oublier

oublier

French

Etymology

From Old French oblier, from Vulgar Latin *oblītāre, frequentative of Latin oblīvīscor through its past participle oblītus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.bli.je/

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Verb

oublier

1. to forget
   • 2018, Zaz, Résigne-moi

     J'essaie vraiment d' t'aider sans m'oublier.

     I'm truly trying to help you without forgetting myself.

   J'ai oublié tout ce qu'il m'a dit. ― I've forgotten everything he told me.

   Ne m'oublie pas. ― Don't forget me.

   N'oubliez pas de rectifier les documents. ― Don't forget to correct your documents

2. to leave something behind by accident

   Synonym: laisser

   J'oublie toujours la chose dont j'ai besoin plus que tout.

   I always forget the thing I need most of all

Conjugation

Conjugation of oublier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	oublier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	oubliant /u.bli.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		oublié /u.bli.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	oublie /u.bli/	oublies /u.bli/	oublie /u.bli/	oublions /u.bli.jɔ̃/	oubliez /u.bli.je/	oublient /u.bli/
	imperfect	oubliais /u.bli.jɛ/	oubliais /u.bli.jɛ/	oubliait /u.bli.jɛ/	oubliions /u.bli.jɔ̃/	oubliiez /u.bli.je/	oubliaient /u.bli.jɛ/
	past historic2	oubliai /u.bli.je/	oublias /u.bli.ja/	oublia /u.bli.ja/	oubliâmes /u.bli.jam/	oubliâtes /u.bli.jat/	oublièrent /u.bli.jɛʁ/
	future	oublierai /u.bli.ʁe/	oublieras /u.bli.ʁa/	oubliera /u.bli.ʁa/	oublierons /u.bli.ʁɔ̃/	oublierez /u.bli.ʁe/	oublieront /u.bli.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	oublierais /u.bli.ʁɛ/	oublierais /u.bli.ʁɛ/	oublierait /u.bli.ʁɛ/	oublierions /u.bli.ʁjɔ̃/	oublieriez /u.bli.ʁje/	oublieraient /u.bli.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	oublie /u.bli/	oublies /u.bli/	oublie /u.bli/	oubliions /u.bli.jɔ̃/	oubliiez /u.bli.je/	oublient /u.bli/
	imperfect2	oubliasse /u.bli.jas/	oubliasses /u.bli.jas/	oubliât /u.bli.ja/	oubliassions /u.bli.ja.sjɔ̃/	oubliassiez /u.bli.ja.sje/	oubliassent /u.bli.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	oublie /u.bli/	—	oublions /u.bli.jɔ̃/	oubliez /u.bli.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• oubliette
• oublieux
• sans oublier

Descendants

• Italian: obliare

Further reading

• “oublier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• boulier, éblouir

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Etymology

From Old French oblier, from Vulgar Latin *oblītāre, frequentative of Latin oblīvīscor through its past participle oblītus.

Verb

oublier (gerund oubliêthie)

1. (Jersey) to forget

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Old French

Verb

oublier

1. Alternative form of oblier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of oublier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		oublier			avoir oublïé
gerund		en oubliant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		oubliant
past participle		oublïé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	oubli	oublïes	oublïe	oublions	oublïez	oublïent
	imperfect	oublioie, oublïeie, oublioe, oublïeve	oublioies, oublïeies, oublioes, oublïeves	oublioit, oublïeit, oubliot, oublïeve	oubliiiens, oubliiens	oubliiiez, oubliiez	oublioient, oublïeient, oublioent, oublïevent
	preterite	oubliai	oublias	oublia	oubliames	oubliastes	oublïerent
	future	oublïerai	oublïeras	oublïera	oublïerons	oublïeroiz, oublïereiz, oublïerez	oublïeront
	conditional	oublïeroie, oublïereie	oublïeroies, oublïereies	oublïeroit, oublïereit	oublïeriiens, oublïeriens	oublïeriiez, oublïeriez	oublïeroient, oublïereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	oubli	oublis	oublit	oublions	oublïez	oublïent
	imperfect	oubliasse	oubliasses	oubliast	oubliissons, oubliissiens	oubliissoiz, oubliissez, oubliissiez	oubliassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	oublïe	—	oublions	oublïez	—