flibuster

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French

Etymology

From flibuste +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fli.bys.te/
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Verb

flibuster

  1. to buccaneer
  2. to steal; to filch

Conjugation

Conjugation of flibuster (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple flibuster
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple flibustant
/fli.bys.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle flibusté
/fli.bys.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present flibuste
/fli.byst/ 		flibustes
/fli.byst/ 		flibuste
/fli.byst/ 		flibustons
/fli.bys.tɔ̃/ 		flibustez
/fli.bys.te/ 		flibustent
/fli.byst/
imperfect flibustais
/fli.bys.tɛ/ 		flibustais
/fli.bys.tɛ/ 		flibustait
/fli.bys.tɛ/ 		flibustions
/fli.bys.tjɔ̃/ 		flibustiez
/fli.bys.tje/ 		flibustaient
/fli.bys.tɛ/
past historic2 flibustai
/fli.bys.te/ 		flibustas
/fli.bys.ta/ 		flibusta
/fli.bys.ta/ 		flibustâmes
/fli.bys.tam/ 		flibustâtes
/fli.bys.tat/ 		flibustèrent
/fli.bys.tɛʁ/
future flibusterai
/fli.bys.tə.ʁe/ 		flibusteras
/fli.bys.tə.ʁa/ 		flibustera
/fli.bys.tə.ʁa/ 		flibusterons
/fli.bys.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		flibusterez
/fli.bys.tə.ʁe/ 		flibusteront
/fli.bys.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional flibusterais
/fli.bys.tə.ʁɛ/ 		flibusterais
/fli.bys.tə.ʁɛ/ 		flibusterait
/fli.bys.tə.ʁɛ/ 		flibusterions
/fli.bys.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		flibusteriez
/fli.bys.tə.ʁje/ 		flibusteraient
/fli.bys.tə.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 flibuste
/fli.byst/ 		flibustes
/fli.byst/ 		flibuste
/fli.byst/ 		flibustions
/fli.bys.tjɔ̃/ 		flibustiez
/fli.bys.tje/ 		flibustent
/fli.byst/
imperfect2 flibustasse
/fli.bys.tas/ 		flibustasses
/fli.bys.tas/ 		flibustât
/fli.bys.ta/ 		flibustassions
/fli.bys.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		flibustassiez
/fli.bys.ta.sje/ 		flibustassent
/fli.bys.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — flibuste
/fli.byst/ 		— flibustons
/fli.bys.tɔ̃/ 		flibustez
/fli.bys.te/ 		—
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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