cocufier

French

Etymology

From cocu +‎ -ifier.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ.ky.fje/
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Verb

cocufier

  1. (transitive) to be unfaithful to; to cuckold
    Synonym: encorner
    • 2000, Frédéric Beigbeder, 99 francs, Gallimard, →ISBN, page 170:
      Octave ignorait sa liaison avec Marc mais il aurait dû s’estimer heureux : être cocufié par son employeur équivalait à un licenciement indirect.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation
Conjugation of cocufier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cocufier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cocufiant
/kɔ.ky.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cocufié
/kɔ.ky.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present cocufie
/kɔ.ky.fi/		 cocufies
/kɔ.ky.fi/		 cocufie
/kɔ.ky.fi/		 cocufions
/kɔ.ky.fjɔ̃/		 cocufiez
/kɔ.ky.fje/		 cocufient
/kɔ.ky.fi/
imperfect cocufiais
/kɔ.ky.fjɛ/		 cocufiais
/kɔ.ky.fjɛ/		 cocufiait
/kɔ.ky.fjɛ/		 cocufiions
/kɔ.ky.fi.jɔ̃/		 cocufiiez
/kɔ.ky.fi.je/		 cocufiaient
/kɔ.ky.fjɛ/
past historic2 cocufiai
/kɔ.ky.fje/		 cocufias
/kɔ.ky.fja/		 cocufia
/kɔ.ky.fja/		 cocufiâmes
/kɔ.ky.fjam/		 cocufiâtes
/kɔ.ky.fjat/		 cocufièrent
/kɔ.ky.fjɛʁ/
future cocufierai
/kɔ.ky.fi.ʁe/		 cocufieras
/kɔ.ky.fi.ʁa/		 cocufiera
/kɔ.ky.fi.ʁa/		 cocufierons
/kɔ.ky.fi.ʁɔ̃/		 cocufierez
/kɔ.ky.fi.ʁe/		 cocufieront
/kɔ.ky.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional cocufierais
/kɔ.ky.fi.ʁɛ/		 cocufierais
/kɔ.ky.fi.ʁɛ/		 cocufierait
/kɔ.ky.fi.ʁɛ/		 cocufierions
/kɔ.ky.fi.ʁjɔ̃/		 cocufieriez
/kɔ.ky.fi.ʁje/		 cocufieraient
/kɔ.ky.fi.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 cocufie
/kɔ.ky.fi/		 cocufies
/kɔ.ky.fi/		 cocufie
/kɔ.ky.fi/		 cocufiions
/kɔ.ky.fi.jɔ̃/		 cocufiiez
/kɔ.ky.fi.je/		 cocufient
/kɔ.ky.fi/
imperfect2 cocufiasse
/kɔ.ky.fjas/		 cocufiasses
/kɔ.ky.fjas/		 cocufiât
/kɔ.ky.fja/		 cocufiassions
/kɔ.ky.fja.sjɔ̃/		 cocufiassiez
/kɔ.ky.fja.sje/		 cocufiassent
/kɔ.ky.fjas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cocufie
/kɔ.ky.fi/		 — cocufions
/kɔ.ky.fjɔ̃/		 cocufiez
/kɔ.ky.fje/		 —
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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