abreuver

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *abbiberāre, derived from Latin bibere (“to drink”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.bʁœ.ve/
  • Rhymes: -e
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Verb

abreuver

  1. (literary) to water (cattle, fields etc.), give water to (a person)
    Synonym: arroser
  2. (literary, takes a reflexive pronoun) to drink
  3. (figuratively, ditransitive, with the indirect object taking de) to shower (someone) in
    Elle l’a abreuvé d’injures. ― She insulted him copiously. / She showered him with insults.

Conjugation

Conjugation of abreuver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple abreuver
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple abreuvant
/a.bʁœ.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle abreuvé
/a.bʁœ.ve/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present abreuve
/a.bʁœv/ 		abreuves
/a.bʁœv/ 		abreuve
/a.bʁœv/ 		abreuvons
/a.bʁœ.vɔ̃/ 		abreuvez
/a.bʁœ.ve/ 		abreuvent
/a.bʁœv/
imperfect abreuvais
/a.bʁœ.vɛ/ 		abreuvais
/a.bʁœ.vɛ/ 		abreuvait
/a.bʁœ.vɛ/ 		abreuvions
/a.bʁœ.vjɔ̃/ 		abreuviez
/a.bʁœ.vje/ 		abreuvaient
/a.bʁœ.vɛ/
past historic2 abreuvai
/a.bʁœ.ve/ 		abreuvas
/a.bʁœ.va/ 		abreuva
/a.bʁœ.va/ 		abreuvâmes
/a.bʁœ.vam/ 		abreuvâtes
/a.bʁœ.vat/ 		abreuvèrent
/a.bʁœ.vɛʁ/
future abreuverai
/a.bʁœ.vʁe/ 		abreuveras
/a.bʁœ.vʁa/ 		abreuvera
/a.bʁœ.vʁa/ 		abreuverons
/a.bʁœ.vʁɔ̃/ 		abreuverez
/a.bʁœ.vʁe/ 		abreuveront
/a.bʁœ.vʁɔ̃/
conditional abreuverais
/a.bʁœ.vʁɛ/ 		abreuverais
/a.bʁœ.vʁɛ/ 		abreuverait
/a.bʁœ.vʁɛ/ 		abreuverions
/a.bʁœ.və.ʁjɔ̃/ 		abreuveriez
/a.bʁœ.və.ʁje/ 		abreuveraient
/a.bʁœ.vʁɛ/
(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 abreuve
/a.bʁœv/ 		abreuves
/a.bʁœv/ 		abreuve
/a.bʁœv/ 		abreuvions
/a.bʁœ.vjɔ̃/ 		abreuviez
/a.bʁœ.vje/ 		abreuvent
/a.bʁœv/
imperfect2 abreuvasse
/a.bʁœ.vas/ 		abreuvasses
/a.bʁœ.vas/ 		abreuvât
/a.bʁœ.va/ 		abreuvassions
/a.bʁœ.va.sjɔ̃/ 		abreuvassiez
/a.bʁœ.va.sje/ 		abreuvassent
/a.bʁœ.vas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — abreuve
/a.bʁœv/ 		— abreuvons
/a.bʁœ.vɔ̃/ 		abreuvez
/a.bʁœ.ve/ 		—
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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