carburer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaʁ.by.ʁe/
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Verb
carburer
- to carburet
- (slang) (of a motor) to run well
- (slang, followed by the preposition à) to run on, live on (to use a substance to work, to get on)
- Il carbure au café.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (chemistry) to introduce carbon into a metal
Conjugation
Conjugation of carburer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | carburer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | carburant /kaʁ.by.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | carburé /kaʁ.by.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | carbure /kaʁ.byʁ/ |
carbures /kaʁ.byʁ/ |
carbure /kaʁ.byʁ/ |
carburons /kaʁ.by.ʁɔ̃/ |
carburez /kaʁ.by.ʁe/ |
carburent /kaʁ.byʁ/ |
| imperfect | carburais /kaʁ.by.ʁɛ/ |
carburais /kaʁ.by.ʁɛ/ |
carburait /kaʁ.by.ʁɛ/ |
carburions /kaʁ.by.ʁjɔ̃/ |
carburiez /kaʁ.by.ʁje/ |
carburaient /kaʁ.by.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | carburai /kaʁ.by.ʁe/ |
carburas /kaʁ.by.ʁa/ |
carbura /kaʁ.by.ʁa/ |
carburâmes /kaʁ.by.ʁam/ |
carburâtes /kaʁ.by.ʁat/ |
carburèrent /kaʁ.by.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | carburerai /kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁe/ |
carbureras /kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁa/ |
carburera /kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁa/ |
carburerons /kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
carburerez /kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁe/ |
carbureront /kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | carburerais /kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
carburerais /kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
carburerait /kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
carburerions /kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
carbureriez /kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁje/ |
carbureraient /kaʁ.by.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 | carbure /kaʁ.byʁ/ |
carbures /kaʁ.byʁ/ |
carbure /kaʁ.byʁ/ |
carburions /kaʁ.by.ʁjɔ̃/ |
carburiez /kaʁ.by.ʁje/ |
carburent /kaʁ.byʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | carburasse /kaʁ.by.ʁas/ |
carburasses /kaʁ.by.ʁas/ |
carburât /kaʁ.by.ʁa/ |
carburassions /kaʁ.by.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
carburassiez /kaʁ.by.ʁa.sje/ |
carburassent /kaʁ.by.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | carbure /kaʁ.byʁ/ |
— | carburons /kaʁ.by.ʁɔ̃/ |
carburez /kaʁ.by.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “carburer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.