menuiser

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French menusier, from Vulgar Latin *minūtiāre, from Latin minūtus (whence French menu).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mə.nɥi.ze/
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Verb

menuiser

  1. to do craftwork or small handiwork

Conjugation
Conjugation of menuiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple menuiser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple menuisant
/mə.nɥi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle menuisé
/mə.nɥi.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present menuise
/mə.nɥiz/		 menuises
/mə.nɥiz/		 menuise
/mə.nɥiz/		 menuisons
/mə.nɥi.zɔ̃/		 menuisez
/mə.nɥi.ze/		 menuisent
/mə.nɥiz/
imperfect menuisais
/mə.nɥi.zɛ/		 menuisais
/mə.nɥi.zɛ/		 menuisait
/mə.nɥi.zɛ/		 menuisions
/mə.nɥi.zjɔ̃/		 menuisiez
/mə.nɥi.zje/		 menuisaient
/mə.nɥi.zɛ/
past historic2 menuisai
/mə.nɥi.ze/		 menuisas
/mə.nɥi.za/		 menuisa
/mə.nɥi.za/		 menuisâmes
/mə.nɥi.zam/		 menuisâtes
/mə.nɥi.zat/		 menuisèrent
/mə.nɥi.zɛʁ/
future menuiserai
/mə.nɥiz.ʁe/		 menuiseras
/mə.nɥiz.ʁa/		 menuisera
/mə.nɥiz.ʁa/		 menuiserons
/mə.nɥiz.ʁɔ̃/		 menuiserez
/mə.nɥiz.ʁe/		 menuiseront
/mə.nɥiz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional menuiserais
/mə.nɥiz.ʁɛ/		 menuiserais
/mə.nɥiz.ʁɛ/		 menuiserait
/mə.nɥiz.ʁɛ/		 menuiserions
/mə.nɥi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 menuiseriez
/mə.nɥi.zə.ʁje/		 menuiseraient
/mə.nɥiz.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 menuise
/mə.nɥiz/		 menuises
/mə.nɥiz/		 menuise
/mə.nɥiz/		 menuisions
/mə.nɥi.zjɔ̃/		 menuisiez
/mə.nɥi.zje/		 menuisent
/mə.nɥiz/
imperfect2 menuisasse
/mə.nɥi.zas/		 menuisasses
/mə.nɥi.zas/		 menuisât
/mə.nɥi.za/		 menuisassions
/mə.nɥi.za.sjɔ̃/		 menuisassiez
/mə.nɥi.za.sje/		 menuisassent
/mə.nɥi.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — menuise
/mə.nɥiz/		 — menuisons
/mə.nɥi.zɔ̃/		 menuisez
/mə.nɥi.ze/		 —
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).

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