Define:Former

		simple			compound
infinitive		former			avoir formé
gerund		en formant			en ayant formé
present participle		formant
past participle		formé
person		singular			plural
person		first	seicont	third	first	seicont	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	forme	formes	forme	formons	formez	forment
	imperfect	formais	formais	formait	formions	formiez	formaient
	past historic¹	formai	formas	forma	formâmes	formâtes	formèrent
	futur	formerai	formeras	formera	formerons	formerez	formeront
	condeetional	formerais	formerais	formerait	formerions	formeriez	formeraient
compoond tenses	present perfect	Uise the present tense o avoir follaed bi the past pairteeciple
	pluperfect	Uise the imperfect tense o avoir follaed bi the past pairteeciple
	past anterior¹	Uise the past heestoric tense o avoir follaed bi the past pairteeciple
	futur perfect	Uise the futur tense o avoir follaed bi the past pairteeciple
	condeetional perfect	Uise the condeetional tense o avoir follaed bi the past pairteeciple
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	forme	formes	forme	formions	formiez	forment
simple tenses	imperfect¹	formasse	formasses	formât	formassions	formassiez	formassent
compoond tenses	past	Uise the present subjunctive o avoir follaed bi the past pairteeciple
compoond tenses	pluperfect¹	Uise the imperfect subjunctive o avoir follaed bi the past pairteeciple
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	forme	—	formons	formez	—
¹literary tenses

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Freemit airtins eedit

“Former” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Inglis eedit

former

, comparative o

, frae Old English

. Parallel tae prior (via Latin), as comparative form frae same Proto-Indo-European root. Relatit tae first an fore (thence before), frae Proto-Germanic.

Adjective eedit

Former (comparative maist Former, superlative maist Former)

umwhile

Synonyms eedit

(previous): anterior, erstwhile, previous, prior, quondam, ex-

Antonyms eedit

latter

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