souloir

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin solēre (“be accustomed”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /su.lwaʁ/
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Verb[edit]

souloir

  1. (obsolete, archaic) to have the habit of, to be used to

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of souloir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple souloir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple soulant
/su.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle soulu
/su.ly/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present seux
/sø/ 		seux
/sø/ 		seut
/sø/ 		soulons
/su.lɔ̃/ 		soulez
/su.le/ 		seulent
/sœl/
imperfect soulais
/su.lɛ/ 		soulais
/su.lɛ/ 		soulait
/su.lɛ/ 		soulions
/su.ljɔ̃/ 		souliez
/su.lje/ 		soulaient
/su.lɛ/
past historic2 soulus
/su.ly/ 		soulus
/su.ly/ 		soulut
/su.ly/ 		soulûmes
/su.lym/ 		soulûtes
/su.lyt/ 		soulurent
/su.lyʁ/
future soudrai
/su.dʁe/ 		soudras
/su.dʁa/ 		soudra
/su.dʁa/ 		soudrons
/su.dʁɔ̃/ 		soudrez
/su.dʁe/ 		soudront
/su.dʁɔ̃/
conditional soudrais
/su.dʁɛ/ 		soudrais
/su.dʁɛ/ 		soudrait
/su.dʁɛ/ 		soudrions
/su.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		soudriez
/su.dʁi.je/ 		soudraient
/su.dʁɛ/
(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 seuille
/sœj/ 		seuilles
/sœj/ 		seuille
/sœj/ 		soulions
/su.ljɔ̃/ 		souliez
/su.lje/ 		seuillent
/sœj/
imperfect2 soulusse
/su.lys/ 		soulusses
/su.lys/ 		soulût
/su.ly/ 		soulussions
/su.ly.sjɔ̃/ 		soulussiez
/su.ly.sje/ 		soulussent
/su.lys/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — seux
/sø/ 		— soulons
/su.lɔ̃/ 		soulez
/su.le/ 		—
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[edit]

Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French soloir. Attested in the infinitive at least as early as 1537.

Verb[edit]

souloir

  1. to have a custom; to do habitually
    • 1537, Cicero (original author), Epistres familiaires traduictz de latin en francois et nouvellement imprimez link
      les hommes disent souloir estre faulsement rapporté
      the men say that are habitually falsely reported

Descendants[edit]

  • French: souloir (obsolete)
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