aboyer
French
Etymology
From Old French abayer, abaüer, probably of onomatopoetic origin. Compare Latin baubari, Italian abbaiare.
Pronunciation
Verb
aboyer
- (intransitive, of a dog) to bark
- (intransitive) to scream at or inveigh against somebody
- (transitive, usually pejorative) to scream or yell in short bouts; to bark
- Il aboie des ordres sans s'arrêter pour respirer
- He barks orders without pausing to breathe.
- Il aboie des ordres sans s'arrêter pour respirer
Usage notes
- To mark the target of the barking, the usual preposition is après; less common is contre, while à is dated.
Conjugation
- This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ before a silent ‘e’.
Conjugation of aboyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | aboyer | avoir aboyé | |||||
| gerund | en aboyant | en ayant aboyé | |||||
| present participle | aboyant | ||||||
| past participle | aboyé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | aboie | aboies | aboie | aboyons | aboyez | aboient |
| imperfect | aboyais | aboyais | aboyait | aboyions | aboyiez | aboyaient | |
| past historic1 | aboyai | aboyas | aboya | aboyâmes | aboyâtes | aboyèrent | |
| future | aboierai | aboieras | aboiera | aboierons | aboierez | aboieront | |
| conditional | aboierais | aboierais | aboierait | aboierions | aboieriez | aboieraient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | aboie | aboies | aboie | aboyions | aboyiez | aboient |
| imperfect1 | aboyasse | aboyasses | aboyât | aboyassions | aboyassiez | aboyassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | aboie | — | aboyons | aboyez | — | ||
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