larmoyer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French larmoiier, from Vulgar Latin *lacrimidiāre. By surface analysis, larme +‎ -oyer. Compare Occitan lagremejar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laʁ.mwa.je/

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Verb

larmoyer

1. (intransitive, of a person) to weep, sob
2. (intransitive, of eyes) to build up with tears; water up
3. (intransitive, of a person) to whine, whinge
4. (intransitive) to drip

Conjugation

This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.

Conjugation of larmoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	larmoyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	larmoyant /laʁ.mwa.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		larmoyé /laʁ.mwa.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	larmoie /laʁ.mwa/	larmoies /laʁ.mwa/	larmoie /laʁ.mwa/	larmoyons /laʁ.mwa.jɔ̃/	larmoyez /laʁ.mwa.je/	larmoient /laʁ.mwa/
	imperfect	larmoyais /laʁ.mwa.jɛ/	larmoyais /laʁ.mwa.jɛ/	larmoyait /laʁ.mwa.jɛ/	larmoyions /laʁ.mwaj.jɔ̃/	larmoyiez /laʁ.mwaj.je/	larmoyaient /laʁ.mwa.jɛ/
	past historic2	larmoyai /laʁ.mwa.je/	larmoyas /laʁ.mwa.ja/	larmoya /laʁ.mwa.ja/	larmoyâmes /laʁ.mwa.jam/	larmoyâtes /laʁ.mwa.jat/	larmoyèrent /laʁ.mwa.jɛʁ/
	future	larmoierai /laʁ.mwa.ʁe/	larmoieras /laʁ.mwa.ʁa/	larmoiera /laʁ.mwa.ʁa/	larmoierons /laʁ.mwa.ʁɔ̃/	larmoierez /laʁ.mwa.ʁe/	larmoieront /laʁ.mwa.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	larmoierais /laʁ.mwa.ʁɛ/	larmoierais /laʁ.mwa.ʁɛ/	larmoierait /laʁ.mwa.ʁɛ/	larmoierions /laʁ.mwa.ʁjɔ̃/	larmoieriez /laʁ.mwa.ʁje/	larmoieraient /laʁ.mwa.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	larmoie /laʁ.mwa/	larmoies /laʁ.mwa/	larmoie /laʁ.mwa/	larmoyions /laʁ.mwaj.jɔ̃/	larmoyiez /laʁ.mwaj.je/	larmoient /laʁ.mwa/
	imperfect2	larmoyasse /laʁ.mwa.jas/	larmoyasses /laʁ.mwa.jas/	larmoyât /laʁ.mwa.ja/	larmoyassions /laʁ.mwa.ja.sjɔ̃/	larmoyassiez /laʁ.mwa.ja.sje/	larmoyassent /laʁ.mwa.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	larmoie /laʁ.mwa/	—	larmoyons /laʁ.mwa.jɔ̃/	larmoyez /laʁ.mwa.je/	—
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).

See also

• pleurer

Further reading

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