délabrer
French
Etymology
From Middle French [Term?], from dé- + a derivative of label, lambel (“strip”), from Frankish *lappā (“cloth, rag, lobe”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“blade”). Cognate with Old High German lappa (“corner of clothing, flap”), Old English læppa (“skirt of a garment, lappet, piece, section, lobe, portion, district”). More at lap, lappet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.la.bʁe/
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Verb
délabrer
- to dilapidate (building)
Conjugation
Conjugation of délabrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | délabrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | délabrant /de.la.bʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | délabré /de.la.bʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | délabre /de.labʁ/ | délabres /de.labʁ/ | délabre /de.labʁ/ | délabrons /de.la.bʁɔ̃/ | délabrez /de.la.bʁe/ | délabrent /de.labʁ/ |
| imperfect | délabrais /de.la.bʁɛ/ | délabrais /de.la.bʁɛ/ | délabrait /de.la.bʁɛ/ | délabrions /de.la.bʁi.jɔ̃/ | délabriez /de.la.bʁi.je/ | délabraient /de.la.bʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | délabrai /de.la.bʁe/ | délabras /de.la.bʁa/ | délabra /de.la.bʁa/ | délabrâmes /de.la.bʁam/ | délabrâtes /de.la.bʁat/ | délabrèrent /de.la.bʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | délabrerai /de.la.bʁə.ʁe/ | délabreras /de.la.bʁə.ʁa/ | délabrera /de.la.bʁə.ʁa/ | délabrerons /de.la.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | délabrerez /de.la.bʁə.ʁe/ | délabreront /de.la.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | délabrerais /de.la.bʁə.ʁɛ/ | délabrerais /de.la.bʁə.ʁɛ/ | délabrerait /de.la.bʁə.ʁɛ/ | délabrerions /de.la.bʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | délabreriez /de.la.bʁə.ʁje/ | délabreraient /de.la.bʁə.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 | délabre /de.labʁ/ | délabres /de.labʁ/ | délabre /de.labʁ/ | délabrions /de.la.bʁi.jɔ̃/ | délabriez /de.la.bʁi.je/ | délabrent /de.labʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | délabrasse /de.la.bʁas/ | délabrasses /de.la.bʁas/ | délabrât /de.la.bʁa/ | délabrassions /de.la.bʁa.sjɔ̃/ | délabrassiez /de.la.bʁa.sje/ | délabrassent /de.la.bʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | délabre /de.labʁ/ | — | délabrons /de.la.bʁɔ̃/ | délabrez /de.la.bʁe/ | — | |
| 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
- “délabrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.