abouter
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
abouter
- to join, link, attach or tie together by their extremities
- to align end-to-end; to abut
Conjugation
Conjugation of abouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | abouter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | aboutant /a.bu.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | abouté /a.bu.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | aboute /a.but/ | aboutes /a.but/ | aboute /a.but/ | aboutons /a.bu.tɔ̃/ | aboutez /a.bu.te/ | aboutent /a.but/ |
imperfect | aboutais /a.bu.tɛ/ | aboutais /a.bu.tɛ/ | aboutait /a.bu.tɛ/ | aboutions /a.bu.tjɔ̃/ | aboutiez /a.bu.tje/ | aboutaient /a.bu.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | aboutai /a.bu.te/ | aboutas /a.bu.ta/ | abouta /a.bu.ta/ | aboutâmes /a.bu.tam/ | aboutâtes /a.bu.tat/ | aboutèrent /a.bu.tɛʁ/ | |
future | abouterai /a.bu.tʁe/ | abouteras /a.bu.tʁa/ | aboutera /a.bu.tʁa/ | abouterons /a.bu.tʁɔ̃/ | abouterez /a.bu.tʁe/ | abouteront /a.bu.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | abouterais /a.bu.tʁɛ/ | abouterais /a.bu.tʁɛ/ | abouterait /a.bu.tʁɛ/ | abouterions /a.bu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | abouteriez /a.bu.tə.ʁje/ | abouteraient /a.bu.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 | aboute /a.but/ | aboutes /a.but/ | aboute /a.but/ | aboutions /a.bu.tjɔ̃/ | aboutiez /a.bu.tje/ | aboutent /a.but/ |
imperfect2 | aboutasse /a.bu.tas/ | aboutasses /a.bu.tas/ | aboutât /a.bu.ta/ | aboutassions /a.bu.ta.sjɔ̃/ | aboutassiez /a.bu.ta.sje/ | aboutassent /a.bu.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | aboute /a.but/ | — | aboutons /a.bu.tɔ̃/ | aboutez /a.bu.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). |
Derived terms
- aboutage
- aboutement
- tenants et aboutissements
Further reading
- “abouter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- boutera, ébrouât