suborner
English
Etymology
suborn + -er
Noun
suborner (plural suborners)
- One who suborns.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin subōrnāre.
Pronunciation
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Verb
suborner
- to suborn
- to bribe
Conjugation
Conjugation of suborner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | suborner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | subornant /sy.bɔʁ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | suborné /sy.bɔʁ.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | suborne /sy.bɔʁn/ | subornes /sy.bɔʁn/ | suborne /sy.bɔʁn/ | subornons /sy.bɔʁ.nɔ̃/ | subornez /sy.bɔʁ.ne/ | subornent /sy.bɔʁn/ |
imperfect | subornais /sy.bɔʁ.nɛ/ | subornais /sy.bɔʁ.nɛ/ | subornait /sy.bɔʁ.nɛ/ | subornions /sy.bɔʁ.njɔ̃/ | suborniez /sy.bɔʁ.nje/ | subornaient /sy.bɔʁ.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | subornai /sy.bɔʁ.ne/ | subornas /sy.bɔʁ.na/ | suborna /sy.bɔʁ.na/ | subornâmes /sy.bɔʁ.nam/ | subornâtes /sy.bɔʁ.nat/ | subornèrent /sy.bɔʁ.nɛʁ/ | |
future | subornerai /sy.bɔʁ.nə.ʁe/ | suborneras /sy.bɔʁ.nə.ʁa/ | subornera /sy.bɔʁ.nə.ʁa/ | subornerons /sy.bɔʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ | subornerez /sy.bɔʁ.nə.ʁe/ | suborneront /sy.bɔʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | subornerais /sy.bɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ | subornerais /sy.bɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ | subornerait /sy.bɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ | subornerions /sy.bɔʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | suborneriez /sy.bɔʁ.nə.ʁje/ | suborneraient /sy.bɔʁ.nə.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 | suborne /sy.bɔʁn/ | subornes /sy.bɔʁn/ | suborne /sy.bɔʁn/ | subornions /sy.bɔʁ.njɔ̃/ | suborniez /sy.bɔʁ.nje/ | subornent /sy.bɔʁn/ |
imperfect2 | subornasse /sy.bɔʁ.nas/ | subornasses /sy.bɔʁ.nas/ | subornât /sy.bɔʁ.na/ | subornassions /sy.bɔʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ | subornassiez /sy.bɔʁ.na.sje/ | subornassent /sy.bɔʁ.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | suborne /sy.bɔʁn/ | — | subornons /sy.bɔʁ.nɔ̃/ | subornez /sy.bɔʁ.ne/ | — | |
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
- “suborner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
subōrner
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of subōrnō