obnubiler
French
Etymology
From the Middle French obnubiler, obnubuler, from the Old French obnubler, obnublir, borrowed from Latin obnūbilō, obnūbilāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔb.ny.bi.le/
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Verb
obnubiler
- (transitive) to cloud, to obscure
- (transitive) to obsess, to engross
Conjugation
Conjugation of obnubiler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | obnubiler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | obnubilant /ɔb.ny.bi.lɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | obnubilé /ɔb.ny.bi.le/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | obnubile /ɔb.ny.bil/ | obnubiles /ɔb.ny.bil/ | obnubile /ɔb.ny.bil/ | obnubilons /ɔb.ny.bi.lɔ̃/ | obnubilez /ɔb.ny.bi.le/ | obnubilent /ɔb.ny.bil/ |
imperfect | obnubilais /ɔb.ny.bi.lɛ/ | obnubilais /ɔb.ny.bi.lɛ/ | obnubilait /ɔb.ny.bi.lɛ/ | obnubilions /ɔb.ny.bi.ljɔ̃/ | obnubiliez /ɔb.ny.bi.lje/ | obnubilaient /ɔb.ny.bi.lɛ/ | |
past historic2 | obnubilai /ɔb.ny.bi.le/ | obnubilas /ɔb.ny.bi.la/ | obnubila /ɔb.ny.bi.la/ | obnubilâmes /ɔb.ny.bi.lam/ | obnubilâtes /ɔb.ny.bi.lat/ | obnubilèrent /ɔb.ny.bi.lɛʁ/ | |
future | obnubilerai /ɔb.ny.bil.ʁe/ | obnubileras /ɔb.ny.bil.ʁa/ | obnubilera /ɔb.ny.bil.ʁa/ | obnubilerons /ɔb.ny.bil.ʁɔ̃/ | obnubilerez /ɔb.ny.bil.ʁe/ | obnubileront /ɔb.ny.bil.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | obnubilerais /ɔb.ny.bil.ʁɛ/ | obnubilerais /ɔb.ny.bil.ʁɛ/ | obnubilerait /ɔb.ny.bil.ʁɛ/ | obnubilerions /ɔb.ny.bi.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | obnubileriez /ɔb.ny.bi.lə.ʁje/ | obnubileraient /ɔb.ny.bil.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 | obnubile /ɔb.ny.bil/ | obnubiles /ɔb.ny.bil/ | obnubile /ɔb.ny.bil/ | obnubilions /ɔb.ny.bi.ljɔ̃/ | obnubiliez /ɔb.ny.bi.lje/ | obnubilent /ɔb.ny.bil/ |
imperfect2 | obnubilasse /ɔb.ny.bi.las/ | obnubilasses /ɔb.ny.bi.las/ | obnubilât /ɔb.ny.bi.la/ | obnubilassions /ɔb.ny.bi.la.sjɔ̃/ | obnubilassiez /ɔb.ny.bi.la.sje/ | obnubilassent /ɔb.ny.bi.las/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | obnubile /ɔb.ny.bil/ | — | obnubilons /ɔb.ny.bi.lɔ̃/ | obnubilez /ɔb.ny.bi.le/ | — | |
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
- “obnubiler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.