carburer

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French

Etymology

From carbure +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaʁ.by.ʁe/
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Verb

carburer

  1. to carburet
  2. (slang) (of a motor) to run well
  3. (slang, followed by the preposition à) to run on, live on (to use a substance to work, to get on)
    Il carbure au café.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. (chemistry) to introduce carbon into a metal

Conjugation

Conjugation of carburer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple carburer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple carburant
/kaʁ.by.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle carburé
/kaʁ.by.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present carbure
/kaʁ.byʁ/ 		carbures
/kaʁ.byʁ/ 		carbure
/kaʁ.byʁ/ 		carburons
/kaʁ.by.ʁɔ̃/ 		carburez
/kaʁ.by.ʁe/ 		carburent
/kaʁ.byʁ/
imperfect carburais
/kaʁ.by.ʁɛ/ 		carburais
/kaʁ.by.ʁɛ/ 		carburait
/kaʁ.by.ʁɛ/ 		carburions
/kaʁ.by.ʁjɔ̃/ 		carburiez
/kaʁ.by.ʁje/ 		carburaient
/kaʁ.by.ʁɛ/
past historic2 carburai
/kaʁ.by.ʁe/ 		carburas
/kaʁ.by.ʁa/ 		carbura
/kaʁ.by.ʁa/ 		carburâmes
/kaʁ.by.ʁam/ 		carburâtes
/kaʁ.by.ʁat/ 		carburèrent
/kaʁ.by.ʁɛʁ/
future carburerai
/kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁe/ 		carbureras
/kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁa/ 		carburera
/kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁa/ 		carburerons
/kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		carburerez
/kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁe/ 		carbureront
/kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional carburerais
/kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		carburerais
/kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		carburerait
/kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		carburerions
/kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		carbureriez
/kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁje/ 		carbureraient
/kaʁ.by.ʁə.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 carbure
/kaʁ.byʁ/ 		carbures
/kaʁ.byʁ/ 		carbure
/kaʁ.byʁ/ 		carburions
/kaʁ.by.ʁjɔ̃/ 		carburiez
/kaʁ.by.ʁje/ 		carburent
/kaʁ.byʁ/
imperfect2 carburasse
/kaʁ.by.ʁas/ 		carburasses
/kaʁ.by.ʁas/ 		carburât
/kaʁ.by.ʁa/ 		carburassions
/kaʁ.by.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		carburassiez
/kaʁ.by.ʁa.sje/ 		carburassent
/kaʁ.by.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — carbure
/kaʁ.byʁ/ 		— carburons
/kaʁ.by.ʁɔ̃/ 		carburez
/kaʁ.by.ʁe/ 		—
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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