aberrer
French
Etymology
1532, from Latin aberrō.
Pronunciation
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Verb
aberrer
- (intransitive, very rare) to make a mistake; to wander in one's judgement
- (transitive, very rare) to skew; to render inexact or aberrant
- (intransitive, obsolete) to lose oneself or deviate from a straight path
Conjugation
Conjugation of aberrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | aberrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | aberrant /a.bɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /a.be.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | aberré /a.bɛ.ʁe/ or /a.be.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | aberre /a.bɛʁ/ | aberres /a.bɛʁ/ | aberre /a.bɛʁ/ | aberrons /a.bɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.be.ʁɔ̃/ | aberrez /a.bɛ.ʁe/ or /a.be.ʁe/ | aberrent /a.bɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | aberrais /a.bɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.be.ʁɛ/ | aberrais /a.bɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.be.ʁɛ/ | aberrait /a.bɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.be.ʁɛ/ | aberrions /a.bɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.be.ʁjɔ̃/ | aberriez /a.bɛ.ʁje/ or /a.be.ʁje/ | aberraient /a.bɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.be.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | aberrai /a.bɛ.ʁe/ or /a.be.ʁe/ | aberras /a.bɛ.ʁa/ or /a.be.ʁa/ | aberra /a.bɛ.ʁa/ or /a.be.ʁa/ | aberrâmes /a.bɛ.ʁam/ or /a.be.ʁam/ | aberrâtes /a.bɛ.ʁat/ or /a.be.ʁat/ | aberrèrent /a.bɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /a.be.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | aberrerai /a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /a.be.ʁə.ʁe/ | aberreras /a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /a.be.ʁə.ʁa/ | aberrera /a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /a.be.ʁə.ʁa/ | aberrerons /a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.be.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | aberrerez /a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /a.be.ʁə.ʁe/ | aberreront /a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.be.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | aberrerais /a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /a.be.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | aberrerais /a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /a.be.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | aberrerait /a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /a.be.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | aberrerions /a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.be.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | aberreriez /a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /a.be.ʁə.ʁje/ | aberreraient /a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /a.be.ʁə.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 | aberre /a.bɛʁ/ | aberres /a.bɛʁ/ | aberre /a.bɛʁ/ | aberrions /a.bɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.be.ʁjɔ̃/ | aberriez /a.bɛ.ʁje/ or /a.be.ʁje/ | aberrent /a.bɛʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | aberrasse /a.bɛ.ʁas/ or /a.be.ʁas/ | aberrasses /a.bɛ.ʁas/ or /a.be.ʁas/ | aberrât /a.bɛ.ʁa/ or /a.be.ʁa/ | aberrassions /a.bɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /a.be.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ | aberrassiez /a.bɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /a.be.ʁa.sje/ | aberrassent /a.bɛ.ʁas/ or /a.be.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | aberre /a.bɛʁ/ | — | aberrons /a.bɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.be.ʁɔ̃/ | aberrez /a.bɛ.ʁe/ or /a.be.ʁe/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
- aberrant
- aberration
Further reading
- “aberrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
aberrer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of aberrō