnasmes | disnastes | disnerent | |
future | disnerai, disneray | disneras | disnera | disnerons | disnerez | disneront | |
conditional | disnerois, disneroys | disnerois, disneroys | disneroit, disneroyt | disnerions, disneryons | disneriez, disneryez | disneroient, disneroyent | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
simple tenses |
present | disne | disnes | disne | disnons | disnez | disnent |
imperfect | disnasse | disnasses | disnast | disnassions | disnassiez | disnassent | |
compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
— | disne | — | disnons | disnez | — |
Noun
disner m (plural disners)
- dinner (meal)
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre, from disieiūnāre (“to break the fast”), from Late Latin dis- + iēiūnō (“to fast”), from Latin ieiūnus.
Verb
disner
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has a stressed present stem desjun distinct from the unstressed stem disn. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of disner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | disner | avoir disné | |||||
gerund | en disnant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | disnant | ||||||
past participle | disné | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | desjun | desjunes | desjune | disnons | disnez | desjunent |
imperfect | disnoie, disneie, disnoe, disneve | disnoies, disneies, disnoes, disneves | disnoit, disneit, disnot, disneve | disniiens, disniens | disniiez, disniez | disnoient, disneient, disnoent, disnevent | |
preterite | disnai | disnas | disna | disnames | disnastes | disnerent | |
future | disnerai | disneras | disnera | disnerons | disneroiz, disnereiz, disnerez | disneront | |
conditional | disneroie, disnereie | disneroies, disnereies | disneroit, disnereit | disneriiens, disneriens | disneriiez, disneriez | disneroient, disnereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | desjun | desjuns | desjunt | disnons | disnez | desjunent |
imperfect | disnasse | disnasses | disnast | disnissons, disnissiens | disnissoiz, disnissez, disnissiez | disnassent | |
compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | desjune | — | disnons | disnez | — |
Noun
disner m (oblique plural disners, nominative singular disners, nominative plural disner)
- dinner (main meal of the day)
- 12th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:
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S'en vint un jor, aprés disner
- He came one day, after dinner
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S'en vint un jor, aprés disner
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Coordinate terms
Descendants
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (disner, supplement)