affubler
French
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *affībulāre, from Latin fībula (“clasp, brooch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.fy.ble/
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Verb
affubler
- (transitive) to deck out, to equip [with de ‘in/with’]
- (reflexive) to deck out oneself, to equip oneself
- (reflexive) to take on the surname of
Conjugation
Conjugation of affubler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | affubler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | affublant /a.fy.blɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | affublé /a.fy.ble/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | affuble /a.fybl/ |
affubles /a.fybl/ |
affuble /a.fybl/ |
affublons /a.fy.blɔ̃/ |
affublez /a.fy.ble/ |
affublent /a.fybl/ |
| imperfect | affublais /a.fy.blɛ/ |
affublais /a.fy.blɛ/ |
affublait /a.fy.blɛ/ |
affublions /a.fy.bli.jɔ̃/ |
affubliez /a.fy.bli.je/ |
affublaient /a.fy.blɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | affublai /a.fy.ble/ |
affublas /a.fy.bla/ |
affubla /a.fy.bla/ |
affublâmes /a.fy.blam/ |
affublâtes /a.fy.blat/ |
affublèrent /a.fy.blɛʁ/ | |
| future | affublerai /a.fy.blə.ʁe/ |
affubleras /a.fy.blə.ʁa/ |
affublera /a.fy.blə.ʁa/ |
affublerons /a.fy.blə.ʁɔ̃/ |
affublerez /a.fy.blə.ʁe/ |
affubleront /a.fy.blə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | affublerais /a.fy.blə.ʁɛ/ |
affublerais /a.fy.blə.ʁɛ/ |
affublerait /a.fy.blə.ʁɛ/ |
affublerions /a.fy.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
affubleriez /a.fy.blə.ʁje/ |
affubleraient /a.fy.blə.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 | affuble /a.fybl/ |
affubles /a.fybl/ |
affuble /a.fybl/ |
affublions /a.fy.bli.jɔ̃/ |
affubliez /a.fy.bli.je/ |
affublent /a.fybl/ |
| imperfect2 | affublasse /a.fy.blas/ |
affublasses /a.fy.blas/ |
affublât /a.fy.bla/ |
affublassions /a.fy.bla.sjɔ̃/ |
affublassiez /a.fy.bla.sje/ |
affublassent /a.fy.blas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | affuble /a.fybl/ |
— | affublons /a.fy.blɔ̃/ |
affublez /a.fy.ble/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “affubler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.