obturer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin obtūrāre, present active infinitive of obtūrō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔp.ty.ʁe/
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Verb
obturer
- to seal, close up
- (figuratively) to hide
- Synonyms: cacher, dissimuler
- 1997, “L'Empire du côté obscur”, in L'École du micro d'argent, performed by IAM:
- Ta nature que tu obtures, le côté obscur de la force
- Your nature that you hide, the dark side of the force
Conjugation
Conjugation of obturer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | obturer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | obturant /ɔp.ty.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | obturé /ɔp.ty.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | obture /ɔp.tyʁ/ | obtures /ɔp.tyʁ/ | obture /ɔp.tyʁ/ | obturons /ɔp.ty.ʁɔ̃/ | obturez /ɔp.ty.ʁe/ | obturent /ɔp.tyʁ/ |
| imperfect | obturais /ɔp.ty.ʁɛ/ | obturais /ɔp.ty.ʁɛ/ | obturait /ɔp.ty.ʁɛ/ | obturions /ɔp.ty.ʁjɔ̃/ | obturiez /ɔp.ty.ʁje/ | obturaient /ɔp.ty.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | obturai /ɔp.ty.ʁe/ | obturas /ɔp.ty.ʁa/ | obtura /ɔp.ty.ʁa/ | obturâmes /ɔp.ty.ʁam/ | obturâtes /ɔp.ty.ʁat/ | obturèrent /ɔp.ty.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | obturerai /ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁe/ | obtureras /ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁa/ | obturera /ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁa/ | obturerons /ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | obturerez /ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁe/ | obtureront /ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | obturerais /ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | obturerais /ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | obturerait /ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | obturerions /ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | obtureriez /ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁje/ | obtureraient /ɔp.ty.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 | obture /ɔp.tyʁ/ | obtures /ɔp.tyʁ/ | obture /ɔp.tyʁ/ | obturions /ɔp.ty.ʁjɔ̃/ | obturiez /ɔp.ty.ʁje/ | obturent /ɔp.tyʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | obturasse /ɔp.ty.ʁas/ | obturasses /ɔp.ty.ʁas/ | obturât /ɔp.ty.ʁa/ | obturassions /ɔp.ty.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ | obturassiez /ɔp.ty.ʁa.sje/ | obturassent /ɔp.ty.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | obture /ɔp.tyʁ/ | — | obturons /ɔp.ty.ʁɔ̃/ | obturez /ɔp.ty.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- obturation (noun)
Further reading
- “obturer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- brouter
Latin
Verb
obtūrer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of obtūrō