désabuser
French
Etymology
From dés- + abuser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.za.by.ze/
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Verb
désabuser
- to correct, to enlighten
- to disenchant, to disillusion
Conjugation
Conjugation of désabuser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | désabuser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | désabusant /de.za.by.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | désabusé /de.za.by.ze/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | désabuse /de.za.byz/ | désabuses /de.za.byz/ | désabuse /de.za.byz/ | désabusons /de.za.by.zɔ̃/ | désabusez /de.za.by.ze/ | désabusent /de.za.byz/ |
imperfect | désabusais /de.za.by.zɛ/ | désabusais /de.za.by.zɛ/ | désabusait /de.za.by.zɛ/ | désabusions /de.za.by.zjɔ̃/ | désabusiez /de.za.by.zje/ | désabusaient /de.za.by.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | désabusai /de.za.by.ze/ | désabusas /de.za.by.za/ | désabusa /de.za.by.za/ | désabusâmes /de.za.by.zam/ | désabusâtes /de.za.by.zat/ | désabusèrent /de.za.by.zɛʁ/ | |
future | désabuserai /de.za.byz.ʁe/ | désabuseras /de.za.byz.ʁa/ | désabusera /de.za.byz.ʁa/ | désabuserons /de.za.byz.ʁɔ̃/ | désabuserez /de.za.byz.ʁe/ | désabuseront /de.za.byz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | désabuserais /de.za.byz.ʁɛ/ | désabuserais /de.za.byz.ʁɛ/ | désabuserait /de.za.byz.ʁɛ/ | désabuserions /de.za.by.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | désabuseriez /de.za.by.zə.ʁje/ | désabuseraient /de.za.byz.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 | désabuse /de.za.byz/ | désabuses /de.za.byz/ | désabuse /de.za.byz/ | désabusions /de.za.by.zjɔ̃/ | désabusiez /de.za.by.zje/ | désabusent /de.za.byz/ |
imperfect2 | désabusasse /de.za.by.zas/ | désabusasses /de.za.by.zas/ | désabusât /de.za.by.za/ | désabusassions /de.za.by.za.sjɔ̃/ | désabusassiez /de.za.by.za.sje/ | désabusassent /de.za.by.zas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | désabuse /de.za.byz/ | — | désabusons /de.za.by.zɔ̃/ | désabusez /de.za.by.ze/ | — | |
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
- “désabuser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.