adouber

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French adober, aduber, from the same Germanic root as English dub.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.du.be/
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Verb

adouber

  1. to dub (bestow the title of knight upon)
  2. to name (a minister, successor etc.)
  3. to adjust a piece in a board game, such as chess or backgammon

Conjugation

Conjugation of adouber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple adouber
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple adoubant
/a.du.bɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle adoubé
/a.du.be/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present adoube
/a.dub/ 		adoubes
/a.dub/ 		adoube
/a.dub/ 		adoubons
/a.du.bɔ̃/ 		adoubez
/a.du.be/ 		adoubent
/a.dub/
imperfect adoubais
/a.du.bɛ/ 		adoubais
/a.du.bɛ/ 		adoubait
/a.du.bɛ/ 		adoubions
/a.du.bjɔ̃/ 		adoubiez
/a.du.bje/ 		adoubaient
/a.du.bɛ/
past historic2 adoubai
/a.du.be/ 		adoubas
/a.du.ba/ 		adouba
/a.du.ba/ 		adoubâmes
/a.du.bam/ 		adoubâtes
/a.du.bat/ 		adoubèrent
/a.du.bɛʁ/
future adouberai
/a.du.bʁe/ 		adouberas
/a.du.bʁa/ 		adoubera
/a.du.bʁa/ 		adouberons
/a.du.bʁɔ̃/ 		adouberez
/a.du.bʁe/ 		adouberont
/a.du.bʁɔ̃/
conditional adouberais
/a.du.bʁɛ/ 		adouberais
/a.du.bʁɛ/ 		adouberait
/a.du.bʁɛ/ 		adouberions
/a.du.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		adouberiez
/a.du.bə.ʁje/ 		adouberaient
/a.du.bʁɛ/
(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 adoube
/a.dub/ 		adoubes
/a.dub/ 		adoube
/a.dub/ 		adoubions
/a.du.bjɔ̃/ 		adoubiez
/a.du.bje/ 		adoubent
/a.dub/
imperfect2 adoubasse
/a.du.bas/ 		adoubasses
/a.du.bas/ 		adoubât
/a.du.ba/ 		adoubassions
/a.du.ba.sjɔ̃/ 		adoubassiez
/a.du.ba.sje/ 		adoubassent
/a.du.bas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — adoube
/a.dub/ 		— adoubons
/a.du.bɔ̃/ 		adoubez
/a.du.be/ 		—
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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Old French

Verb

adouber

  1. Alternative form of adober

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-b, *-bs, *-bt are modified to p, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of adouber (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive adouber avoir adoubé
gerund en adoubant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle adoubant
past participle adoubé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present adoup adoubes adoube adoubons adoubez adoubent
imperfect adouboie, adoubeie, adouboe, adoubeve adouboies, adoubeies, adouboes, adoubeves adouboit, adoubeit, adoubot, adoubeve adoubiiens, adoubiens adoubiiez, adoubiez adouboient, adoubeient, adouboent, adoubevent
preterite adoubai adoubas adouba adoubames adoubastes adouberent
future adouberai adouberas adoubera adouberons adouberoiz, adoubereiz, adouberez adouberont
conditional adouberoie, adoubereie adouberoies, adoubereies adouberoit, adoubereit adouberiiens, adouberiens adouberiiez, adouberiez adouberoient, adoubereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present adoup adous adout adoubons adoubez adoubent
imperfect adoubasse adoubasses adoubast adoubissons, adoubissiens adoubissoiz, adoubissez, adoubissiez adoubassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— adoube — adoubons adoubez —

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