tatouer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English tattoo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.twe/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -we
Verb
tatouer
- (transitive) to tattoo
Conjugation
Conjugation of tatouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | tatouer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | tatouant /ta.twɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | tatoué /ta.twe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | tatoue /ta.tu/ | tatoues /ta.tu/ | tatoue /ta.tu/ | tatouons /ta.twɔ̃/ | tatouez /ta.twe/ | tatouent /ta.tu/ |
imperfect | tatouais /ta.twɛ/ | tatouais /ta.twɛ/ | tatouait /ta.twɛ/ | tatouions /ta.tu.jɔ̃/ | tatouiez /ta.tu.je/ | tatouaient /ta.twɛ/ | |
past historic2 | tatouai /ta.twe/ | tatouas /ta.twa/ | tatoua /ta.twa/ | tatouâmes /ta.twam/ | tatouâtes /ta.twat/ | tatouèrent /ta.twɛʁ/ | |
future | tatouerai /ta.tu.ʁe/ | tatoueras /ta.tu.ʁa/ | tatouera /ta.tu.ʁa/ | tatouerons /ta.tu.ʁɔ̃/ | tatouerez /ta.tu.ʁe/ | tatoueront /ta.tu.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | tatouerais /ta.tu.ʁɛ/ | tatouerais /ta.tu.ʁɛ/ | tatouerait /ta.tu.ʁɛ/ | tatouerions /ta.tu.ʁjɔ̃/ | tatoueriez /ta.tu.ʁje/ | tatoueraient /ta.tu.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 | tatoue /ta.tu/ | tatoues /ta.tu/ | tatoue /ta.tu/ | tatouions /ta.tu.jɔ̃/ | tatouiez /ta.tu.je/ | tatouent /ta.tu/ |
imperfect2 | tatouasse /ta.twas/ | tatouasses /ta.twas/ | tatouât /ta.twa/ | tatouassions /ta.twa.sjɔ̃/ | tatouassiez /ta.twa.sje/ | tatouassent /ta.twas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | tatoue /ta.tu/ | — | tatouons /ta.twɔ̃/ | tatouez /ta.twe/ | — | |
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
- “tatouer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English tattoo + -er.
Verb
tatouer (gerund tatouéthie)
- (Jersey) to tattoo