caviarder

French

Etymology

From caviar +‎ -er with the insertion of a euphonic /d/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.vjaʁ.de/

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Verb

caviarder

1. (colloquial) to redact (to censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder)

Conjugation

Conjugation of caviarder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	caviarder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	caviardant /ka.vjaʁ.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		caviardé /ka.vjaʁ.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	caviarde /ka.vjaʁd/	caviardes /ka.vjaʁd/	caviarde /ka.vjaʁd/	caviardons /ka.vjaʁ.dɔ̃/	caviardez /ka.vjaʁ.de/	caviardent /ka.vjaʁd/
	imperfect	caviardais /ka.vjaʁ.dɛ/	caviardais /ka.vjaʁ.dɛ/	caviardait /ka.vjaʁ.dɛ/	caviardions /ka.vjaʁ.djɔ̃/	caviardiez /ka.vjaʁ.dje/	caviardaient /ka.vjaʁ.dɛ/
	past historic2	caviardai /ka.vjaʁ.de/	caviardas /ka.vjaʁ.da/	caviarda /ka.vjaʁ.da/	caviardâmes /ka.vjaʁ.dam/	caviardâtes /ka.vjaʁ.dat/	caviardèrent /ka.vjaʁ.dɛʁ/
	future	caviarderai /ka.vjaʁ.də.ʁe/	caviarderas /ka.vjaʁ.də.ʁa/	caviardera /ka.vjaʁ.də.ʁa/	caviarderons /ka.vjaʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/	caviarderez /ka.vjaʁ.də.ʁe/	caviarderont /ka.vjaʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	caviarderais /ka.vjaʁ.də.ʁɛ/	caviarderais /ka.vjaʁ.də.ʁɛ/	caviarderait /ka.vjaʁ.də.ʁɛ/	caviarderions /ka.vjaʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/	caviarderiez /ka.vjaʁ.də.ʁje/	caviarderaient /ka.vjaʁ.də.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	caviarde /ka.vjaʁd/	caviardes /ka.vjaʁd/	caviarde /ka.vjaʁd/	caviardions /ka.vjaʁ.djɔ̃/	caviardiez /ka.vjaʁ.dje/	caviardent /ka.vjaʁd/
	imperfect2	caviardasse /ka.vjaʁ.das/	caviardasses /ka.vjaʁ.das/	caviardât /ka.vjaʁ.da/	caviardassions /ka.vjaʁ.da.sjɔ̃/	caviardassiez /ka.vjaʁ.da.sje/	caviardassent /ka.vjaʁ.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	caviarde /ka.vjaʁd/	—	caviardons /ka.vjaʁ.dɔ̃/	caviardez /ka.vjaʁ.de/	—
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).

Derived terms

• caviardage

Further reading

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