errer

See also: èrrer

French

Etymology

From Old French errer, from Latin errāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ʁe/

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Verb

errer

1. (intransitive) to wander, to wander about

Conjugation

Conjugation of errer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	errer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	errant /e.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		erré /e.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	erre /ɛʁ/	erres /ɛʁ/	erre /ɛʁ/	errons /e.ʁɔ̃/	errez /e.ʁe/	errent /ɛʁ/
	imperfect	errais /e.ʁɛ/	errais /e.ʁɛ/	errait /e.ʁɛ/	errions /e.ʁjɔ̃/	erriez /e.ʁje/	erraient /e.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	errai /e.ʁe/	erras /e.ʁa/	erra /e.ʁa/	errâmes /e.ʁam/	errâtes /e.ʁat/	errèrent /e.ʁɛʁ/
	future	errerai /e.ʁə.ʁe/	erreras /e.ʁə.ʁa/	errera /e.ʁə.ʁa/	errerons /e.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	errerez /e.ʁə.ʁe/	erreront /e.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	errerais /e.ʁə.ʁɛ/	errerais /e.ʁə.ʁɛ/	errerait /e.ʁə.ʁɛ/	errerions /e.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	erreriez /e.ʁə.ʁje/	erreraient /e.ʁə.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	erre /ɛʁ/	erres /ɛʁ/	erre /ɛʁ/	errions /e.ʁjɔ̃/	erriez /e.ʁje/	errent /ɛʁ/
	imperfect2	errasse /e.ʁas/	errasses /e.ʁas/	errât /e.ʁa/	errassions /e.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	errassiez /e.ʁa.sje/	errassent /e.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	erre /ɛʁ/	—	errons /e.ʁɔ̃/	errez /e.ʁe/	—
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

• errance

Related terms

• errant

Further reading

• “errer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

errer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of errō

Middle English

Noun

errer

1. Alternative form of erere

Old French

Etymology

From Latin errāre, present active infinitive of errō.

Verb

errer

1. to walk (to); to wander (to)
   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     Par li païs les lait errer

     [He] let them walk through the countryside

2. (figuratively) to travel; to voyage
   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     Al Reis Ros fist assaveir
     K'errer voleit e la croix prendre

     He let William Rufus know
     That he wanted to travel [to Jerusalem] and take the cross

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-rr, *-rrs, *-rrt are modified to r, rs, rt. This verb has a stressed present stem oirr distinct from the unstressed stem err. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of errer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		errer			avoir erré
gerund		en errant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		errant
past participle		erré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	oir	oirres	oirre	errons	errez	oirrent
	imperfect	erroie, erreie, erroe, erreve	erroies, erreies, erroes, erreves	erroit, erreit, errot, erreve	erriiens, erriens	erriiez, erriez	erroient, erreient, erroent, errevent
	preterite	errai	erras	erra	errames	errastes	errerent
	future	errerai	erreras	errera	errerons	erreroiz, errereiz, errerez	erreront
	conditional	erreroie, errereie	erreroies, errereies	erreroit, errereit	erreriiens, erreriens	erreriiez, erreriez	erreroient, errereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	oir	oirs	oirt	errons	errez	oirrent
	imperfect	errasse	errasses	errast	errissons, errissiens	errissoiz, errissez, errissiez	errassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	oirre	—	errons	errez	—

Related terms

• errant

Descendants

• English: err
• French: errer
• Norman: èrrer (Jersey)