menuiser
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French menusier, from Vulgar Latin *minūtiāre, from Latin minūtus (whence French menu).
Pronunciation
Verb
menuiser
- to do craftwork or small handiwork
Conjugation
Conjugation of menuiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | menuiser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | menuisant /mə.nɥi.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | menuisé /mə.nɥi.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | menuise /mə.nɥiz/ |
menuises /mə.nɥiz/ |
menuise /mə.nɥiz/ |
menuisons /mə.nɥi.zɔ̃/ |
menuisez /mə.nɥi.ze/ |
menuisent /mə.nɥiz/ |
| imperfect | menuisais /mə.nɥi.zɛ/ |
menuisais /mə.nɥi.zɛ/ |
menuisait /mə.nɥi.zɛ/ |
menuisions /mə.nɥi.zjɔ̃/ |
menuisiez /mə.nɥi.zje/ |
menuisaient /mə.nɥi.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | menuisai /mə.nɥi.ze/ |
menuisas /mə.nɥi.za/ |
menuisa /mə.nɥi.za/ |
menuisâmes /mə.nɥi.zam/ |
menuisâtes /mə.nɥi.zat/ |
menuisèrent /mə.nɥi.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | menuiserai /mə.nɥiz.ʁe/ |
menuiseras /mə.nɥiz.ʁa/ |
menuisera /mə.nɥiz.ʁa/ |
menuiserons /mə.nɥiz.ʁɔ̃/ |
menuiserez /mə.nɥiz.ʁe/ |
menuiseront /mə.nɥiz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | menuiserais /mə.nɥiz.ʁɛ/ |
menuiserais /mə.nɥiz.ʁɛ/ |
menuiserait /mə.nɥiz.ʁɛ/ |
menuiserions /mə.nɥi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
menuiseriez /mə.nɥi.zə.ʁje/ |
menuiseraient /mə.nɥiz.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 | menuise /mə.nɥiz/ |
menuises /mə.nɥiz/ |
menuise /mə.nɥiz/ |
menuisions /mə.nɥi.zjɔ̃/ |
menuisiez /mə.nɥi.zje/ |
menuisent /mə.nɥiz/ |
| imperfect2 | menuisasse /mə.nɥi.zas/ |
menuisasses /mə.nɥi.zas/ |
menuisât /mə.nɥi.za/ |
menuisassions /mə.nɥi.za.sjɔ̃/ |
menuisassiez /mə.nɥi.za.sje/ |
menuisassent /mə.nɥi.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | menuise /mə.nɥiz/ |
— | menuisons /mə.nɥi.zɔ̃/ |
menuisez /mə.nɥi.ze/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “menuiser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.