separer

See also: séparer and separêr

Latin

Verb

sēparer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of sēparō

Middle French

Etymology

Latin sēparō.

Verb

separer

1. to separate

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of separer

infinitive	simple	separer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	separant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		separé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	separe	separes	separe	separons	separez	separent
	imperfect	separois, separoys	separois, separoys	separoit, separoyt	separions, separyons	separiez, separyez	separoient, separoyent
	past historic	separa	separas	separa	separasmes	separastes	separerent
	future	separerai, separeray	separeras	separera	separerons	separerez	separeront
	conditional	separerois, separeroys	separerois, separeroys	separeroit, separeroyt	separerions, separeryons	separeriez, separeryez	separeroient, separeroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	separe	separes	separe	separons	separez	separent
	imperfect	separasse	separasses	separast	separassions	separassiez	separassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	separe	—	separons	separez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: séparer

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

separer

1. imperative of separere