velouter

French

Etymology

From velouté.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /və.lu.te/

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Verb

velouter

1. to give (something) a velvety finish
2. to soften, make smooth

Conjugation

Conjugation of velouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	velouter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	veloutant /və.lu.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		velouté /və.lu.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	veloute /və.lut/	veloutes /və.lut/	veloute /və.lut/	veloutons /və.lu.tɔ̃/	veloutez /və.lu.te/	veloutent /və.lut/
	imperfect	veloutais /və.lu.tɛ/	veloutais /və.lu.tɛ/	veloutait /və.lu.tɛ/	veloutions /və.lu.tjɔ̃/	veloutiez /və.lu.tje/	veloutaient /və.lu.tɛ/
	past historic2	veloutai /və.lu.te/	veloutas /və.lu.ta/	velouta /və.lu.ta/	veloutâmes /və.lu.tam/	veloutâtes /və.lu.tat/	veloutèrent /və.lu.tɛʁ/
	future	velouterai /və.lu.tʁe/	velouteras /və.lu.tʁa/	veloutera /və.lu.tʁa/	velouterons /və.lu.tʁɔ̃/	velouterez /və.lu.tʁe/	velouteront /və.lu.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	velouterais /və.lu.tʁɛ/	velouterais /və.lu.tʁɛ/	velouterait /və.lu.tʁɛ/	velouterions /və.lu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	velouteriez /və.lu.tə.ʁje/	velouteraient /və.lu.tʁɛ/
(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	veloute /və.lut/	veloutes /və.lut/	veloute /və.lut/	veloutions /və.lu.tjɔ̃/	veloutiez /və.lu.tje/	veloutent /və.lut/
	imperfect2	veloutasse /və.lu.tas/	veloutasses /və.lu.tas/	veloutât /və.lu.ta/	veloutassions /və.lu.ta.sjɔ̃/	veloutassiez /və.lu.ta.sje/	veloutassent /və.lu.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	veloute /və.lut/	—	veloutons /və.lu.tɔ̃/	veloutez /və.lu.te/	—
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

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