désavouer
See also: desavouer
French
Etymology
dés- + avouer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.za.vwe/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -we
Verb
désavouer
- to take back (something that has been said)
- to disown
- to disavow
- to deny, deny ownership of
Conjugation
Conjugation of désavouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | désavouer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | désavouant /de.za.vwɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | désavoué /de.za.vwe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | désavoue /de.za.vu/ | désavoues /de.za.vu/ | désavoue /de.za.vu/ | désavouons /de.za.vwɔ̃/ | désavouez /de.za.vwe/ | désavouent /de.za.vu/ |
| imperfect | désavouais /de.za.vwɛ/ | désavouais /de.za.vwɛ/ | désavouait /de.za.vwɛ/ | désavouions /de.za.vu.jɔ̃/ | désavouiez /de.za.vu.je/ | désavouaient /de.za.vwɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | désavouai /de.za.vwe/ | désavouas /de.za.vwa/ | désavoua /de.za.vwa/ | désavouâmes /de.za.vwam/ | désavouâtes /de.za.vwat/ | désavouèrent /de.za.vwɛʁ/ | |
| future | désavouerai /de.za.vu.ʁe/ | désavoueras /de.za.vu.ʁa/ | désavouera /de.za.vu.ʁa/ | désavouerons /de.za.vu.ʁɔ̃/ | désavouerez /de.za.vu.ʁe/ | désavoueront /de.za.vu.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | désavouerais /de.za.vu.ʁɛ/ | désavouerais /de.za.vu.ʁɛ/ | désavouerait /de.za.vu.ʁɛ/ | désavouerions /de.za.vu.ʁjɔ̃/ | désavoueriez /de.za.vu.ʁje/ | désavoueraient /de.za.vu.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 | désavoue /de.za.vu/ | désavoues /de.za.vu/ | désavoue /de.za.vu/ | désavouions /de.za.vu.jɔ̃/ | désavouiez /de.za.vu.je/ | désavouent /de.za.vu/ |
| imperfect2 | désavouasse /de.za.vwas/ | désavouasses /de.za.vwas/ | désavouât /de.za.vwa/ | désavouassions /de.za.vwa.sjɔ̃/ | désavouassiez /de.za.vwa.sje/ | désavouassent /de.za.vwas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | désavoue /de.za.vu/ | — | désavouons /de.za.vwɔ̃/ | désavouez /de.za.vwe/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- désavouement (noun)
Descendants
- → Dutch: desavoueren
- → German: desavouieren
- → Italian: sconfessare (calque)
- → Swedish: desavouera
Further reading
- “désavouer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.