atterrer
French
Etymology
a- + terre + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.tɛ.ʁe/, /a.te.ʁe/
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Verb
atterrer
- (transitive) to fell
- (transitive) to appal
- (intransitive) to land (a ship); to touchdown (an aircraft)
Conjugation
Conjugation of atterrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | atterrer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | atterrant /a.tɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /a.te.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | atterré /a.tɛ.ʁe/ or /a.te.ʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | atterre /a.tɛʁ/ | atterres /a.tɛʁ/ | atterre /a.tɛʁ/ | atterrons /a.tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.te.ʁɔ̃/ | atterrez /a.tɛ.ʁe/ or /a.te.ʁe/ | atterrent /a.tɛʁ/ |
imperfect | atterrais /a.tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.te.ʁɛ/ | atterrais /a.tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.te.ʁɛ/ | atterrait /a.tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.te.ʁɛ/ | atterrions /a.tɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.te.ʁjɔ̃/ | atterriez /a.tɛ.ʁje/ or /a.te.ʁje/ | atterraient /a.tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.te.ʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | atterrai /a.tɛ.ʁe/ or /a.te.ʁe/ | atterras /a.tɛ.ʁa/ or /a.te.ʁa/ | atterra /a.tɛ.ʁa/ or /a.te.ʁa/ | atterrâmes /a.tɛ.ʁam/ or /a.te.ʁam/ | atterrâtes /a.tɛ.ʁat/ or /a.te.ʁat/ | atterrèrent /a.tɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /a.te.ʁɛʁ/ | |
future | atterrerai /a.tɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /a.te.ʁə.ʁe/ | atterreras /a.tɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /a.te.ʁə.ʁa/ | atterrera /a.tɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /a.te.ʁə.ʁa/ | atterrerons /a.tɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.te.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | atterrerez /a.tɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /a.te.ʁə.ʁe/ | atterreront /a.tɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.te.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | atterrerais /a.tɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /a.te.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | atterrerais /a.tɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /a.te.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | atterrerait /a.tɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /a.te.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | atterrerions /a.tɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.te.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | atterreriez /a.tɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /a.te.ʁə.ʁje/ | atterreraient /a.tɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /a.te.ʁə.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 | atterre /a.tɛʁ/ | atterres /a.tɛʁ/ | atterre /a.tɛʁ/ | atterrions /a.tɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.te.ʁjɔ̃/ | atterriez /a.tɛ.ʁje/ or /a.te.ʁje/ | atterrent /a.tɛʁ/ |
imperfect2 | atterrasse /a.tɛ.ʁas/ or /a.te.ʁas/ | atterrasses /a.tɛ.ʁas/ or /a.te.ʁas/ | atterrât /a.tɛ.ʁa/ or /a.te.ʁa/ | atterrassions /a.tɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /a.te.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ | atterrassiez /a.tɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /a.te.ʁa.sje/ | atterrassent /a.tɛ.ʁas/ or /a.te.ʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | atterre /a.tɛʁ/ | — | atterrons /a.tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.te.ʁɔ̃/ | atterrez /a.tɛ.ʁe/ or /a.te.ʁe/ | — | |
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
- “atterrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.