couder

French

Etymology

From coude 'elbow', from Latin cubitus.

Pronunciation

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Verb

couder

1. to fold elbow-shaped

Conjugation

Conjugation of couder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	couder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	coudant /ku.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		coudé /ku.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	coude /kud/	coudes /kud/	coude /kud/	coudons /ku.dɔ̃/	coudez /ku.de/	coudent /kud/
	imperfect	coudais /ku.dɛ/	coudais /ku.dɛ/	coudait /ku.dɛ/	coudions /ku.djɔ̃/	coudiez /ku.dje/	coudaient /ku.dɛ/
	past historic2	coudai /ku.de/	coudas /ku.da/	couda /ku.da/	coudâmes /ku.dam/	coudâtes /ku.dat/	coudèrent /ku.dɛʁ/
	future	couderai /ku.dʁe/	couderas /ku.dʁa/	coudera /ku.dʁa/	couderons /ku.dʁɔ̃/	couderez /ku.dʁe/	couderont /ku.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	couderais /ku.dʁɛ/	couderais /ku.dʁɛ/	couderait /ku.dʁɛ/	couderions /ku.də.ʁjɔ̃/	couderiez /ku.də.ʁje/	couderaient /ku.dʁɛ/
(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	coude /kud/	coudes /kud/	coude /kud/	coudions /ku.djɔ̃/	coudiez /ku.dje/	coudent /kud/
	imperfect2	coudasse /ku.das/	coudasses /ku.das/	coudât /ku.da/	coudassions /ku.da.sjɔ̃/	coudassiez /ku.da.sje/	coudassent /ku.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	coude /kud/	—	coudons /ku.dɔ̃/	coudez /ku.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

• coudée f

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• coudre