abreuver
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *abbiberāre, derived from Latin bibere (“to drink”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
abreuver
- (literary) to water (cattle, fields etc.), give water to (a person)
- Synonym: arroser
- (literary, takes a reflexive pronoun) to drink
- (figuratively, ditransitive, with the indirect object taking de) to shower (someone) in
- Elle l’a abreuvé d’injures. ― She insulted him copiously. / She showered him with insults.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of abreuver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | abreuver | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | abreuvant /a.bʁœ.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | abreuvé /a.bʁœ.ve/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | abreuve /a.bʁœv/ |
abreuves /a.bʁœv/ |
abreuve /a.bʁœv/ |
abreuvons /a.bʁœ.vɔ̃/ |
abreuvez /a.bʁœ.ve/ |
abreuvent /a.bʁœv/ |
| imperfect | abreuvais /a.bʁœ.vɛ/ |
abreuvais /a.bʁœ.vɛ/ |
abreuvait /a.bʁœ.vɛ/ |
abreuvions /a.bʁœ.vjɔ̃/ |
abreuviez /a.bʁœ.vje/ |
abreuvaient /a.bʁœ.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | abreuvai /a.bʁœ.ve/ |
abreuvas /a.bʁœ.va/ |
abreuva /a.bʁœ.va/ |
abreuvâmes /a.bʁœ.vam/ |
abreuvâtes /a.bʁœ.vat/ |
abreuvèrent /a.bʁœ.vɛʁ/ | |
| future | abreuverai /a.bʁœ.vʁe/ |
abreuveras /a.bʁœ.vʁa/ |
abreuvera /a.bʁœ.vʁa/ |
abreuverons /a.bʁœ.vʁɔ̃/ |
abreuverez /a.bʁœ.vʁe/ |
abreuveront /a.bʁœ.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | abreuverais /a.bʁœ.vʁɛ/ |
abreuverais /a.bʁœ.vʁɛ/ |
abreuverait /a.bʁœ.vʁɛ/ |
abreuverions /a.bʁœ.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
abreuveriez /a.bʁœ.və.ʁje/ |
abreuveraient /a.bʁœ.vʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | abreuve /a.bʁœv/ |
abreuves /a.bʁœv/ |
abreuve /a.bʁœv/ |
abreuvions /a.bʁœ.vjɔ̃/ |
abreuviez /a.bʁœ.vje/ |
abreuvent /a.bʁœv/ |
| imperfect2 | abreuvasse /a.bʁœ.vas/ |
abreuvasses /a.bʁœ.vas/ |
abreuvât /a.bʁœ.va/ |
abreuvassions /a.bʁœ.va.sjɔ̃/ |
abreuvassiez /a.bʁœ.va.sje/ |
abreuvassent /a.bʁœ.vas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | abreuve /a.bʁœv/ |
— | abreuvons /a.bʁœ.vɔ̃/ |
abreuvez /a.bʁœ.ve/ |
— | |
| 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 edit
Further reading edit
- “abreuver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.