forer

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See also: fører

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin forāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔ.ʁe/
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Verb

forer

  1. to bore; to drill (to make a hole)

Conjugation

Conjugation of forer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple forer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple forant
/fɔ.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle foré
/fɔ.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present fore
/fɔʁ/ 		fores
/fɔʁ/ 		fore
/fɔʁ/ 		forons
/fɔ.ʁɔ̃/ 		forez
/fɔ.ʁe/ 		forent
/fɔʁ/
imperfect forais
/fɔ.ʁɛ/ 		forais
/fɔ.ʁɛ/ 		forait
/fɔ.ʁɛ/ 		forions
/fɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ 		foriez
/fɔ.ʁje/ 		foraient
/fɔ.ʁɛ/
past historic2 forai
/fɔ.ʁe/ 		foras
/fɔ.ʁa/ 		fora
/fɔ.ʁa/ 		forâmes
/fɔ.ʁam/ 		forâtes
/fɔ.ʁat/ 		forèrent
/fɔ.ʁɛʁ/
future forerai
/fɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ 		foreras
/fɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ 		forera
/fɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ 		forerons
/fɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		forerez
/fɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ 		foreront
/fɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional forerais
/fɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		forerais
/fɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		forerait
/fɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		forerions
/fɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		foreriez
/fɔ.ʁə.ʁje/ 		foreraient
/fɔ.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 fore
/fɔʁ/ 		fores
/fɔʁ/ 		fore
/fɔʁ/ 		forions
/fɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ 		foriez
/fɔ.ʁje/ 		forent
/fɔʁ/
imperfect2 forasse
/fɔ.ʁas/ 		forasses
/fɔ.ʁas/ 		forât
/fɔ.ʁa/ 		forassions
/fɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		forassiez
/fɔ.ʁa.sje/ 		forassent
/fɔ.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fore
/fɔʁ/ 		— forons
/fɔ.ʁɔ̃/ 		forez
/fɔ.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).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Romanian: fora

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

forer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of forō
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