sabler
English
Adjective
sabler
Danish
Noun
sabler c
- indefinite plural of sabel
French
Etymology
From sable.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.ble/ ~ /sɑ.ble/
Audio (Paris): (file)
Verb
sabler
- to sand (cover with sand)
- to sandblast
- (drinking) to chug (drink quickly)
- (cooking) to cut butter or fat into flour to form a pebbly mixture
Conjugation
Conjugation of sabler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | sabler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | sablant /sa.blɑ̃/ or /sɑ.blɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | sablé /sa.ble/ or /sɑ.ble/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | sable /sabl/ or /sɑbl/ |
sables /sabl/ or /sɑbl/ |
sable /sabl/ or /sɑbl/ |
sablons /sa.blɔ̃/ or /sɑ.blɔ̃/ |
sablez /sa.ble/ or /sɑ.ble/ |
sablent /sabl/ or /sɑbl/ |
| imperfect | sablais /sa.blɛ/ or /sɑ.blɛ/ |
sablais /sa.blɛ/ or /sɑ.blɛ/ |
sablait /sa.blɛ/ or /sɑ.blɛ/ |
sablions /sa.bli.jɔ̃/ or /sɑ.bli.jɔ̃/ |
sabliez /sa.bli.je/ or /sɑ.bli.je/ |
sablaient /sa.blɛ/ or /sɑ.blɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | sablai /sa.ble/ or /sɑ.ble/ |
sablas /sa.bla/ or /sɑ.bla/ |
sabla /sa.bla/ or /sɑ.bla/ |
sablâmes /sa.blam/ or /sɑ.blam/ |
sablâtes /sa.blat/ or /sɑ.blat/ |
sablèrent /sa.blɛʁ/ or /sɑ.blɛʁ/ | |
| future | sablerai /sa.blə.ʁe/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁe/ |
sableras /sa.blə.ʁa/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁa/ |
sablera /sa.blə.ʁa/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁa/ |
sablerons /sa.blə.ʁɔ̃/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁɔ̃/ |
sablerez /sa.blə.ʁe/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁe/ |
sableront /sa.blə.ʁɔ̃/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | sablerais /sa.blə.ʁɛ/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁɛ/ |
sablerais /sa.blə.ʁɛ/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁɛ/ |
sablerait /sa.blə.ʁɛ/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁɛ/ |
sablerions /sa.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sableriez /sa.blə.ʁje/ or /sɑ.blə.ʁje/ |
sableraient /sa.blə.ʁɛ/ or /sɑ.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 | sable /sabl/ or /sɑbl/ |
sables /sabl/ or /sɑbl/ |
sable /sabl/ or /sɑbl/ |
sablions /sa.bli.jɔ̃/ or /sɑ.bli.jɔ̃/ |
sabliez /sa.bli.je/ or /sɑ.bli.je/ |
sablent /sabl/ or /sɑbl/ |
| imperfect2 | sablasse /sa.blas/ or /sɑ.blas/ |
sablasses /sa.blas/ or /sɑ.blas/ |
sablât /sa.bla/ or /sɑ.bla/ |
sablassions /sa.bla.sjɔ̃/ or /sɑ.bla.sjɔ̃/ |
sablassiez /sa.bla.sje/ or /sɑ.bla.sje/ |
sablassent /sa.blas/ or /sɑ.blas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sable /sabl/ or /sɑbl/ |
— | sablons /sa.blɔ̃/ or /sɑ.blɔ̃/ |
sablez /sa.ble/ or /sɑ.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “sabler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
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Noun
sabler m
- indefinite plural of sabel