accointer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French accointer, from Old French acointier, from Early Medieval Latin accognitāre, from Late Latin accognitus, past participle of accognōscere, from Latin cognōscere.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.kwɛ̃.te/
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Verb

accointer

  1. to get to know, acquaint oneself with

Conjugation
Conjugation of accointer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple accointer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple accointant
/a.kwɛ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle accointé
/a.kwɛ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present accointe
/a.kwɛ̃t/		 accointes
/a.kwɛ̃t/		 accointe
/a.kwɛ̃t/		 accointons
/a.kwɛ̃.tɔ̃/		 accointez
/a.kwɛ̃.te/		 accointent
/a.kwɛ̃t/
imperfect accointais
/a.kwɛ̃.tɛ/		 accointais
/a.kwɛ̃.tɛ/		 accointait
/a.kwɛ̃.tɛ/		 accointions
/a.kwɛ̃.tjɔ̃/		 accointiez
/a.kwɛ̃.tje/		 accointaient
/a.kwɛ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 accointai
/a.kwɛ̃.te/		 accointas
/a.kwɛ̃.ta/		 accointa
/a.kwɛ̃.ta/		 accointâmes
/a.kwɛ̃.tam/		 accointâtes
/a.kwɛ̃.tat/		 accointèrent
/a.kwɛ̃.tɛʁ/
future accointerai
/a.kwɛ̃.tʁe/		 accointeras
/a.kwɛ̃.tʁa/		 accointera
/a.kwɛ̃.tʁa/		 accointerons
/a.kwɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/		 accointerez
/a.kwɛ̃.tʁe/		 accointeront
/a.kwɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional accointerais
/a.kwɛ̃.tʁɛ/		 accointerais
/a.kwɛ̃.tʁɛ/		 accointerait
/a.kwɛ̃.tʁɛ/		 accointerions
/a.kwɛ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 accointeriez
/a.kwɛ̃.tə.ʁje/		 accointeraient
/a.kwɛ̃.tʁɛ/
(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 accointe
/a.kwɛ̃t/		 accointes
/a.kwɛ̃t/		 accointe
/a.kwɛ̃t/		 accointions
/a.kwɛ̃.tjɔ̃/		 accointiez
/a.kwɛ̃.tje/		 accointent
/a.kwɛ̃t/
imperfect2 accointasse
/a.kwɛ̃.tas/		 accointasses
/a.kwɛ̃.tas/		 accointât
/a.kwɛ̃.ta/		 accointassions
/a.kwɛ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/		 accointassiez
/a.kwɛ̃.ta.sje/		 accointassent
/a.kwɛ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — accointe
/a.kwɛ̃t/		 — accointons
/a.kwɛ̃.tɔ̃/		 accointez
/a.kwɛ̃.te/		 —
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).

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French acointier.

Verb

accointer

  1. (reflexive, s'accointer) to get to know; to acquaint oneself

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of accointer
infinitive simple accointer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple accointant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle accointé
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present accointe accointes accointe accointons accointez accointent
imperfect accointois, accointoys accointois, accointoys accointoit, accointoyt accointions, accointyons accointiez, accointyez accointoient, accointoyent
past historic accointa accointas accointa accointasmes accointastes accointerent
future accointerai, accointeray accointeras accointera accointerons accointerez accointeront
conditional accointerois, accointeroys accointerois, accointeroys accointeroit, accointeroyt accointerions, accointeryons accointeriez, accointeryez accointeroient, accointeroyent
(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 accointe accointes accointe accointons accointez accointent
imperfect accointasse accointasses accointast accointassions accointassiez accointassent
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — accointe — accointons accointez —
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: accointer
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