disculper
French
Etymology
Latin disculpō, from dis- + culpa (“fault, blame”). Compare Spanish and Catalan disculpar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis.kyl.pe/
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Verb
disculper
- (transitive) to exonerate
Conjugation
Conjugation of disculper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | disculper | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | disculpant /dis.kyl.pɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | disculpé /dis.kyl.pe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | disculpe /dis.kylp/ | disculpes /dis.kylp/ | disculpe /dis.kylp/ | disculpons /dis.kyl.pɔ̃/ | disculpez /dis.kyl.pe/ | disculpent /dis.kylp/ |
imperfect | disculpais /dis.kyl.pɛ/ | disculpais /dis.kyl.pɛ/ | disculpait /dis.kyl.pɛ/ | disculpions /dis.kyl.pjɔ̃/ | disculpiez /dis.kyl.pje/ | disculpaient /dis.kyl.pɛ/ | |
past historic2 | disculpai /dis.kyl.pe/ | disculpas /dis.kyl.pa/ | disculpa /dis.kyl.pa/ | disculpâmes /dis.kyl.pam/ | disculpâtes /dis.kyl.pat/ | disculpèrent /dis.kyl.pɛʁ/ | |
future | disculperai /dis.kyl.pə.ʁe/ | disculperas /dis.kyl.pə.ʁa/ | disculpera /dis.kyl.pə.ʁa/ | disculperons /dis.kyl.pə.ʁɔ̃/ | disculperez /dis.kyl.pə.ʁe/ | disculperont /dis.kyl.pə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | disculperais /dis.kyl.pə.ʁɛ/ | disculperais /dis.kyl.pə.ʁɛ/ | disculperait /dis.kyl.pə.ʁɛ/ | disculperions /dis.kyl.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ | disculperiez /dis.kyl.pə.ʁje/ | disculperaient /dis.kyl.pə.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 | disculpe /dis.kylp/ | disculpes /dis.kylp/ | disculpe /dis.kylp/ | disculpions /dis.kyl.pjɔ̃/ | disculpiez /dis.kyl.pje/ | disculpent /dis.kylp/ |
imperfect2 | disculpasse /dis.kyl.pas/ | disculpasses /dis.kyl.pas/ | disculpât /dis.kyl.pa/ | disculpassions /dis.kyl.pa.sjɔ̃/ | disculpassiez /dis.kyl.pa.sje/ | disculpassent /dis.kyl.pas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | disculpe /dis.kylp/ | — | disculpons /dis.kyl.pɔ̃/ | disculpez /dis.kyl.pe/ | — | |
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
- “disculper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.