habiller
French
Etymology
From Old French abiller, from a- + bille + -er. The orthography with -h-, starting around the 15th century, is likely due to influence from or semantic association with the etymologically unrelated habit.
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /a.bi.je/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Rhymes: -e
- Homophones: habillai, habillé, habillée, habillées, habillés, habillez
Verb
habiller
- (transitive) to dress
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get dressed
- Synonym: mettre ses vêtements
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to dress in a certain fashion
Conjugation
Conjugation of habiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | habiller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | habillant /a.bi.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | habillé /a.bi.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | habille /a.bij/ | habilles /a.bij/ | habille /a.bij/ | habillons /a.bi.jɔ̃/ | habillez /a.bi.je/ | habillent /a.bij/ |
| imperfect | habillais /a.bi.jɛ/ | habillais /a.bi.jɛ/ | habillait /a.bi.jɛ/ | habillions /a.bij.jɔ̃/ | habilliez /a.bij.je/ | habillaient /a.bi.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | habillai /a.bi.je/ | habillas /a.bi.ja/ | habilla /a.bi.ja/ | habillâmes /a.bi.jam/ | habillâtes /a.bi.jat/ | habillèrent /a.bi.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | habillerai /a.bij.ʁe/ | habilleras /a.bij.ʁa/ | habillera /a.bij.ʁa/ | habillerons /a.bij.ʁɔ̃/ | habillerez /a.bij.ʁe/ | habilleront /a.bij.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | habillerais /a.bij.ʁɛ/ | habillerais /a.bij.ʁɛ/ | habillerait /a.bij.ʁɛ/ | habillerions /a.bi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ | habilleriez /a.bi.jə.ʁje/ | habilleraient /a.bij.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 | habille /a.bij/ | habilles /a.bij/ | habille /a.bij/ | habillions /a.bij.jɔ̃/ | habilliez /a.bij.je/ | habillent /a.bij/ |
| imperfect2 | habillasse /a.bi.jas/ | habillasses /a.bi.jas/ | habillât /a.bi.ja/ | habillassions /a.bi.ja.sjɔ̃/ | habillassiez /a.bi.ja.sje/ | habillassent /a.bi.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | habille /a.bij/ | — | habillons /a.bi.jɔ̃/ | habillez /a.bi.je/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Conjugation of s'habiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'habiller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s'habillant /sa.bi.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | habillé /a.bi.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | m'habille /ma.bij/ | t'habilles /ta.bij/ | s'habille /sa.bij/ | nous habillons /nu.z‿a.bi.jɔ̃/ | vous habillez /vu.z‿a.bi.je/ | s'habillent /sa.bij/ |
| imperfect | m'habillais /ma.bi.jɛ/ | t'habillais /ta.bi.jɛ/ | s'habillait /sa.bi.jɛ/ | nous habillions /nu.z‿a.bij.jɔ̃/ | vous habilliez /vu.z‿a.bij.je/ | s'habillaient /sa.bi.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m'habillai /ma.bi.je/ | t'habillas /ta.bi.ja/ | s'habilla /sa.bi.ja/ | nous habillâmes /nu.z‿a.bi.jam/ | vous habillâtes /vu.z‿a.bi.jat/ | s'habillèrent /sa.bi.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | m'habillerai /ma.bij.ʁe/ | t'habilleras /ta.bij.ʁa/ | s'habillera /sa.bij.ʁa/ | nous habillerons /nu.z‿a.bij.ʁɔ̃/ | vous habillerez /vu.z‿a.bij.ʁe/ | s'habilleront /sa.bij.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m'habillerais /ma.bij.ʁɛ/ | t'habillerais /ta.bij.ʁɛ/ | s'habillerait /sa.bij.ʁɛ/ | nous habillerions /nu.z‿a.bi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vous habilleriez /vu.z‿a.bi.jə.ʁje/ | s'habilleraient /sa.bij.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | m'habille /ma.bij/ | t'habilles /ta.bij/ | s'habille /sa.bij/ | nous habillions /nu.z‿a.bij.jɔ̃/ | vous habilliez /vu.z‿a.bij.je/ | s'habillent /sa.bij/ |
| imperfect2 | m'habillasse /ma.bi.jas/ | t'habillasses /ta.bi.jas/ | s'habillât /sa.bi.ja/ | nous habillassions /nu.z‿a.bi.ja.sjɔ̃/ | vous habillassiez /vu.z‿a.bi.ja.sje/ | s'habillassent /sa.bi.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | habille-toi /a.bij.twa/ | — | habillons-nous /a.bi.jɔ̃.nu/ | habillez-vous /a.bi.je.vu/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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
- déshabiller
- déshabiller Paul pour habiller Jean
- déshabiller Pierre pour habiller Paul
- rhabiller
- s'habiller comme la chienne à Jacques
See also
- vêtir
Further reading
- “habiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- rhabille, rhabillé