abluer
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
abluer
- (obsolete) to wash
Conjugation
Conjugation of abluer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | abluer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | abluant /a.bly.ɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ablué /a.bly.e/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ablue /a.bly/ |
ablues /a.bly/ |
ablue /a.bly/ |
abluons /a.bly.ɔ̃/ |
abluez /a.bly.e/ |
abluent /a.bly/ |
| imperfect | abluais /a.bly.ɛ/ |
abluais /a.bly.ɛ/ |
abluait /a.bly.ɛ/ |
abluions /a.bly.jɔ̃/ |
abluiez /a.bly.je/ |
abluaient /a.bly.ɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | abluai /a.bly.e/ |
abluas /a.bly.a/ |
ablua /a.bly.a/ |
abluâmes /a.bly.am/ |
abluâtes /a.bly.at/ |
abluèrent /a.bly.ɛʁ/ | |
| future | abluerai /a.bly.ʁe/ |
ablueras /a.bly.ʁa/ |
abluera /a.bly.ʁa/ |
abluerons /a.bly.ʁɔ̃/ |
abluerez /a.bly.ʁe/ |
ablueront /a.bly.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | abluerais /a.bly.ʁɛ/ |
abluerais /a.bly.ʁɛ/ |
abluerait /a.bly.ʁɛ/ |
abluerions /a.bly.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ablueriez /a.bly.ʁje/ |
ablueraient /a.bly.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 | ablue /a.bly/ |
ablues /a.bly/ |
ablue /a.bly/ |
abluions /a.bly.jɔ̃/ |
abluiez /a.bly.je/ |
abluent /a.bly/ |
| imperfect2 | abluasse /a.bly.as/ |
abluasses /a.bly.as/ |
abluât /a.bly.a/ |
abluassions /a.bly.a.sjɔ̃/ |
abluassiez /a.bly.a.sje/ |
abluassent /a.bly.as/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ablue /a.bly/ |
— | abluons /a.bly.ɔ̃/ |
abluez /a.bly.e/ |
— | |
| 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
- “abluer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.