avoisiner
French
Etymology
From a- + voisin (“neighbor”) + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.vwa.zi.ne/
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Verb
avoisiner
- (transitive) to neighbor/neighbour (to be near to, or the neighbor of)
- (transitive) to border on (be similar to)
- Synonym: approcher
Conjugation
Conjugation of avoisiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | avoisiner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | avoisinant /a.vwa.zi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | avoisiné /a.vwa.zi.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | avoisine /a.vwa.zin/ |
avoisines /a.vwa.zin/ |
avoisine /a.vwa.zin/ |
avoisinons /a.vwa.zi.nɔ̃/ |
avoisinez /a.vwa.zi.ne/ |
avoisinent /a.vwa.zin/ |
| imperfect | avoisinais /a.vwa.zi.nɛ/ |
avoisinais /a.vwa.zi.nɛ/ |
avoisinait /a.vwa.zi.nɛ/ |
avoisinions /a.vwa.zi.njɔ̃/ |
avoisiniez /a.vwa.zi.nje/ |
avoisinaient /a.vwa.zi.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | avoisinai /a.vwa.zi.ne/ |
avoisinas /a.vwa.zi.na/ |
avoisina /a.vwa.zi.na/ |
avoisinâmes /a.vwa.zi.nam/ |
avoisinâtes /a.vwa.zi.nat/ |
avoisinèrent /a.vwa.zi.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | avoisinerai /a.vwa.zin.ʁe/ |
avoisineras /a.vwa.zin.ʁa/ |
avoisinera /a.vwa.zin.ʁa/ |
avoisinerons /a.vwa.zin.ʁɔ̃/ |
avoisinerez /a.vwa.zin.ʁe/ |
avoisineront /a.vwa.zin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | avoisinerais /a.vwa.zin.ʁɛ/ |
avoisinerais /a.vwa.zin.ʁɛ/ |
avoisinerait /a.vwa.zin.ʁɛ/ |
avoisinerions /a.vwa.zi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
avoisineriez /a.vwa.zi.nə.ʁje/ |
avoisineraient /a.vwa.zin.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 | avoisine /a.vwa.zin/ |
avoisines /a.vwa.zin/ |
avoisine /a.vwa.zin/ |
avoisinions /a.vwa.zi.njɔ̃/ |
avoisiniez /a.vwa.zi.nje/ |
avoisinent /a.vwa.zin/ |
| imperfect2 | avoisinasse /a.vwa.zi.nas/ |
avoisinasses /a.vwa.zi.nas/ |
avoisinât /a.vwa.zi.na/ |
avoisinassions /a.vwa.zi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
avoisinassiez /a.vwa.zi.na.sje/ |
avoisinassent /a.vwa.zi.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | avoisine /a.vwa.zin/ |
— | avoisinons /a.vwa.zi.nɔ̃/ |
avoisinez /a.vwa.zi.ne/ |
— | |
| 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
- “avoisiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.