Inherited from Middle French abbatre, from Old French abatre, from Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere.
abattre
This verb is conjugated like battre. That means it is conjugated like vendre, perdre, etc. (sometimes called the regular -re verbs), except that instead of *abatt and *abatts, it has the forms abat and abats. This is strictly a spelling change; pronunciation-wise, the verb is conjugated exactly like vendre.
infinitive | simple | abattre | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | abattant /a.ba.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | abattu /a.ba.ty/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | abats /a.ba/ |
abats /a.ba/ |
abat /a.ba/ |
abattons /a.ba.tɔ̃/ |
abattez /a.ba.te/ |
abattent /a.bat/ |
imperfect | abattais /a.ba.tɛ/ |
abattais /a.ba.tɛ/ |
abattait /a.ba.tɛ/ |
abattions /a.ba.tjɔ̃/ |
abattiez /a.ba.tje/ |
abattaient /a.ba.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | abattis /a.ba.ti/ |
abattis /a.ba.ti/ |
abattit /a.ba.ti/ |
abattîmes /a.ba.tim/ |
abattîtes /a.ba.tit/ |
abattirent /a.ba.tiʁ/ | |
future | abattrai /a.ba.tʁe/ |
abattras /a.ba.tʁa/ |
abattra /a.ba.tʁa/ |
abattrons /a.ba.tʁɔ̃/ |
abattrez /a.ba.tʁe/ |
abattront /a.ba.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | abattrais /a.ba.tʁɛ/ |
abattrais /a.ba.tʁɛ/ |
abattrait /a.ba.tʁɛ/ |
abattrions /a.ba.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
abattriez /a.ba.tʁi.je/ |
abattraient /a.ba.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 | abatte /a.bat/ |
abattes /a.bat/ |
abatte /a.bat/ |
abattions /a.ba.tjɔ̃/ |
abattiez /a.ba.tje/ |
abattent /a.bat/ |
imperfect2 | abattisse /a.ba.tis/ |
abattisses /a.ba.tis/ |
abattît /a.ba.ti/ |
abattissions /a.ba.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
abattissiez /a.ba.ti.sje/ |
abattissent /a.ba.tis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | abats /a.ba/ |
— | abattons /a.ba.tɔ̃/ |
abattez /a.ba.te/ |
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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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
From Old French abatre, from Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere.
abattre