coudoyer

French

Etymology

From coude +‎ -oyer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.dwa.je/

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Verb

coudoyer

1. (obsolete) to elbow (someone)
2. to press together, be elbow-to-elbow
3. to encounter regularly

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 coudoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	coudoyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	coudoyant /ku.dwa.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		coudoyé /ku.dwa.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	coudoie /ku.dwa/	coudoies /ku.dwa/	coudoie /ku.dwa/	coudoyons /ku.dwa.jɔ̃/	coudoyez /ku.dwa.je/	coudoient /ku.dwa/
	imperfect	coudoyais /ku.dwa.jɛ/	coudoyais /ku.dwa.jɛ/	coudoyait /ku.dwa.jɛ/	coudoyions /ku.dwaj.jɔ̃/	coudoyiez /ku.dwaj.je/	coudoyaient /ku.dwa.jɛ/
	past historic2	coudoyai /ku.dwa.je/	coudoyas /ku.dwa.ja/	coudoya /ku.dwa.ja/	coudoyâmes /ku.dwa.jam/	coudoyâtes /ku.dwa.jat/	coudoyèrent /ku.dwa.jɛʁ/
	future	coudoierai /ku.dwa.ʁe/	coudoieras /ku.dwa.ʁa/	coudoiera /ku.dwa.ʁa/	coudoierons /ku.dwa.ʁɔ̃/	coudoierez /ku.dwa.ʁe/	coudoieront /ku.dwa.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	coudoierais /ku.dwa.ʁɛ/	coudoierais /ku.dwa.ʁɛ/	coudoierait /ku.dwa.ʁɛ/	coudoierions /ku.dwa.ʁjɔ̃/	coudoieriez /ku.dwa.ʁje/	coudoieraient /ku.dwa.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	coudoie /ku.dwa/	coudoies /ku.dwa/	coudoie /ku.dwa/	coudoyions /ku.dwaj.jɔ̃/	coudoyiez /ku.dwaj.je/	coudoient /ku.dwa/
	imperfect2	coudoyasse /ku.dwa.jas/	coudoyasses /ku.dwa.jas/	coudoyât /ku.dwa.ja/	coudoyassions /ku.dwa.ja.sjɔ̃/	coudoyassiez /ku.dwa.ja.sje/	coudoyassent /ku.dwa.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	coudoie /ku.dwa/	—	coudoyons /ku.dwa.jɔ̃/	coudoyez /ku.dwa.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

• coudoiement m (noun)

Further reading

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