siester

French

Etymology

sieste +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sjɛs.te/

Verb

siester

  1. (intransitive, rare) to nap
    Synonym: faire la sieste
    Hypernym: dormir

Conjugation
Conjugation of siester (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple siester
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple siestant
/sjɛs.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle siesté
/sjɛs.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present sieste
/sjɛst/		 siestes
/sjɛst/		 sieste
/sjɛst/		 siestons
/sjɛs.tɔ̃/		 siestez
/sjɛs.te/		 siestent
/sjɛst/
imperfect siestais
/sjɛs.tɛ/		 siestais
/sjɛs.tɛ/		 siestait
/sjɛs.tɛ/		 siestions
/sjɛs.tjɔ̃/		 siestiez
/sjɛs.tje/		 siestaient
/sjɛs.tɛ/
past historic2 siestai
/sjɛs.te/		 siestas
/sjɛs.ta/		 siesta
/sjɛs.ta/		 siestâmes
/sjɛs.tam/		 siestâtes
/sjɛs.tat/		 siestèrent
/sjɛs.tɛʁ/
future siesterai
/sjɛs.tə.ʁe/		 siesteras
/sjɛs.tə.ʁa/		 siestera
/sjɛs.tə.ʁa/		 siesterons
/sjɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 siesterez
/sjɛs.tə.ʁe/		 siesteront
/sjɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional siesterais
/sjɛs.tə.ʁɛ/		 siesterais
/sjɛs.tə.ʁɛ/		 siesterait
/sjɛs.tə.ʁɛ/		 siesterions
/sjɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 siesteriez
/sjɛs.tə.ʁje/		 siesteraient
/sjɛs.tə.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 sieste
/sjɛst/		 siestes
/sjɛst/		 sieste
/sjɛst/		 siestions
/sjɛs.tjɔ̃/		 siestiez
/sjɛs.tje/		 siestent
/sjɛst/
imperfect2 siestasse
/sjɛs.tas/		 siestasses
/sjɛs.tas/		 siestât
/sjɛs.ta/		 siestassions
/sjɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/		 siestassiez
/sjɛs.ta.sje/		 siestassent
/sjɛs.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — sieste
/sjɛst/		 — siestons
/sjɛs.tɔ̃/		 siestez
/sjɛs.te/		 —
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).

Derived terms
  • siesteur

Further reading
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