accoupler
French
Etymology
a- + coupler
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ku.ple/
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Verb
accoupler
- (intransitive) to pair up, go together, get into a couple (of two things, to become one)
- (transitive) to unite, put together, join (of two things, to cause to become one)
- (transitive, of animals) to mate
Conjugation
Conjugation of accoupler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | accoupler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | accouplant /a.ku.plɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | accouplé /a.ku.ple/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | accouple /a.kupl/ | accouples /a.kupl/ | accouple /a.kupl/ | accouplons /a.ku.plɔ̃/ | accouplez /a.ku.ple/ | accouplent /a.kupl/ |
imperfect | accouplais /a.ku.plɛ/ | accouplais /a.ku.plɛ/ | accouplait /a.ku.plɛ/ | accouplions /a.ku.pli.jɔ̃/ | accoupliez /a.ku.pli.je/ | accouplaient /a.ku.plɛ/ | |
past historic2 | accouplai /a.ku.ple/ | accouplas /a.ku.pla/ | accoupla /a.ku.pla/ | accouplâmes /a.ku.plam/ | accouplâtes /a.ku.plat/ | accouplèrent /a.ku.plɛʁ/ | |
future | accouplerai /a.ku.plə.ʁe/ | accoupleras /a.ku.plə.ʁa/ | accouplera /a.ku.plə.ʁa/ | accouplerons /a.ku.plə.ʁɔ̃/ | accouplerez /a.ku.plə.ʁe/ | accoupleront /a.ku.plə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | accouplerais /a.ku.plə.ʁɛ/ | accouplerais /a.ku.plə.ʁɛ/ | accouplerait /a.ku.plə.ʁɛ/ | accouplerions /a.ku.plə.ʁjɔ̃/ | accoupleriez /a.ku.plə.ʁje/ | accoupleraient /a.ku.plə.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 | accouple /a.kupl/ | accouples /a.kupl/ | accouple /a.kupl/ | accouplions /a.ku.pli.jɔ̃/ | accoupliez /a.ku.pli.je/ | accouplent /a.kupl/ |
imperfect2 | accouplasse /a.ku.plas/ | accouplasses /a.ku.plas/ | accouplât /a.ku.pla/ | accouplassions /a.ku.pla.sjɔ̃/ | accouplassiez /a.ku.pla.sje/ | accouplassent /a.ku.plas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | accouple /a.kupl/ | — | accouplons /a.ku.plɔ̃/ | accouplez /a.ku.ple/ | — | |
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
- accouplable
- accouplement
Descendants
- English: accouple
- Portuguese: acoplar
- Spanish: acoplar
Further reading
- “accoupler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.