abriter
French
Alternative forms
- abrier, abriquer, abreyer, abréyer
Etymology
From Middle French, derivative of abri, from Old French abri (“a place where one is sheltered from the elements or harm”), from abrier (“to cover”). Displaced synonymous abrier from Old French, which is uncommon today.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.bʁi.te/
Audio (s'abriter) (file)
Verb
abriter
- (transitive) to shelter, to harbour
- Cette maison est abritée par une montagne. ― This house is sheltered by a mountain.
- (transitive) to host (an object, an event, an institution, etc.)
- La ville abrite un des derniers vestiges de la domination grecque. ― The city hosts one of the last vestiges of Greek rule.
- Luanda abrita le Festival international de jazz. ― Luanda hosted the International Jazz Festival.
- (reflexive) to take cover; to shelter
- s'abriter derrière un mur ― to take cover behind a wall
- Voici l'orage, abritons-nous. ― Look at the storm, let's take shelter.
Conjugation
Conjugation of abriter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | abriter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | abritant /a.bʁi.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | abrité /a.bʁi.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | abrite /a.bʁit/ | abrites /a.bʁit/ | abrite /a.bʁit/ | abritons /a.bʁi.tɔ̃/ | abritez /a.bʁi.te/ | abritent /a.bʁit/ |
| imperfect | abritais /a.bʁi.tɛ/ | abritais /a.bʁi.tɛ/ | abritait /a.bʁi.tɛ/ | abritions /a.bʁi.tjɔ̃/ | abritiez /a.bʁi.tje/ | abritaient /a.bʁi.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | abritai /a.bʁi.te/ | abritas /a.bʁi.ta/ | abrita /a.bʁi.ta/ | abritâmes /a.bʁi.tam/ | abritâtes /a.bʁi.tat/ | abritèrent /a.bʁi.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | abriterai /a.bʁi.tʁe/ | abriteras /a.bʁi.tʁa/ | abritera /a.bʁi.tʁa/ | abriterons /a.bʁi.tʁɔ̃/ | abriterez /a.bʁi.tʁe/ | abriteront /a.bʁi.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | abriterais /a.bʁi.tʁɛ/ | abriterais /a.bʁi.tʁɛ/ | abriterait /a.bʁi.tʁɛ/ | abriterions /a.bʁi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | abriteriez /a.bʁi.tə.ʁje/ | abriteraient /a.bʁi.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 | abrite /a.bʁit/ | abrites /a.bʁit/ | abrite /a.bʁit/ | abritions /a.bʁi.tjɔ̃/ | abritiez /a.bʁi.tje/ | abritent /a.bʁit/ |
| imperfect2 | abritasse /a.bʁi.tas/ | abritasses /a.bʁi.tas/ | abritât /a.bʁi.ta/ | abritassions /a.bʁi.ta.sjɔ̃/ | abritassiez /a.bʁi.ta.sje/ | abritassent /a.bʁi.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | abrite /a.bʁit/ | — | abritons /a.bʁi.tɔ̃/ | abritez /a.bʁi.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). | |||||||
Related terms
- abri
Further reading
- “abriter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- arbitre, arbitré