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Definition 2024


fourvoyer

fourvoyer

French

Verb

fourvoyer

  1. (transitive) to mislead
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to make a mistake, go astray, err
  3. to cloak

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’.