tormenter

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

Noun

tormenter (plural tormenters)

1. Alternative spelling of tormentor

Old French

Etymology

Latin tormentum, from the verb torqueō

Verb

tormenter

1. to torture

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of tormenter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tormenter			avoir tormenté
gerund		en tormentant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		tormentant
past participle		tormenté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	torment	tormentes	tormente	tormentons	tormentez	tormentent
	imperfect	tormentoie, tormenteie, tormentoe, tormenteve	tormentoies, tormenteies, tormentoes, tormenteves	tormentoit, tormenteit, tormentot, tormenteve	tormentiiens, tormentiens	tormentiiez, tormentiez	tormentoient, tormenteient, tormentoent, tormentevent
	preterite	tormentai	tormentas	tormenta	tormentames	tormentastes	tormenterent
	future	tormenterai	tormenteras	tormentera	tormenterons	tormenteroiz, tormentereiz, tormenterez	tormenteront
	conditional	tormenteroie, tormentereie	tormenteroies, tormentereies	tormenteroit, tormentereit	tormenteriiens, tormenteriens	tormenteriiez, tormenteriez	tormenteroient, tormentereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	torment	tormenz	torment	tormentons	tormentez	tormentent
	imperfect	tormentasse	tormentasses	tormentast	tormentissons, tormentissiens	tormentissoiz, tormentissez, tormentissiez	tormentassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	tormente	—	tormentons	tormentez	—

Descendants

• English: torment
• French: tourmenter