scruter

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scrūtāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skʁy.te/
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Verb

scruter

  1. (transitive) to scrutinise, scrutinize, put under the microscope
    Synonyms: décortiquer, inspecter, sonder

Conjugation

Conjugation of scruter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple scruter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple scrutant
/skʁy.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle scruté
/skʁy.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present scrute
/skʁyt/ 		scrutes
/skʁyt/ 		scrute
/skʁyt/ 		scrutons
/skʁy.tɔ̃/ 		scrutez
/skʁy.te/ 		scrutent
/skʁyt/
imperfect scrutais
/skʁy.tɛ/ 		scrutais
/skʁy.tɛ/ 		scrutait
/skʁy.tɛ/ 		scrutions
/skʁy.tjɔ̃/ 		scrutiez
/skʁy.tje/ 		scrutaient
/skʁy.tɛ/
past historic2 scrutai
/skʁy.te/ 		scrutas
/skʁy.ta/ 		scruta
/skʁy.ta/ 		scrutâmes
/skʁy.tam/ 		scrutâtes
/skʁy.tat/ 		scrutèrent
/skʁy.tɛʁ/
future scruterai
/skʁy.tʁe/ 		scruteras
/skʁy.tʁa/ 		scrutera
/skʁy.tʁa/ 		scruterons
/skʁy.tʁɔ̃/ 		scruterez
/skʁy.tʁe/ 		scruteront
/skʁy.tʁɔ̃/
conditional scruterais
/skʁy.tʁɛ/ 		scruterais
/skʁy.tʁɛ/ 		scruterait
/skʁy.tʁɛ/ 		scruterions
/skʁy.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		scruteriez
/skʁy.tə.ʁje/ 		scruteraient
/skʁy.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 scrute
/skʁyt/ 		scrutes
/skʁyt/ 		scrute
/skʁyt/ 		scrutions
/skʁy.tjɔ̃/ 		scrutiez
/skʁy.tje/ 		scrutent
/skʁyt/
imperfect2 scrutasse
/skʁy.tas/ 		scrutasses
/skʁy.tas/ 		scrutât
/skʁy.ta/ 		scrutassions
/skʁy.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		scrutassiez
/skʁy.ta.sje/ 		scrutassent
/skʁy.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — scrute
/skʁyt/ 		— scrutons
/skʁy.tɔ̃/ 		scrutez
/skʁy.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).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

scrūter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of scrūtō
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