abrévier
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abbreviāre. Doublet of abréger, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.bʁe.vje/
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Verb
abrévier
- (archaic) to abbreviate
- Synonym: abréger
Conjugation
Conjugation of abrévier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | abrévier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | abréviant /a.bʁe.vjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | abrévié /a.bʁe.vje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | abrévie /a.bʁe.vi/ |
abrévies /a.bʁe.vi/ |
abrévie /a.bʁe.vi/ |
abrévions /a.bʁe.vjɔ̃/ |
abréviez /a.bʁe.vje/ |
abrévient /a.bʁe.vi/ |
| imperfect | abréviais /a.bʁe.vjɛ/ |
abréviais /a.bʁe.vjɛ/ |
abréviait /a.bʁe.vjɛ/ |
abréviions /a.bʁe.vi.jɔ̃/ |
abréviiez /a.bʁe.vi.je/ |
abréviaient /a.bʁe.vjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | abréviai /a.bʁe.vje/ |
abrévias /a.bʁe.vja/ |
abrévia /a.bʁe.vja/ |
abréviâmes /a.bʁe.vjam/ |
abréviâtes /a.bʁe.vjat/ |
abrévièrent /a.bʁe.vjɛʁ/ | |
| future | abrévierai /a.bʁe.vi.ʁe/ |
abrévieras /a.bʁe.vi.ʁa/ |
abréviera /a.bʁe.vi.ʁa/ |
abrévierons /a.bʁe.vi.ʁɔ̃/ |
abrévierez /a.bʁe.vi.ʁe/ |
abrévieront /a.bʁe.vi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | abrévierais /a.bʁe.vi.ʁɛ/ |
abrévierais /a.bʁe.vi.ʁɛ/ |
abrévierait /a.bʁe.vi.ʁɛ/ |
abrévierions /a.bʁe.vi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
abrévieriez /a.bʁe.vi.ʁje/ |
abrévieraient /a.bʁe.vi.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 | abrévie /a.bʁe.vi/ |
abrévies /a.bʁe.vi/ |
abrévie /a.bʁe.vi/ |
abréviions /a.bʁe.vi.jɔ̃/ |
abréviiez /a.bʁe.vi.je/ |
abrévient /a.bʁe.vi/ |
| imperfect2 | abréviasse /a.bʁe.vjas/ |
abréviasses /a.bʁe.vjas/ |
abréviât /a.bʁe.vja/ |
abréviassions /a.bʁe.vja.sjɔ̃/ |
abréviassiez /a.bʁe.vja.sje/ |
abréviassent /a.bʁe.vjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | abrévie /a.bʁe.vi/ |
— | abrévions /a.bʁe.vjɔ̃/ |
abréviez /a.bʁe.vje/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||