marabouter

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French

Etymology

From marabout +‎ -er; compare ensorceler from sorcier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ʁa.bu.te/
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Verb

marabouter

  1. to cast a spell on; to enchant (magically)
    Synonyms: envouter, féticher
    • 2006, Julos Beaucarne (lyrics and music), “Les loups ont des têtes de mouton”:
      Nous sommes six milliards tout en bas
      Maraboutés au nom de quoi
      Au nom du pèse, au nom du fisc
      Et du sacro saint bénéfice
      There are six billion of us right at the bottom
      Bewitched in the name of what
      In the name of dough, in the name of the tax man
      And of sacrosanct profit

Conjugation

Conjugation of marabouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple marabouter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple maraboutant
/ma.ʁa.bu.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle marabouté
/ma.ʁa.bu.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present maraboute
/ma.ʁa.but/ 		maraboutes
/ma.ʁa.but/ 		maraboute
/ma.ʁa.but/ 		maraboutons
/ma.ʁa.bu.tɔ̃/ 		maraboutez
/ma.ʁa.bu.te/ 		maraboutent
/ma.ʁa.but/
imperfect maraboutais
/ma.ʁa.bu.tɛ/ 		maraboutais
/ma.ʁa.bu.tɛ/ 		maraboutait
/ma.ʁa.bu.tɛ/ 		maraboutions
/ma.ʁa.bu.tjɔ̃/ 		maraboutiez
/ma.ʁa.bu.tje/ 		maraboutaient
/ma.ʁa.bu.tɛ/
past historic2 maraboutai
/ma.ʁa.bu.te/ 		maraboutas
/ma.ʁa.bu.ta/ 		marabouta
/ma.ʁa.bu.ta/ 		maraboutâmes
/ma.ʁa.bu.tam/ 		maraboutâtes
/ma.ʁa.bu.tat/ 		maraboutèrent
/ma.ʁa.bu.tɛʁ/
future marabouterai
/ma.ʁa.bu.tʁe/ 		marabouteras
/ma.ʁa.bu.tʁa/ 		maraboutera
/ma.ʁa.bu.tʁa/ 		marabouterons
/ma.ʁa.bu.tʁɔ̃/ 		marabouterez
/ma.ʁa.bu.tʁe/ 		marabouteront
/ma.ʁa.bu.tʁɔ̃/
conditional marabouterais
/ma.ʁa.bu.tʁɛ/ 		marabouterais
/ma.ʁa.bu.tʁɛ/ 		marabouterait
/ma.ʁa.bu.tʁɛ/ 		marabouterions
/ma.ʁa.bu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		marabouteriez
/ma.ʁa.bu.tə.ʁje/ 		marabouteraient
/ma.ʁa.bu.tʁɛ/
(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 maraboute
/ma.ʁa.but/ 		maraboutes
/ma.ʁa.but/ 		maraboute
/ma.ʁa.but/ 		maraboutions
/ma.ʁa.bu.tjɔ̃/ 		maraboutiez
/ma.ʁa.bu.tje/ 		maraboutent
/ma.ʁa.but/
imperfect2 maraboutasse
/ma.ʁa.bu.tas/ 		maraboutasses
/ma.ʁa.bu.tas/ 		maraboutât
/ma.ʁa.bu.ta/ 		maraboutassions
/ma.ʁa.bu.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		maraboutassiez
/ma.ʁa.bu.ta.sje/ 		maraboutassent
/ma.ʁa.bu.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — maraboute
/ma.ʁa.but/ 		— maraboutons
/ma.ʁa.bu.tɔ̃/ 		maraboutez
/ma.ʁa.bu.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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