saborder

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French

FWOTD – 14 October 2024

Etymology

From sabord +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.bɔʁ.de/
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Verb

saborder

  1. (nautical, transitive) to scuttle (a ship)
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to pull the plug on
    • 2023 May, Luis Alberto Reygada, “Le rêve progressiste, et libre-échangiste, de la gauche latina”, in Le Monde diplomatique, page 9:
      Actuellement au pouvoir, son fils, le président Luis Lacalle Pou (élu en novembre 2018), paraît quant à lui, s’être donné pour mission de saborder le traité de 1991.
      As for his son, president Luis Lacalle Pou (elected in November 2018), currently in power, he seems to have taken upon himself the mission of pulling the plug on the 1991 treaty.

Conjugation

Conjugation of saborder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple saborder
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple sabordant
/sa.bɔʁ.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle sabordé
/sa.bɔʁ.de/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present saborde
/sa.bɔʁd/ 		sabordes
/sa.bɔʁd/ 		saborde
/sa.bɔʁd/ 		sabordons
/sa.bɔʁ.dɔ̃/ 		sabordez
/sa.bɔʁ.de/ 		sabordent
/sa.bɔʁd/
imperfect sabordais
/sa.bɔʁ.dɛ/ 		sabordais
/sa.bɔʁ.dɛ/ 		sabordait
/sa.bɔʁ.dɛ/ 		sabordions
/sa.bɔʁ.djɔ̃/ 		sabordiez
/sa.bɔʁ.dje/ 		sabordaient
/sa.bɔʁ.dɛ/
past historic2 sabordai
/sa.bɔʁ.de/ 		sabordas
/sa.bɔʁ.da/ 		saborda
/sa.bɔʁ.da/ 		sabordâmes
/sa.bɔʁ.dam/ 		sabordâtes
/sa.bɔʁ.dat/ 		sabordèrent
/sa.bɔʁ.dɛʁ/
future saborderai
/sa.bɔʁ.də.ʁe/ 		saborderas
/sa.bɔʁ.də.ʁa/ 		sabordera
/sa.bɔʁ.də.ʁa/ 		saborderons
/sa.bɔʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ 		saborderez
/sa.bɔʁ.də.ʁe/ 		saborderont
/sa.bɔʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/
conditional saborderais
/sa.bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ 		saborderais
/sa.bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ 		saborderait
/sa.bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ 		saborderions
/sa.bɔʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/ 		saborderiez
/sa.bɔʁ.də.ʁje/ 		saborderaient
/sa.bɔʁ.də.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 saborde
/sa.bɔʁd/ 		sabordes
/sa.bɔʁd/ 		saborde
/sa.bɔʁd/ 		sabordions
/sa.bɔʁ.djɔ̃/ 		sabordiez
/sa.bɔʁ.dje/ 		sabordent
/sa.bɔʁd/
imperfect2 sabordasse
/sa.bɔʁ.das/ 		sabordasses
/sa.bɔʁ.das/ 		sabordât
/sa.bɔʁ.da/ 		sabordassions
/sa.bɔʁ.da.sjɔ̃/ 		sabordassiez
/sa.bɔʁ.da.sje/ 		sabordassent
/sa.bɔʁ.das/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — saborde
/sa.bɔʁd/ 		— sabordons
/sa.bɔʁ.dɔ̃/ 		sabordez
/sa.bɔʁ.de/ 		—
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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