aborder
French
Etymology
From a- + bord + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.bɔʁ.de/
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Verb
aborder
- (transitive) to deal with; to tackle; to approach a problem, situation or topic
- (transitive) to approach or meet somebody
- (transitive, of vehicles) to place side to side
- (transitive, chiefly nautical) to reach, especially with a boat
- (transitive, originally nautical, literary, rare) to attack, especially a boat
Conjugation
Conjugation of aborder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | aborder | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | abordant /a.bɔʁ.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | abordé /a.bɔʁ.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | aborde /a.bɔʁd/ | abordes /a.bɔʁd/ | aborde /a.bɔʁd/ | abordons /a.bɔʁ.dɔ̃/ | abordez /a.bɔʁ.de/ | abordent /a.bɔʁd/ |
| imperfect | abordais /a.bɔʁ.dɛ/ | abordais /a.bɔʁ.dɛ/ | abordait /a.bɔʁ.dɛ/ | abordions /a.bɔʁ.djɔ̃/ | abordiez /a.bɔʁ.dje/ | abordaient /a.bɔʁ.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | abordai /a.bɔʁ.de/ | abordas /a.bɔʁ.da/ | aborda /a.bɔʁ.da/ | abordâmes /a.bɔʁ.dam/ | abordâtes /a.bɔʁ.dat/ | abordèrent /a.bɔʁ.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | aborderai /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁe/ | aborderas /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁa/ | abordera /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁa/ | aborderons /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ | aborderez /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁe/ | aborderont /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | aborderais /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ | aborderais /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ | aborderait /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ | aborderions /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/ | aborderiez /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁje/ | aborderaient /a.bɔʁ.də.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 | aborde /a.bɔʁd/ | abordes /a.bɔʁd/ | aborde /a.bɔʁd/ | abordions /a.bɔʁ.djɔ̃/ | abordiez /a.bɔʁ.dje/ | abordent /a.bɔʁd/ |
| imperfect2 | abordasse /a.bɔʁ.das/ | abordasses /a.bɔʁ.das/ | abordât /a.bɔʁ.da/ | abordassions /a.bɔʁ.da.sjɔ̃/ | abordassiez /a.bɔʁ.da.sje/ | abordassent /a.bɔʁ.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | aborde /a.bɔʁd/ | — | abordons /a.bɔʁ.dɔ̃/ | abordez /a.bɔʁ.de/ | — | |
| 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
- abordage
Descendants
- → Norwegian Bokmål: abordere
Further reading
- “aborder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- bordera
- brodera
Norman
Etymology
a- + bord + -er
Verb
aborder
- (Jersey, nautical) to land
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abɔrˈdeːr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eːr
- Hyphenation: ab‧or‧der
Verb
aborder
- imperative of abordere
Anagrams
- beordra