carburer

French

Etymology

From carbure +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.by.ʁe/

• Audio:

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Verb

carburer

1. to carburet
2. (slang) (of a motor) to run well
3. (slang, followed by the preposition à) to run on, live on (to use a substance to work, to get on)

   Il carbure au café.

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4. (chemistry) to introduce carbon into a metal

Conjugation

Conjugation of carburer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	carburer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	carburant /kaʁ.by.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		carburé /kaʁ.by.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	carbure /kaʁ.byʁ/	carbures /kaʁ.byʁ/	carbure /kaʁ.byʁ/	carburons /kaʁ.by.ʁɔ̃/	carburez /kaʁ.by.ʁe/	carburent /kaʁ.byʁ/
	imperfect	carburais /kaʁ.by.ʁɛ/	carburais /kaʁ.by.ʁɛ/	carburait /kaʁ.by.ʁɛ/	carburions /kaʁ.by.ʁjɔ̃/	carburiez /kaʁ.by.ʁje/	carburaient /kaʁ.by.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	carburai /kaʁ.by.ʁe/	carburas /kaʁ.by.ʁa/	carbura /kaʁ.by.ʁa/	carburâmes /kaʁ.by.ʁam/	carburâtes /kaʁ.by.ʁat/	carburèrent /kaʁ.by.ʁɛʁ/
	future	carburerai /kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁe/	carbureras /kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁa/	carburera /kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁa/	carburerons /kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	carburerez /kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁe/	carbureront /kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	carburerais /kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁɛ/	carburerais /kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁɛ/	carburerait /kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁɛ/	carburerions /kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	carbureriez /kaʁ.by.ʁə.ʁje/	carbureraient /kaʁ.by.ʁə.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	carbure /kaʁ.byʁ/	carbures /kaʁ.byʁ/	carbure /kaʁ.byʁ/	carburions /kaʁ.by.ʁjɔ̃/	carburiez /kaʁ.by.ʁje/	carburent /kaʁ.byʁ/
	imperfect2	carburasse /kaʁ.by.ʁas/	carburasses /kaʁ.by.ʁas/	carburât /kaʁ.by.ʁa/	carburassions /kaʁ.by.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	carburassiez /kaʁ.by.ʁa.sje/	carburassent /kaʁ.by.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	carbure /kaʁ.byʁ/	—	carburons /kaʁ.by.ʁɔ̃/	carburez /kaʁ.by.ʁe/	—
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).

Further reading

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