fatiguer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fatīgāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.ti.ɡe/

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Verb

fatiguer

1. (intransitive) to tire
2. (transitive) to wear out, to drain
3. (reflexive) to make an effort (especially in the negative)

   Il ne se fatigue pas.

   He isn't making the effort; he isn't trying very hard.

4. (transitive) to bore, to annoy

   Tu me fatigues avec toutes tes questions.

   You bore me with all your questions.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fatiguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	fatiguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	fatiguant /fa.ti.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		fatigué /fa.ti.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	fatigue /fa.tiɡ/	fatigues /fa.tiɡ/	fatigue /fa.tiɡ/	fatiguons /fa.ti.ɡɔ̃/	fatiguez /fa.ti.ɡe/	fatiguent /fa.tiɡ/
	imperfect	fatiguais /fa.ti.ɡɛ/	fatiguais /fa.ti.ɡɛ/	fatiguait /fa.ti.ɡɛ/	fatiguions /fa.ti.ɡjɔ̃/	fatiguiez /fa.ti.ɡje/	fatiguaient /fa.ti.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	fatiguai /fa.ti.ɡe/	fatiguas /fa.ti.ɡa/	fatigua /fa.ti.ɡa/	fatiguâmes /fa.ti.ɡam/	fatiguâtes /fa.ti.ɡat/	fatiguèrent /fa.ti.ɡɛʁ/
	future	fatiguerai /fa.ti.ɡʁe/	fatigueras /fa.ti.ɡʁa/	fatiguera /fa.ti.ɡʁa/	fatiguerons /fa.ti.ɡʁɔ̃/	fatiguerez /fa.ti.ɡʁe/	fatigueront /fa.ti.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	fatiguerais /fa.ti.ɡʁɛ/	fatiguerais /fa.ti.ɡʁɛ/	fatiguerait /fa.ti.ɡʁɛ/	fatiguerions /fa.ti.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	fatigueriez /fa.ti.ɡə.ʁje/	fatigueraient /fa.ti.ɡʁɛ/
(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	fatigue /fa.tiɡ/	fatigues /fa.tiɡ/	fatigue /fa.tiɡ/	fatiguions /fa.ti.ɡjɔ̃/	fatiguiez /fa.ti.ɡje/	fatiguent /fa.tiɡ/
	imperfect2	fatiguasse /fa.ti.ɡas/	fatiguasses /fa.ti.ɡas/	fatiguât /fa.ti.ɡa/	fatiguassions /fa.ti.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	fatiguassiez /fa.ti.ɡa.sje/	fatiguassent /fa.ti.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fatigue /fa.tiɡ/	—	fatiguons /fa.ti.ɡɔ̃/	fatiguez /fa.ti.ɡe/	—
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).

Conjugation of se fatiguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	se fatiguer
	compound	s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	se fatiguant /sə fa.ti.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		fatigué /fa.ti.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	me fatigue /mə fa.tiɡ/	te fatigues /tə fa.tiɡ/	se fatigue /sə fa.tiɡ/	nous fatiguons /nu fa.ti.ɡɔ̃/	vous fatiguez /vu fa.ti.ɡe/	se fatiguent /sə fa.tiɡ/
	imperfect	me fatiguais /mə fa.ti.ɡɛ/	te fatiguais /tə fa.ti.ɡɛ/	se fatiguait /sə fa.ti.ɡɛ/	nous fatiguions /nu fa.ti.ɡjɔ̃/	vous fatiguiez /vu fa.ti.ɡje/	se fatiguaient /sə fa.ti.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	me fatiguai /mə fa.ti.ɡe/	te fatiguas /tə fa.ti.ɡa/	se fatigua /sə fa.ti.ɡa/	nous fatiguâmes /nu fa.ti.ɡam/	vous fatiguâtes /vu fa.ti.ɡat/	se fatiguèrent /sə fa.ti.ɡɛʁ/
	future	me fatiguerai /mə fa.ti.ɡʁe/	te fatigueras /tə fa.ti.ɡʁa/	se fatiguera /sə fa.ti.ɡʁa/	nous fatiguerons /nu fa.ti.ɡʁɔ̃/	vous fatiguerez /vu fa.ti.ɡʁe/	se fatigueront /sə fa.ti.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	me fatiguerais /mə fa.ti.ɡʁɛ/	te fatiguerais /tə fa.ti.ɡʁɛ/	se fatiguerait /sə fa.ti.ɡʁɛ/	nous fatiguerions /nu fa.ti.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	vous fatigueriez /vu fa.ti.ɡə.ʁje/	se fatigueraient /sə fa.ti.ɡʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	me fatigue /mə fa.tiɡ/	te fatigues /tə fa.tiɡ/	se fatigue /sə fa.tiɡ/	nous fatiguions /nu fa.ti.ɡjɔ̃/	vous fatiguiez /vu fa.ti.ɡje/	se fatiguent /sə fa.tiɡ/
	imperfect2	me fatiguasse /mə fa.ti.ɡas/	te fatiguasses /tə fa.ti.ɡas/	se fatiguât /sə fa.ti.ɡa/	nous fatiguassions /nu fa.ti.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	vous fatiguassiez /vu fa.ti.ɡa.sje/	se fatiguassent /sə fa.ti.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fatigue-toi /fa.tiɡ.twa/	—	fatiguons-nous /fa.ti.ɡɔ̃.nu/	fatiguez-vous /fa.ti.ɡe.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + 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

• “fatiguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• réfugiât