désabuser

French

Etymology

From dés- +‎ abuser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.za.by.ze/

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Verb

désabuser

1. to correct, to enlighten
2. to disenchant, to disillusion

Conjugation

Conjugation of désabuser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	désabuser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	désabusant /de.za.by.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		désabusé /de.za.by.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	désabuse /de.za.byz/	désabuses /de.za.byz/	désabuse /de.za.byz/	désabusons /de.za.by.zɔ̃/	désabusez /de.za.by.ze/	désabusent /de.za.byz/
	imperfect	désabusais /de.za.by.zɛ/	désabusais /de.za.by.zɛ/	désabusait /de.za.by.zɛ/	désabusions /de.za.by.zjɔ̃/	désabusiez /de.za.by.zje/	désabusaient /de.za.by.zɛ/
	past historic2	désabusai /de.za.by.ze/	désabusas /de.za.by.za/	désabusa /de.za.by.za/	désabusâmes /de.za.by.zam/	désabusâtes /de.za.by.zat/	désabusèrent /de.za.by.zɛʁ/
	future	désabuserai /de.za.byz.ʁe/	désabuseras /de.za.byz.ʁa/	désabusera /de.za.byz.ʁa/	désabuserons /de.za.byz.ʁɔ̃/	désabuserez /de.za.byz.ʁe/	désabuseront /de.za.byz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	désabuserais /de.za.byz.ʁɛ/	désabuserais /de.za.byz.ʁɛ/	désabuserait /de.za.byz.ʁɛ/	désabuserions /de.za.by.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	désabuseriez /de.za.by.zə.ʁje/	désabuseraient /de.za.byz.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	désabuse /de.za.byz/	désabuses /de.za.byz/	désabuse /de.za.byz/	désabusions /de.za.by.zjɔ̃/	désabusiez /de.za.by.zje/	désabusent /de.za.byz/
	imperfect2	désabusasse /de.za.by.zas/	désabusasses /de.za.by.zas/	désabusât /de.za.by.za/	désabusassions /de.za.by.za.sjɔ̃/	désabusassiez /de.za.by.za.sje/	désabusassent /de.za.by.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	désabuse /de.za.byz/	—	désabusons /de.za.by.zɔ̃/	désabusez /de.za.by.ze/	—
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

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