lourder

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luʁ.de/
• Rhymes: -e

Verb

lourder

1. (slang, transitive) to fire someone
2. (slang, intransitive) to be fired

   il a été lourdé la semaine dernière.

   he was fired last week.

Conjugation

Conjugation of lourder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	lourder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	lourdant /luʁ.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		lourdé /luʁ.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	lourde /luʁd/	lourdes /luʁd/	lourde /luʁd/	lourdons /luʁ.dɔ̃/	lourdez /luʁ.de/	lourdent /luʁd/
	imperfect	lourdais /luʁ.dɛ/	lourdais /luʁ.dɛ/	lourdait /luʁ.dɛ/	lourdions /luʁ.djɔ̃/	lourdiez /luʁ.dje/	lourdaient /luʁ.dɛ/
	past historic2	lourdai /luʁ.de/	lourdas /luʁ.da/	lourda /luʁ.da/	lourdâmes /luʁ.dam/	lourdâtes /luʁ.dat/	lourdèrent /luʁ.dɛʁ/
	future	lourderai /luʁ.də.ʁe/	lourderas /luʁ.də.ʁa/	lourdera /luʁ.də.ʁa/	lourderons /luʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/	lourderez /luʁ.də.ʁe/	lourderont /luʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	lourderais /luʁ.də.ʁɛ/	lourderais /luʁ.də.ʁɛ/	lourderait /luʁ.də.ʁɛ/	lourderions /luʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/	lourderiez /luʁ.də.ʁje/	lourderaient /luʁ.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	lourde /luʁd/	lourdes /luʁd/	lourde /luʁd/	lourdions /luʁ.djɔ̃/	lourdiez /luʁ.dje/	lourdent /luʁd/
	imperfect2	lourdasse /luʁ.das/	lourdasses /luʁ.das/	lourdât /luʁ.da/	lourdassions /luʁ.da.sjɔ̃/	lourdassiez /luʁ.da.sje/	lourdassent /luʁ.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	lourde /luʁd/	—	lourdons /luʁ.dɔ̃/	lourdez /luʁ.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).

References

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