ébouer

French

Etymology

From é- +‎ boue +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.bwe/, /e.bu.e/

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Verb

ébouer

1. to clean up

Conjugation

Conjugation of ébouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ébouer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ébouant /e.bwɑ̃/ or /e.bu.ɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		éboué /e.bwe/ or /e.bu.e/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	éboue /e.bu/	éboues /e.bu/	éboue /e.bu/	ébouons /e.bwɔ̃/ or /e.bu.ɔ̃/	ébouez /e.bwe/ or /e.bu.e/	ébouent /e.bu/
	imperfect	ébouais /e.bwɛ/ or /e.bu.ɛ/	ébouais /e.bwɛ/ or /e.bu.ɛ/	ébouait /e.bwɛ/ or /e.bu.ɛ/	ébouions /e.bu.jɔ̃/	ébouiez /e.bu.je/	ébouaient /e.bwɛ/ or /e.bu.ɛ/
	past historic2	ébouai /e.bwe/ or /e.bu.e/	ébouas /e.bwa/ or /e.bu.a/	éboua /e.bwa/ or /e.bu.a/	ébouâmes /e.bwam/ or /e.bu.am/	ébouâtes /e.bwat/ or /e.bu.at/	ébouèrent /e.bwɛʁ/ or /e.bu.ɛʁ/
	future	ébouerai /e.bu.ʁe/ or /e.bu.ə.ʁe/	éboueras /e.bu.ʁa/ or /e.bu.ə.ʁa/	ébouera /e.bu.ʁa/ or /e.bu.ə.ʁa/	ébouerons /e.bu.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.bu.ə.ʁɔ̃/	ébouerez /e.bu.ʁe/ or /e.bu.ə.ʁe/	éboueront /e.bu.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.bu.ə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ébouerais /e.bu.ʁɛ/ or /e.bu.ə.ʁɛ/	ébouerais /e.bu.ʁɛ/ or /e.bu.ə.ʁɛ/	ébouerait /e.bu.ʁɛ/ or /e.bu.ə.ʁɛ/	ébouerions /e.bu.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.bu.ə.ʁjɔ̃/	éboueriez /e.bu.ʁje/ or /e.bu.ə.ʁje/	éboueraient /e.bu.ʁɛ/ or /e.bu.ə.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	éboue /e.bu/	éboues /e.bu/	éboue /e.bu/	ébouions /e.bu.jɔ̃/	ébouiez /e.bu.je/	ébouent /e.bu/
	imperfect2	ébouasse /e.bwas/ or /e.bu.as/	ébouasses /e.bwas/ or /e.bu.as/	ébouât /e.bwa/ or /e.bu.a/	ébouassions /e.bwa.sjɔ̃/ or /e.bu.a.sjɔ̃/	ébouassiez /e.bwa.sje/ or /e.bu.a.sje/	ébouassent /e.bwas/ or /e.bu.as/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	éboue /e.bu/	—	ébouons /e.bwɔ̃/ or /e.bu.ɔ̃/	ébouez /e.bwe/ or /e.bu.e/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• éboueur

Further reading

• “ébouer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ébroue, ébroué