tuer
See also: tür and Tür
French
Etymology
From Middle French tuer, from Old French tuer, from Vulgar Latin *tūtō, from Latin tūtor (“to protect, guard, defend”), later taking on the meaning “extinguish, kill” in Vulgar Latin. Compare Occitan tuar and dialectal Piedmontese tuì
Pronunciation
- (France) IPA(key): /tɥe/, /ty.e/
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- (Quebec) IPA(key): /t͡sɥe/, /t͡sy.e/
- (Louisiana) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɥe/
Verb
tuer
- (usually transitive) to kill
- Synonym: (archaic or humorous) occire
- Fumer tue. ― Smoking kills.
- Il les a tués! Il a tué tous!
- He killed them! He killed everyone!
Conjugation
Conjugation of tuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | tuer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | tuant /tɥɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | tué /tɥe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | tue /ty/ | tues /ty/ | tue /ty/ | tuons /tɥɔ̃/ | tuez /tɥe/ | tuent /ty/ |
| imperfect | tuais /tɥɛ/ | tuais /tɥɛ/ | tuait /tɥɛ/ | tuions /ty.jɔ̃/ | tuiez /ty.je/ | tuaient /tɥɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | tuai /tɥe/ | tuas /tɥa/ | tua /tɥa/ | tuâmes /tɥam/ | tuâtes /tɥat/ | tuèrent /tɥɛʁ/ | |
| future | tuerai /ty.ʁe/ | tueras /ty.ʁa/ | tuera /ty.ʁa/ | tuerons /ty.ʁɔ̃/ | tuerez /ty.ʁe/ | tueront /ty.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tuerais /ty.ʁɛ/ | tuerais /ty.ʁɛ/ | tuerait /ty.ʁɛ/ | tuerions /ty.ʁjɔ̃/ | tueriez /ty.ʁje/ | tueraient /ty.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 | tue /ty/ | tues /ty/ | tue /ty/ | tuions /ty.jɔ̃/ | tuiez /ty.je/ | tuent /ty/ |
| imperfect2 | tuasse /tɥas/ | tuasses /tɥas/ | tuât /tɥa/ | tuassions /tɥa.sjɔ̃/ | tuassiez /tɥa.sje/ | tuassent /tɥas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | tue /ty/ | — | tuons /tɥɔ̃/ | tuez /tɥe/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- à tue-tête
- de la mort qui tue
- il ne faut pas vendre la peau de l'ours avant de l'avoir tué
- papier tue-mouches
- tuer dans l'œuf
- tuerie
- tuer le temps
- tuer une mouche avec un canon
- tueur
- tueuse
Further reading
- “tuer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Gallo
Etymology
From Old French tuer, from Vulgar Latin *tutāre, from Latin tūtārī, present active infinitive of tūtor (“protect, guard, defend”).
Verb
tuer
- to turn off (the light)
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French tuer, from Vulgar Latin *tutāre, from Latin tūtārī, present active infinitive of tūtor (“protect, guard, defend”).
Verb
tuer
- to kill
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of tuer
| infinitive | simple | tuer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | tuant | |||||
| compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | tué | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | tue | tues | tue | tuons | tuez | tuent |
| imperfect | tuois, tuoys | tuois, tuoys | tuoit, tuoyt | tuions, tuyons | tuiez, tuyez | tuoient, tuoyent | |
| past historic | tua | tuas | tua | tuasmes | tuastes | tuerent | |
| future | tuerai, tueray | tueras | tuera | tuerons | tuerez | tueront | |
| conditional | tuerois, tueroys | tuerois, tueroys | tueroit, tueroyt | tuerions, tueryons | tueriez, tueryez | tueroient, tueroyent | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | tue | tues | tue | tuons | tuez | tuent |
| imperfect | tuasse | tuasses | tuast | tuassions | tuassiez | tuassent | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | tue | — | tuons | tuez | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
| 2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). | |||||||
Synonyms
- occire
Descendants
- French: tuer
Norman
Etymology
From Old French tuer, from Vulgar Latin *tutāre (“to extinguish, kill”), from Latin tūtārī, present active infinitive of tūtor (“protect, guard, defend”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Verb
tuer (gerund tueûthie)
- (Jersey) to kill
Synonyms
- occi
Derived terms
- tueux (“killer”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
tuer f
- plural indefinite of tue
Old French
Alternative forms
- teuer, tiwer, tueir, tuuer, tuwer, twer
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *tutāre, from Latin tūtārī, present active infinitive of tūtor (“protect, guard, defend”), later taking on the meaning of "extinguish, kill" in Vulgar Latin. Compare Old Occitan tuar, Old Occitan tudar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tyˈɛr/
Verb
tuer
- to kill
- Synonyms: macter, ocire
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of tuer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tuer | avoir tüé | |||||
| gerund | en tuant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | tuant | ||||||
| past participle | tüé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | tu | tües | tüe | tuons | tüez | tüent |
| imperfect | tuoie, tüeie, tuoe, tüeve | tuoies, tüeies, tuoes, tüeves | tuoit, tüeit, tuot, tüeve | tuïiens, tuïens | tuïiez, tuïez | tuoient, tüeient, tuoent, tüevent | |
| preterite | tuai | tuas | tua | tuames | tuastes | tüerent | |
| future | tüerai | tüeras | tüera | tüerons | tüeroiz, tüereiz, tüerez | tüeront | |
| conditional | tüeroie, tüereie | tüeroies, tüereies | tüeroit, tüereit | tüeriiens, tüeriens | tüeriiez, tüeriez | tüeroient, tüereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | tu | tus | tut | tuons | tüez | tüent |
| imperfect | tuasse | tuasses | tuast | tuïssons, tuïssiens | tuïssoiz, tuïssez, tuïssiez | tuassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | tüe | — | tuons | tüez | — | ||
Descendants
- Gallo: tuer
- Middle French: tuer
- French: tuer
- Norman: tuer
- Walloon: touwer