eschapper

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French eschaper.

Verb

eschapper

1. (reflexive or intransitive) to escape; to evade
2. (transitive, with direct object) to escape

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of eschapper

infinitive	simple	eschapper
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	eschappant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		eschappé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	eschappe	eschappes	eschappe	eschappons	eschappez	eschappent
	imperfect	eschappois, eschappoys	eschappois, eschappoys	eschappoit, eschappoyt	eschappions, eschappyons	eschappiez, eschappyez	eschappoient, eschappoyent
	past historic	eschappa	eschappas	eschappa	eschappasmes	eschappastes	eschapperent
	future	eschapperai, eschapperay	eschapperas	eschappera	eschapperons	eschapperez	eschapperont
	conditional	eschapperois, eschapperoys	eschapperois, eschapperoys	eschapperoit, eschapperoyt	eschapperions, eschapperyons	eschapperiez, eschapperyez	eschapperoient, eschapperoyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	eschappe	eschappes	eschappe	eschappons	eschappez	eschappent
	imperfect	eschappasse	eschappasses	eschappast	eschappassions	eschappassiez	eschappassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	eschappe	—	eschappons	eschappez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: échapper