mazouter

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French

Etymology

From mazout +‎ -er, from Russian мазу́т (mazút).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.zu.te/
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Verb

mazouter

  1. to pollute with petrol or oil
    • 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays:
      Le génocide est une marée noire, ceux qui ne s’y sont pas noyés sont mazoutés à vie.
      Genocide is like an oil slick, those who don't drown get covered in oil for life.

Conjugation

Conjugation of mazouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple mazouter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple mazoutant
/ma.zu.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle mazouté
/ma.zu.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present mazoute
/ma.zut/ 		mazoutes
/ma.zut/ 		mazoute
/ma.zut/ 		mazoutons
/ma.zu.tɔ̃/ 		mazoutez
/ma.zu.te/ 		mazoutent
/ma.zut/
imperfect mazoutais
/ma.zu.tɛ/ 		mazoutais
/ma.zu.tɛ/ 		mazoutait
/ma.zu.tɛ/ 		mazoutions
/ma.zu.tjɔ̃/ 		mazoutiez
/ma.zu.tje/ 		mazoutaient
/ma.zu.tɛ/
past historic2 mazoutai
/ma.zu.te/ 		mazoutas
/ma.zu.ta/ 		mazouta
/ma.zu.ta/ 		mazoutâmes
/ma.zu.tam/ 		mazoutâtes
/ma.zu.tat/ 		mazoutèrent
/ma.zu.tɛʁ/
future mazouterai
/ma.zu.tʁe/ 		mazouteras
/ma.zu.tʁa/ 		mazoutera
/ma.zu.tʁa/ 		mazouterons
/ma.zu.tʁɔ̃/ 		mazouterez
/ma.zu.tʁe/ 		mazouteront
/ma.zu.tʁɔ̃/
conditional mazouterais
/ma.zu.tʁɛ/ 		mazouterais
/ma.zu.tʁɛ/ 		mazouterait
/ma.zu.tʁɛ/ 		mazouterions
/ma.zu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		mazouteriez
/ma.zu.tə.ʁje/ 		mazouteraient
/ma.zu.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 mazoute
/ma.zut/ 		mazoutes
/ma.zut/ 		mazoute
/ma.zut/ 		mazoutions
/ma.zu.tjɔ̃/ 		mazoutiez
/ma.zu.tje/ 		mazoutent
/ma.zut/
imperfect2 mazoutasse
/ma.zu.tas/ 		mazoutasses
/ma.zu.tas/ 		mazoutât
/ma.zu.ta/ 		mazoutassions
/ma.zu.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		mazoutassiez
/ma.zu.ta.sje/ 		mazoutassent
/ma.zu.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — mazoute
/ma.zut/ 		— mazoutons
/ma.zu.tɔ̃/ 		mazoutez
/ma.zu.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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