avouer

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French avoer, from Latin advocāre. The modern form is expected as in louer (from locāre). However, the Old French conjugation shows an unexpected vocalism, which may be due either to early levelling or to Latinate influence.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.vwe/
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Verb

avouer

  1. to avow
  2. to confess
    s’avouer vaincu ― to admit defeat; to give up
  3. to approve

Conjugation

Conjugation of avouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple avouer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple avouant
/a.vwɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle avoué
/a.vwe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present avoue
/a.vu/ 		avoues
/a.vu/ 		avoue
/a.vu/ 		avouons
/a.vwɔ̃/ 		avouez
/a.vwe/ 		avouent
/a.vu/
imperfect avouais
/a.vwɛ/ 		avouais
/a.vwɛ/ 		avouait
/a.vwɛ/ 		avouions
/a.vu.jɔ̃/ 		avouiez
/a.vu.je/ 		avouaient
/a.vwɛ/
past historic2 avouai
/a.vwe/ 		avouas
/a.vwa/ 		avoua
/a.vwa/ 		avouâmes
/a.vwam/ 		avouâtes
/a.vwat/ 		avouèrent
/a.vwɛʁ/
future avouerai
/a.vu.ʁe/ 		avoueras
/a.vu.ʁa/ 		avouera
/a.vu.ʁa/ 		avouerons
/a.vu.ʁɔ̃/ 		avouerez
/a.vu.ʁe/ 		avoueront
/a.vu.ʁɔ̃/
conditional avouerais
/a.vu.ʁɛ/ 		avouerais
/a.vu.ʁɛ/ 		avouerait
/a.vu.ʁɛ/ 		avouerions
/a.vu.ʁjɔ̃/ 		avoueriez
/a.vu.ʁje/ 		avoueraient
/a.vu.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 avoue
/a.vu/ 		avoues
/a.vu/ 		avoue
/a.vu/ 		avouions
/a.vu.jɔ̃/ 		avouiez
/a.vu.je/ 		avouent
/a.vu/
imperfect2 avouasse
/a.vwas/ 		avouasses
/a.vwas/ 		avouât
/a.vwa/ 		avouassions
/a.vwa.sjɔ̃/ 		avouassiez
/a.vwa.sje/ 		avouassent
/a.vwas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — avoue
/a.vu/ 		— avouons
/a.vwɔ̃/ 		avouez
/a.vwe/ 		—
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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