adouber

French

Etymology

From Old French adober, aduber, thought to be from Frankish *dubban, from the same Proto-Germanic root as English dub.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.du.be/

Verb

adouber

1. to dub (to bestow the title of knight upon)
2. to adjust a piece in a board game, such as chess or backgammon

Conjugation

   Conjugation of adouber (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		adouber			avoir adoubé
gerund		en adoubant			en ayant adoubé
present participle		adoubant
past participle		adoubé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	adoube	adoubes	adoube	adoubons	adoubez	adoubent
	imperfect	adoubais	adoubais	adoubait	adoubions	adoubiez	adoubaient
	past historic1	adoubai	adoubas	adouba	adoubâmes	adoubâtes	adoubèrent
	future	adouberai	adouberas	adoubera	adouberons	adouberez	adouberont
	conditional	adouberais	adouberais	adouberait	adouberions	adouberiez	adouberaient
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	adoube	adoubes	adoube	adoubions	adoubiez	adoubent
	imperfect1	adoubasse	adoubasses	adoubât	adoubassions	adoubassiez	adoubassent
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	–
		—	adoube	—	adoubons	adoubez	—
1literary tenses

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Old French

Verb

adouber

1. Alternative form of adober.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of adouber (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		adouber			avoir or être adoubé
gerund		en adoubant			en ayant adoubé or en étant adoubé
present participle		adoubant
past participle		adoubé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	adoube	adoubes	adoube	adoubons	adoubez	adoubent
	imperfect	adoubais	adoubais	adoubait	adoubions	adoubiez	adoubaient
	past historic1	adoubai	adoubas	adouba	adoubâmes	adoubâtes	adoubèrent
	future	adouberai	adouberas	adoubera	adouberons	adouberez	adouberont
	conditional	adouberais	adouberais	adouberait	adouberions	adouberiez	adouberaient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	adoube	adoubes	adoube	adoubions	adoubiez	adoubent
	imperfect1	adoubasse	adoubasses	adoubât	adoubassions	adoubassiez	adoubassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	adoube	—	adoubons	adoubez	—
1literary tenses

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881)