charroyer

French

Etymology

From char +‎ -oyer. Most likely of the same origin as charrier, from Old French charier, carier (it may have been influenced by similar verbs with two forms deriving from the same Old French; compare ployer and plier, proyer and prier). Compare also Italian carreggiare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.ʁwa.je/

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Verb

charroyer

1. to cart (to transport by cart or waggon)

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 charroyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	charroyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	charroyant /ʃa.ʁwa.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		charroyé /ʃa.ʁwa.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	charroie /ʃa.ʁwa/	charroies /ʃa.ʁwa/	charroie /ʃa.ʁwa/	charroyons /ʃa.ʁwa.jɔ̃/	charroyez /ʃa.ʁwa.je/	charroient /ʃa.ʁwa/
	imperfect	charroyais /ʃa.ʁwa.jɛ/	charroyais /ʃa.ʁwa.jɛ/	charroyait /ʃa.ʁwa.jɛ/	charroyions /ʃa.ʁwaj.jɔ̃/	charroyiez /ʃa.ʁwaj.je/	charroyaient /ʃa.ʁwa.jɛ/
	past historic2	charroyai /ʃa.ʁwa.je/	charroyas /ʃa.ʁwa.ja/	charroya /ʃa.ʁwa.ja/	charroyâmes /ʃa.ʁwa.jam/	charroyâtes /ʃa.ʁwa.jat/	charroyèrent /ʃa.ʁwa.jɛʁ/
	future	charroierai /ʃa.ʁwa.ʁe/	charroieras /ʃa.ʁwa.ʁa/	charroiera /ʃa.ʁwa.ʁa/	charroierons /ʃa.ʁwa.ʁɔ̃/	charroierez /ʃa.ʁwa.ʁe/	charroieront /ʃa.ʁwa.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	charroierais /ʃa.ʁwa.ʁɛ/	charroierais /ʃa.ʁwa.ʁɛ/	charroierait /ʃa.ʁwa.ʁɛ/	charroierions /ʃa.ʁwa.ʁjɔ̃/	charroieriez /ʃa.ʁwa.ʁje/	charroieraient /ʃa.ʁwa.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	charroie /ʃa.ʁwa/	charroies /ʃa.ʁwa/	charroie /ʃa.ʁwa/	charroyions /ʃa.ʁwaj.jɔ̃/	charroyiez /ʃa.ʁwaj.je/	charroient /ʃa.ʁwa/
	imperfect2	charroyasse /ʃa.ʁwa.jas/	charroyasses /ʃa.ʁwa.jas/	charroyât /ʃa.ʁwa.ja/	charroyassions /ʃa.ʁwa.ja.sjɔ̃/	charroyassiez /ʃa.ʁwa.ja.sje/	charroyassent /ʃa.ʁwa.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	charroie /ʃa.ʁwa/	—	charroyons /ʃa.ʁwa.jɔ̃/	charroyez /ʃa.ʁwa.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).

Derived terms

• charroyage

Related terms

• charrier
• char

Further reading

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