-oir

oir OIr oír óir óír òir oïr -óir French Pronunciation Etymology 1 fr :inh fro:-eoir noun-forming suffix + fr fro -eoir, from fr la -tōrium -(āt)ōrium, a suffix attached to the supine stem of verbs to form neuter nouns denoting instruments or places. See also fr -oire f feminine noun, inherited from Latin la -tōria -(āt)ōria (the feminine version of this suffix), and fr -oire -(at)oire m masculine noun, a semi-learned borrowing from la -tōrium that is found in nouns built on Latin supine stems. Cognate to en -ory and en -or. Suffix m A suffix used on verbs to form masculine words for objects or tools used to do something. fr accouder accoudoir armrest fr mirer miroir mirror A suffix used on verbs to form masculine words for places where something is done. fr dormir dortoir dormitory fr abattre abattoir slaughterhouse Derived terms fr Etymology 2 fr :inh la:-ēre verb-forming suffix + fr la -ēre, the ending of the present active infinitive form of second conjugation verbs. Compare it -ere, ro -ea, rm -air. Suffix A suffix forming infinitives of some verbs. Usage notes Verbs in fr -oir are fairly few and all of them are irregular to different degrees. The most important ones are fr asseoir, fr avoir, fr devoir, fr falloir, fr pleuvoir, fr pouvoir, fr recevoir, fr savoir, fr valoir, fr voir, fr vouloir. Conjugation -oir avoir -ant -u -s -x -s -x -t -ons -ez -ent -ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient -us -us -ut -ûmes -ûtes -urent -rai -ras -ra -rons -rez -ront -rais -rais -rait -rions -riez -raient -e -es -e -ions -iez -ent -usse -usses -ût -ussions -ussiez -ussent -s -x -ons -ez The basic inflectional endings are nearly identical to those of fr -re verbs, with the exception of the past historic/imperfect subjunctive endings, whose theme vowel is -u- instead of -i-. In addition, -oir verbs retain historical alternations such as distinct stressed, unstressed and future/conditional stems, making their conjugations highly irregular on the surface. See French irregular verbs. See also fr