désavouer

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French

Etymology

From dés- +‎ avouer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.za.vwe/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -we

Verb

désavouer

  1. to take back (something that has been said)
  2. to disown
  3. to disavow
  4. to deny, deny ownership of

Conjugation

Conjugation of désavouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple désavouer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple désavouant
/de.za.vwɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle désavoué
/de.za.vwe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present désavoue
/de.za.vu/ 		désavoues
/de.za.vu/ 		désavoue
/de.za.vu/ 		désavouons
/de.za.vwɔ̃/ 		désavouez
/de.za.vwe/ 		désavouent
/de.za.vu/
imperfect désavouais
/de.za.vwɛ/ 		désavouais
/de.za.vwɛ/ 		désavouait
/de.za.vwɛ/ 		désavouions
/de.za.vu.jɔ̃/ 		désavouiez
/de.za.vu.je/ 		désavouaient
/de.za.vwɛ/
past historic2 désavouai
/de.za.vwe/ 		désavouas
/de.za.vwa/ 		désavoua
/de.za.vwa/ 		désavouâmes
/de.za.vwam/ 		désavouâtes
/de.za.vwat/ 		désavouèrent
/de.za.vwɛʁ/
future désavouerai
/de.za.vu.ʁe/ 		désavoueras
/de.za.vu.ʁa/ 		désavouera
/de.za.vu.ʁa/ 		désavouerons
/de.za.vu.ʁɔ̃/ 		désavouerez
/de.za.vu.ʁe/ 		désavoueront
/de.za.vu.ʁɔ̃/
conditional désavouerais
/de.za.vu.ʁɛ/ 		désavouerais
/de.za.vu.ʁɛ/ 		désavouerait
/de.za.vu.ʁɛ/ 		désavouerions
/de.za.vu.ʁjɔ̃/ 		désavoueriez
/de.za.vu.ʁje/ 		désavoueraient
/de.za.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 désavoue
/de.za.vu/ 		désavoues
/de.za.vu/ 		désavoue
/de.za.vu/ 		désavouions
/de.za.vu.jɔ̃/ 		désavouiez
/de.za.vu.je/ 		désavouent
/de.za.vu/
imperfect2 désavouasse
/de.za.vwas/ 		désavouasses
/de.za.vwas/ 		désavouât
/de.za.vwa/ 		désavouassions
/de.za.vwa.sjɔ̃/ 		désavouassiez
/de.za.vwa.sje/ 		désavouassent
/de.za.vwas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — désavoue
/de.za.vu/ 		— désavouons
/de.za.vwɔ̃/ 		désavouez
/de.za.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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