fossoyer
French, verb/fo.swa.je/
fossoyer is a French verb meaning “to dig (graves, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Entourer par des fossés”.
What does fossoyer mean in English?
verb
- 1
archaicto put a ditch around
- 2
to dig (graves, etc.)
- 3
to bury, to put to rest
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Entourer par des fossés. 2. Creuser une fosse (dans un cimetière, en particulier). 3. Enterrer.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fossoyer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- fossoyant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- fossoyé participle past
- fossoie first-person indicative present
- fossoies indicative present second-person
- fossoyons first-person indicative plural
- fossoyez indicative plural present
- fossoient indicative plural present
- fossoyais first-person imperfect indicative
- fossoyait imperfect indicative singular
- fossoyions first-person imperfect indicative
- fossoyiez imperfect indicative plural
- fossoyaient imperfect indicative plural
- fossoyai first-person historic indicative
- fossoyas historic indicative past
- fossoya historic indicative past
- fossoyâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fossoyer?
- /fo.swa.je/
- /fɔ.swa.je/
- \fo.swa.je\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.