concevoir

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French concevoir, from Vulgar Latin *concipēre, from Latin concipere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sə.vwaʁ/ Rhymes: -waʁ === Verb === concevoir to conceive: to conceive (an idea) to conceive, to conceive of; to understand, to comprehend (dated) to conceive (a baby) to design concevoir les plans d'un immeuble ― to design the plans for a building ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “concevoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Alternative forms === conceivre conçoivre === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *concipēre, variant form of Classical Latin concipere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kunt͡səˈvoi̯ɾ/ === Verb === concevoir to conceive (an idea) to conceive (a baby) ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem conçoiv distinct from the unstressed stem concev, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: conceyven, conceive, conceyve, consaive, consayfe, consayve, conseyven, conseyweEnglish: conceive French: concevoir === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “concevoir”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. conceivre on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub