scruter
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin scrūtāre, present active infinitive of scrūtō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skʁy.te/
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Verb
scruter
- (transitive) to scrutinise, scrutinize, put under the microscope
- Synonyms: décortiquer, inspecter, sonder
Conjugation
Conjugation of scruter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | scruter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | scrutant /skʁy.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | scruté /skʁy.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | scrute /skʁyt/ | scrutes /skʁyt/ | scrute /skʁyt/ | scrutons /skʁy.tɔ̃/ | scrutez /skʁy.te/ | scrutent /skʁyt/ |
imperfect | scrutais /skʁy.tɛ/ | scrutais /skʁy.tɛ/ | scrutait /skʁy.tɛ/ | scrutions /skʁy.tjɔ̃/ | scrutiez /skʁy.tje/ | scrutaient /skʁy.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | scrutai /skʁy.te/ | scrutas /skʁy.ta/ | scruta /skʁy.ta/ | scrutâmes /skʁy.tam/ | scrutâtes /skʁy.tat/ | scrutèrent /skʁy.tɛʁ/ | |
future | scruterai /skʁy.tʁe/ | scruteras /skʁy.tʁa/ | scrutera /skʁy.tʁa/ | scruterons /skʁy.tʁɔ̃/ | scruterez /skʁy.tʁe/ | scruteront /skʁy.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | scruterais /skʁy.tʁɛ/ | scruterais /skʁy.tʁɛ/ | scruterait /skʁy.tʁɛ/ | scruterions /skʁy.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | scruteriez /skʁy.tə.ʁje/ | scruteraient /skʁy.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 | scrute /skʁyt/ | scrutes /skʁyt/ | scrute /skʁyt/ | scrutions /skʁy.tjɔ̃/ | scrutiez /skʁy.tje/ | scrutent /skʁyt/ |
imperfect2 | scrutasse /skʁy.tas/ | scrutasses /skʁy.tas/ | scrutât /skʁy.ta/ | scrutassions /skʁy.ta.sjɔ̃/ | scrutassiez /skʁy.ta.sje/ | scrutassent /skʁy.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | scrute /skʁyt/ | — | scrutons /skʁy.tɔ̃/ | scrutez /skʁy.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
- “scruter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
scrūter
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of scrūtō