tatouer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.twe/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -we
Verb
tatouer
- (transitive) to tattoo
Conjugation
Conjugation of tatouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | tatouer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | tatouant /ta.twɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | tatoué /ta.twe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | tatoue /ta.tu/ |
tatoues /ta.tu/ |
tatoue /ta.tu/ |
tatouons /ta.twɔ̃/ |
tatouez /ta.twe/ |
tatouent /ta.tu/ |
| imperfect | tatouais /ta.twɛ/ |
tatouais /ta.twɛ/ |
tatouait /ta.twɛ/ |
tatouions /ta.tu.jɔ̃/ |
tatouiez /ta.tu.je/ |
tatouaient /ta.twɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | tatouai /ta.twe/ |
tatouas /ta.twa/ |
tatoua /ta.twa/ |
tatouâmes /ta.twam/ |
tatouâtes /ta.twat/ |
tatouèrent /ta.twɛʁ/ | |
| future | tatouerai /ta.tu.ʁe/ |
tatoueras /ta.tu.ʁa/ |
tatouera /ta.tu.ʁa/ |
tatouerons /ta.tu.ʁɔ̃/ |
tatouerez /ta.tu.ʁe/ |
tatoueront /ta.tu.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tatouerais /ta.tu.ʁɛ/ |
tatouerais /ta.tu.ʁɛ/ |
tatouerait /ta.tu.ʁɛ/ |
tatouerions /ta.tu.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tatoueriez /ta.tu.ʁje/ |
tatoueraient /ta.tu.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 | tatoue /ta.tu/ |
tatoues /ta.tu/ |
tatoue /ta.tu/ |
tatouions /ta.tu.jɔ̃/ |
tatouiez /ta.tu.je/ |
tatouent /ta.tu/ |
| imperfect2 | tatouasse /ta.twas/ |
tatouasses /ta.twas/ |
tatouât /ta.twa/ |
tatouassions /ta.twa.sjɔ̃/ |
tatouassiez /ta.twa.sje/ |
tatouassent /ta.twas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | tatoue /ta.tu/ |
— | tatouons /ta.twɔ̃/ |
tatouez /ta.twe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Polish: tatuować
- → Romanian: tatua
- → Ukrainian: татуюва́ти (tatujuváty)
Further reading
- “tatouer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English tattoo + -er.
Verb
tatouer (gerund tatouéthie)