see|devoirs
English

Etymology
From OF. deveir (French #French|devoir), from Latin debere �to owe�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/d��vw��/

Noun
en-noun

1. archaic duty|Duty, business; something which one must do.

#* 1885: Then quoth the portress to the mistress of the house, "O my lady, arise and go to thy place that I in turn may do my devoir." � Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, vol. 1

French

Etymology
OF. deveir, from L.|fr debere �must�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/dÇ�vwaÊ�/, SAMPA|/[email protected]/

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. duty
2. exercise (set for homework)

Verb
devoir

1. intransitive must, to have to

Conjugation
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|-
! colspan"3" style"background:#e2e4c0" | infinitive
| colspan="5" | devoir

|-
! colspan"3" style"background:#e2e4c0" | present participle
| colspan="5" | devant

|-
! colspan"3" style"background:#e2e4c0" | past participle
| colspan="5" | dû (feminine due#French|due)

|-
! colspan"2" rowspan"2" style="background:#C0C0C0" | person
! colspan"3" style"background:#C0C0C0" | singular
! colspan"3" style"background:#C0C0C0" | plural

|-
! style="background:#C0C0C0;width:12.5%" | first
! style="background:#C0C0C0;width:12.5%" | second
! style="background:#C0C0C0;width:12.5%" | third
! style="background:#C0C0C0;width:12.5%" | first
! style="background:#C0C0C0;width:12.5%" | second
! style="background:#C0C0C0;width:12.5%" | third

|-
! style"background:#c0cfe4" rowspan"5" | indicative
! style="background:#c0cfe4" |
! style="background:#c0cfe4" | je
! style="background:#c0cfe4" | tu
! style="background:#c0cfe4" | il
! style="background:#c0cfe4" | nous
! style="background:#c0cfe4" | vous
! style="background:#c0cfe4" | ils

|-
! style="height:3em;background:#c0cfe4" | present
| dois
| dois
| doit
| devons
| devez
| doivent

|-
! style="height:3em;background:#c0cfe4" | imperfect
| devais
| devais
| devait
| devions
| deviez
| devaient

|-
! style="height:3em;background:#c0cfe4" | past historic
| dus
| dus
| dut
| dûmes
| dûtes
| durent

|-
! style="height:3em;background:#c0cfe4" | future
| devrai
| devras
| devra
| devrons
| devrez
| devront

|-
! style"height:3em;background:#c0cfe4" colspan"2" | conditional
| devrais
| devrais
| devrait
| devrions
| devriez
| devraient

|-
! style"background:#c0e4c0" rowspan"3" | subjunctive
! style="background:#c0e4c0" |
! style="background:#c0e4c0" | que je
! style="background:#c0e4c0" | que tu
! style="background:#c0e4c0" | qu'il
! style="background:#c0e4c0" | que nous
! style="background:#c0e4c0" | que vous
! style="background:#c0e4c0" | qu'ils

|-
! style="height:3em;background:#c0e4c0" | present
| doive
| doives
| doive
| devions
| deviez
| doivent

|-
! style="height:3em;background:#c0e4c0" | imperfect
| dusse
| dusses
| dût
| dussions
| dussiez
| dussent

|-
! colspan"2" rowspan"2" style="height:3em;background:#e4d4c0" | imperative
! style="background:#e4d4c0" | -
! style="background:#e4d4c0" | tu
! style="background:#e4d4c0" | -
! style="background:#e4d4c0" | nous
! style="background:#e4d4c0" | vous
! style="background:#e4d4c0" | -

| devons
| devez
|

|}
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See also
rfc-level|See also at L4+ not in L3 POS section (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Conjugation)
falloir

Category:French auxiliary verbs
Category:French nouns
Category:French verbs

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