ouater
French
Etymology
ouate + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wa.te/
Audio (file)
Verb
ouater
- to cotton-wool (cover with cotton wool)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ouater (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ouater | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ouatant /wa.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ouaté /wa.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | ouate /wat/ | ouates /wat/ | ouate /wat/ | ouatons /wa.tɔ̃/ | ouatez /wa.te/ | ouatent /wat/ |
| imperfect | ouatais /wa.tɛ/ | ouatais /wa.tɛ/ | ouatait /wa.tɛ/ | ouations /wa.tjɔ̃/ | ouatiez /wa.tje/ | ouataient /wa.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ouatai /wa.te/ | ouatas /wa.ta/ | ouata /wa.ta/ | ouatâmes /wa.tam/ | ouatâtes /wa.tat/ | ouatèrent /wa.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | ouaterai /wa.tʁe/ | ouateras /wa.tʁa/ | ouatera /wa.tʁa/ | ouaterons /wa.tʁɔ̃/ | ouaterez /wa.tʁe/ | ouateront /wa.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ouaterais /wa.tʁɛ/ | ouaterais /wa.tʁɛ/ | ouaterait /wa.tʁɛ/ | ouaterions /wa.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | ouateriez /wa.tə.ʁje/ | ouateraient /wa.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | ouate /wat/ | ouates /wat/ | ouate /wat/ | ouations /wa.tjɔ̃/ | ouatiez /wa.tje/ | ouatent /wat/ |
| imperfect2 | ouatasse /wa.tas/ | ouatasses /wa.tas/ | ouatât /wa.ta/ | ouatassions /wa.ta.sjɔ̃/ | ouatassiez /wa.ta.sje/ | ouatassent /wa.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ouate /wat/ | — | ouatons /wa.tɔ̃/ | ouatez /wa.te/ | — | |
| 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
- “ouater”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.