velouter
French
Etymology
From velouté.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /və.lu.te/
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Verb
velouter
- to give (something) a velvety finish
- to soften, make smooth
Conjugation
Conjugation of velouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | velouter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | veloutant /və.lu.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | velouté /və.lu.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | veloute /və.lut/ | veloutes /və.lut/ | veloute /və.lut/ | veloutons /və.lu.tɔ̃/ | veloutez /və.lu.te/ | veloutent /və.lut/ |
imperfect | veloutais /və.lu.tɛ/ | veloutais /və.lu.tɛ/ | veloutait /və.lu.tɛ/ | veloutions /və.lu.tjɔ̃/ | veloutiez /və.lu.tje/ | veloutaient /və.lu.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | veloutai /və.lu.te/ | veloutas /və.lu.ta/ | velouta /və.lu.ta/ | veloutâmes /və.lu.tam/ | veloutâtes /və.lu.tat/ | veloutèrent /və.lu.tɛʁ/ | |
future | velouterai /və.lu.tʁe/ | velouteras /və.lu.tʁa/ | veloutera /və.lu.tʁa/ | velouterons /və.lu.tʁɔ̃/ | velouterez /və.lu.tʁe/ | velouteront /və.lu.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | velouterais /və.lu.tʁɛ/ | velouterais /və.lu.tʁɛ/ | velouterait /və.lu.tʁɛ/ | velouterions /və.lu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | velouteriez /və.lu.tə.ʁje/ | velouteraient /və.lu.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 | veloute /və.lut/ | veloutes /və.lut/ | veloute /və.lut/ | veloutions /və.lu.tjɔ̃/ | veloutiez /və.lu.tje/ | veloutent /və.lut/ |
imperfect2 | veloutasse /və.lu.tas/ | veloutasses /və.lu.tas/ | veloutât /və.lu.ta/ | veloutassions /və.lu.ta.sjɔ̃/ | veloutassiez /və.lu.ta.sje/ | veloutassent /və.lu.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | veloute /və.lut/ | — | veloutons /və.lu.tɔ̃/ | veloutez /və.lu.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
- “velouter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.