calfeutrer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal.fø.tʁe/

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Verb

calfeutrer

1. caulk (to seal joints with caulk)
2. to draughtproof, draftproof

Conjugation

Conjugation of calfeutrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	calfeutrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	calfeutrant /kal.fø.tʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		calfeutré /kal.fø.tʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	calfeutre /kal.føtʁ/	calfeutres /kal.føtʁ/	calfeutre /kal.føtʁ/	calfeutrons /kal.fø.tʁɔ̃/	calfeutrez /kal.fø.tʁe/	calfeutrent /kal.føtʁ/
	imperfect	calfeutrais /kal.fø.tʁɛ/	calfeutrais /kal.fø.tʁɛ/	calfeutrait /kal.fø.tʁɛ/	calfeutrions /kal.fø.tʁi.jɔ̃/	calfeutriez /kal.fø.tʁi.je/	calfeutraient /kal.fø.tʁɛ/
	past historic2	calfeutrai /kal.fø.tʁe/	calfeutras /kal.fø.tʁa/	calfeutra /kal.fø.tʁa/	calfeutrâmes /kal.fø.tʁam/	calfeutrâtes /kal.fø.tʁat/	calfeutrèrent /kal.fø.tʁɛʁ/
	future	calfeutrerai /kal.fø.tʁə.ʁe/	calfeutreras /kal.fø.tʁə.ʁa/	calfeutrera /kal.fø.tʁə.ʁa/	calfeutrerons /kal.fø.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/	calfeutrerez /kal.fø.tʁə.ʁe/	calfeutreront /kal.fø.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	calfeutrerais /kal.fø.tʁə.ʁɛ/	calfeutrerais /kal.fø.tʁə.ʁɛ/	calfeutrerait /kal.fø.tʁə.ʁɛ/	calfeutrerions /kal.fø.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	calfeutreriez /kal.fø.tʁə.ʁje/	calfeutreraient /kal.fø.tʁə.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	calfeutre /kal.føtʁ/	calfeutres /kal.føtʁ/	calfeutre /kal.føtʁ/	calfeutrions /kal.fø.tʁi.jɔ̃/	calfeutriez /kal.fø.tʁi.je/	calfeutrent /kal.føtʁ/
	imperfect2	calfeutrasse /kal.fø.tʁas/	calfeutrasses /kal.fø.tʁas/	calfeutrât /kal.fø.tʁa/	calfeutrassions /kal.fø.tʁa.sjɔ̃/	calfeutrassiez /kal.fø.tʁa.sje/	calfeutrassent /kal.fø.tʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	calfeutre /kal.føtʁ/	—	calfeutrons /kal.fø.tʁɔ̃/	calfeutrez /kal.fø.tʁe/	—
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).

See also

• calfater

Further reading

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