errer
See also: èrrer
French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French errer, from Latin errāre.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editerrer
- (intransitive) to wander, to wander about
Conjugation
editConjugation of errer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | errer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | errant /e.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | erré /e.ʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | erre /ɛʁ/ |
erres /ɛʁ/ |
erre /ɛʁ/ |
errons /e.ʁɔ̃/ |
errez /e.ʁe/ |
errent /ɛʁ/ |
imperfect | errais /e.ʁɛ/ |
errais /e.ʁɛ/ |
errait /e.ʁɛ/ |
errions /e.ʁjɔ̃/ |
erriez /e.ʁje/ |
erraient /e.ʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | errai /e.ʁe/ |
erras /e.ʁa/ |
erra /e.ʁa/ |
errâmes /e.ʁam/ |
errâtes /e.ʁat/ |
errèrent /e.ʁɛʁ/ | |
future | errerai /e.ʁə.ʁe/ |
erreras /e.ʁə.ʁa/ |
errera /e.ʁə.ʁa/ |
errerons /e.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
errerez /e.ʁə.ʁe/ |
erreront /e.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | errerais /e.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
errerais /e.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
errerait /e.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
errerions /e.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
erreriez /e.ʁə.ʁje/ |
erreraient /e.ʁə.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 | erre /ɛʁ/ |
erres /ɛʁ/ |
erre /ɛʁ/ |
errions /e.ʁjɔ̃/ |
erriez /e.ʁje/ |
errent /ɛʁ/ |
imperfect2 | errasse /e.ʁas/ |
errasses /e.ʁas/ |
errât /e.ʁa/ |
errassions /e.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
errassiez /e.ʁa.sje/ |
errassent /e.ʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | erre /ɛʁ/ |
— | errons /e.ʁɔ̃/ |
errez /e.ʁe/ |
— | |
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
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “errer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
editVerb
editerrer
Middle English
editNoun
editerrer
- Alternative form of erere
Old French
editEtymology
editFrom Latin errāre, present active infinitive of errō.
Verb
editerrer
- to walk (to); to wander (to)
- c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
- Par li païs les lait errer
- [He] let them walk through the countryside
- (figuratively) to travel; to voyage
- c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
- Al Reis Ros fist assaveir
K'errer voleit e la croix prendre- He let William Rufus know
That he wanted to travel [to Jerusalem] and take the cross
- He let William Rufus know
Conjugation
editThis verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-rr, *-rrs, *-rrt are modified to r, rs, rt. This verb has a stressed present stem oirr distinct from the unstressed stem err. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of errer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | errer | avoir erré | |||||
gerund | en errant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | errant | ||||||
past participle | erré | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | oir | oirres | oirre | errons | errez | oirrent |
imperfect | erroie, erreie, erroe, erreve | erroies, erreies, erroes, erreves | erroit, erreit, errot, erreve | erriiens, erriens | erriiez, erriez | erroient, erreient, erroent, errevent | |
preterite | errai | erras | erra | errames | errastes | errerent | |
future | errerai | erreras | errera | errerons | erreroiz, errereiz, errerez | erreront | |
conditional | erreroie, errereie | erreroies, errereies | erreroit, errereit | erreriiens, erreriens | erreriiez, erreriez | erreroient, errereient | |
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 | oir | oirs | oirt | errons | errez | oirrent |
imperfect | errasse | errasses | errast | errissons, errissiens | errissoiz, errissez, errissiez | errassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | oirre | — | errons | errez | — |
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