Inherited from Old French abiller, from a- + bille + -er. The orthography with -h-, starting around the 15th century, is likely due to influence from or semantic association with the etymologically unrelated habit.
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habiller
| infinitive | simple | habiller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | habillant /a.bi.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | habillé /a.bi.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | habille /a.bij/ |
habilles /a.bij/ |
habille /a.bij/ |
habillons /a.bi.jɔ̃/ |
habillez /a.bi.je/ |
habillent /a.bij/ |
| imperfect | habillais /a.bi.jɛ/ |
habillais /a.bi.jɛ/ |
habillait /a.bi.jɛ/ |
habillions /a.bij.jɔ̃/ |
habilliez /a.bij.je/ |
habillaient /a.bi.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | habillai /a.bi.je/ |
habillas /a.bi.ja/ |
habilla /a.bi.ja/ |
habillâmes /a.bi.jam/ |
habillâtes /a.bi.jat/ |
habillèrent /a.bi.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | habillerai /a.bij.ʁe/ |
habilleras /a.bij.ʁa/ |
habillera /a.bij.ʁa/ |
habillerons /a.bij.ʁɔ̃/ |
habillerez /a.bij.ʁe/ |
habilleront /a.bij.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | habillerais /a.bij.ʁɛ/ |
habillerais /a.bij.ʁɛ/ |
habillerait /a.bij.ʁɛ/ |
habillerions /a.bi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
habilleriez /a.bi.jə.ʁje/ |
habilleraient /a.bij.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 | habille /a.bij/ |
habilles /a.bij/ |
habille /a.bij/ |
habillions /a.bij.jɔ̃/ |
habilliez /a.bij.je/ |
habillent /a.bij/ |
| imperfect2 | habillasse /a.bi.jas/ |
habillasses /a.bi.jas/ |
habillât /a.bi.ja/ |
habillassions /a.bi.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
habillassiez /a.bi.ja.sje/ |
habillassent /a.bi.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | habille /a.bij/ |
— | habillons /a.bi.jɔ̃/ |
habillez /a.bi.je/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
| infinitive | simple | s'habiller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’habillant /sa.bi.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | habillé /a.bi.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’habille /ma.bij/ |
t’habilles /ta.bij/ |
s’habille /sa.bij/ |
nous habillons /nu.z‿a.bi.jɔ̃/ |
vous habillez /vu.z‿a.bi.je/ |
s’habillent /sa.bij/ |
| imperfect | m’habillais /ma.bi.jɛ/ |
t’habillais /ta.bi.jɛ/ |
s’habillait /sa.bi.jɛ/ |
nous habillions /nu.z‿a.bij.jɔ̃/ |
vous habilliez /vu.z‿a.bij.je/ |
s’habillaient /sa.bi.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m’habillai /ma.bi.je/ |
t’habillas /ta.bi.ja/ |
s’habilla /sa.bi.ja/ |
nous habillâmes /nu.z‿a.bi.jam/ |
vous habillâtes /vu.z‿a.bi.jat/ |
s’habillèrent /sa.bi.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | m’habillerai /ma.bij.ʁe/ |
t’habilleras /ta.bij.ʁa/ |
s’habillera /sa.bij.ʁa/ |
nous habillerons /nu.z‿a.bij.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous habillerez /vu.z‿a.bij.ʁe/ |
s’habilleront /sa.bij.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m’habillerais /ma.bij.ʁɛ/ |
t’habillerais /ta.bij.ʁɛ/ |
s’habillerait /sa.bij.ʁɛ/ |
nous habillerions /nu.z‿a.bi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous habilleriez /vu.z‿a.bi.jə.ʁje/ |
s’habilleraient /sa.bij.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’habille /ma.bij/ |
t’habilles /ta.bij/ |
s’habille /sa.bij/ |
nous habillions /nu.z‿a.bij.jɔ̃/ |
vous habilliez /vu.z‿a.bij.je/ |
s’habillent /sa.bij/ |
| imperfect2 | m’habillasse /ma.bi.jas/ |
t’habillasses /ta.bi.jas/ |
s’habillât /sa.bi.ja/ |
nous habillassions /nu.z‿a.bi.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
vous habillassiez /vu.z‿a.bi.ja.sje/ |
s’habillassent /sa.bi.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | habille-toi /a.bij.twa/ |
— | habillons-nous /a.bi.jɔ̃.nu/ |
habillez-vous /a.bi.je.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||