Conjugations
All six tenses and their examples are shown below. Use the links above to jump to a tense. English translations use the meaning “to disappoint.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | déçois | I disappoint | |
| tu | déçois | you disappoint | |
| il / elle / on | déçoit | he / she / it disappointson: we disappoint / one disappoints | |
| nous | décevons | we disappoint | |
| vous | décevez | you disappoint | |
| ils / elles | déçoivent | they disappoint |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le résultat déçoit Paul.
The result disappoints Paul.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai déçu | I disappointed | |
| tu | as déçu | you disappointed | |
| il / elle / on | a déçu | he / she / it disappointedon: we disappointed / one disappointed | |
| nous | avons déçu | we disappointed | |
| vous | avez déçu | you disappointed | |
| ils / elles | ont déçu | they disappointed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le résultat a déçu Paul.
Yesterday, the result disappointed Paul.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
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Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | décevais | I used to disappoint | |
| tu | décevais | you used to disappoint | |
| il / elle / on | décevait | he / she / it used to disappointon: we used to disappoint / one used to disappoint | |
| nous | décevions | we used to disappoint | |
| vous | déceviez | you used to disappoint | |
| ils / elles | décevaient | they used to disappoint |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le résultat décevait Paul.
Back then, the result used to disappoint Paul.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | décevrai | I will disappoint | |
| tu | décevras | you will disappoint | |
| il / elle / on | décevra | he / she / it will disappointon: we will disappoint / one will disappoint | |
| nous | décevrons | we will disappoint | |
| vous | décevrez | you will disappoint | |
| ils / elles | décevront | they will disappoint |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le résultat décevra Paul.
Later, the result will disappoint Paul.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | décevrais | I would disappoint | |
| tu | décevrais | you would disappoint | |
| il / elle / on | décevrait | he / she / it would disappointon: we would disappoint / one would disappoint | |
| nous | décevrions | we would disappoint | |
| vous | décevriez | you would disappoint | |
| ils / elles | décevraient | they would disappoint |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le résultat décevrait Paul.
The result would disappoint Paul.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | déçoive | (that) I disappoint | |
| tu | déçoives | (that) you disappoint | |
| il / elle / on | déçoive | (that) he / she / it disappointson: (that) we disappoint / one disappoints | |
| nous | décevions | (that) we disappoint | |
| vous | déceviez | (that) you disappoint | |
| ils / elles | déçoivent | (that) they disappoint |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le résultat déçoive Paul.
It is possible that the result disappoints Paul.
French forms omit the subject. Use j’ before a vowel sound. Vous is polite singular or plural “you”; on often means “we,” or the general “one.” English wording depends on the context: passé composé can also use “have,” and the imperfect can describe an ongoing action. Subjunctive translations here follow “it is possible that.”
Meaning & usage
- to disappoint
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and simple conjugation forms adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Passé composé forms combine the source auxiliary and past participle. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations