Conçoit

Conçoit is the third-person singular present indicative form of the French verb concevoir. Concevoir covers several related senses: to conceive a notion or plan (to form ideas in the mind), to design or develop a product or theory, and, in biology, to become pregnant. In context, conçoit typically refers to someone who designs or envisions something, or to the act of conceiving in the reproductive sense when paired with a noun like un enfant.

Etymology and senses. Concevoir derives from the Latin concipere, meaning to take in or grasp. The verb in French spans intellectual, technical, and biological meanings, reflecting the progression from mental conception to practical design or creation.

Conjugation and forms. In the present tense, the forms are: je conçois, tu conçois, il conçoit, nous concevons, vous concevez, ils conçoivent. The past participle is conçu, used with auxiliary avoir (il a conçu). Other tenses follow regular or established patterns for French -oir verbs in their conjugation, with some irregularities in stems and accents.

Usage and examples. Conçoit is common in technical and professional registers when referring to designing or devising something, for example, concevoir un plan, concevoir une théorie, or concevoir un produit. In biology, concevoir un enfant means to become pregnant. The term also appears in philosophy and rhetoric to indicate the formation of ideas or hypotheses.

See also. Concevoir and its related forms link to discussions of design, cognition, and reproduction in French grammar and vocabulary, illustrating how a single verb encompasses creative and generative processes across domains.