obturer

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obtūrāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔp.ty.ʁe/
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Verb

obturer

  1. to seal, close up
  2. (figurative) to hide
    Synonyms: cacher, dissimuler
    • 1997, “L'Empire du côté obscur”, in L'École du micro d'argent, performed by IAM:
      Ta nature que tu obtures, le côté obscur de la force
      Your nature that you hide, the dark side of the force

Conjugation

Conjugation of obturer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple obturer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple obturant
/ɔp.ty.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle obturé
/ɔp.ty.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present obture
/ɔp.tyʁ/ 		obtures
/ɔp.tyʁ/ 		obture
/ɔp.tyʁ/ 		obturons
/ɔp.ty.ʁɔ̃/ 		obturez
/ɔp.ty.ʁe/ 		obturent
/ɔp.tyʁ/
imperfect obturais
/ɔp.ty.ʁɛ/ 		obturais
/ɔp.ty.ʁɛ/ 		obturait
/ɔp.ty.ʁɛ/ 		obturions
/ɔp.ty.ʁjɔ̃/ 		obturiez
/ɔp.ty.ʁje/ 		obturaient
/ɔp.ty.ʁɛ/
past historic2 obturai
/ɔp.ty.ʁe/ 		obturas
/ɔp.ty.ʁa/ 		obtura
/ɔp.ty.ʁa/ 		obturâmes
/ɔp.ty.ʁam/ 		obturâtes
/ɔp.ty.ʁat/ 		obturèrent
/ɔp.ty.ʁɛʁ/
future obturerai
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁe/ 		obtureras
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁa/ 		obturera
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁa/ 		obturerons
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		obturerez
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁe/ 		obtureront
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional obturerais
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		obturerais
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		obturerait
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		obturerions
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		obtureriez
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁje/ 		obtureraient
/ɔp.ty.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 obture
/ɔp.tyʁ/ 		obtures
/ɔp.tyʁ/ 		obture
/ɔp.tyʁ/ 		obturions
/ɔp.ty.ʁjɔ̃/ 		obturiez
/ɔp.ty.ʁje/ 		obturent
/ɔp.tyʁ/
imperfect2 obturasse
/ɔp.ty.ʁas/ 		obturasses
/ɔp.ty.ʁas/ 		obturât
/ɔp.ty.ʁa/ 		obturassions
/ɔp.ty.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		obturassiez
/ɔp.ty.ʁa.sje/ 		obturassent
/ɔp.ty.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — obture
/ɔp.tyʁ/ 		— obturons
/ɔp.ty.ʁɔ̃/ 		obturez
/ɔp.ty.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).

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Verb

obtūrer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of obtūrō
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