adouber
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French adober, aduber, from the same Germanic root as English dub.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.du.be/
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Verb
adouber
- to dub (bestow the title of knight upon)
- to name (a minister, successor etc.)
- to adjust a piece in a board game, such as chess or backgammon
Conjugation
Conjugation of adouber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | adouber | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | adoubant /a.du.bɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | adoubé /a.du.be/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | adoube /a.dub/ |
adoubes /a.dub/ |
adoube /a.dub/ |
adoubons /a.du.bɔ̃/ |
adoubez /a.du.be/ |
adoubent /a.dub/ |
| imperfect | adoubais /a.du.bɛ/ |
adoubais /a.du.bɛ/ |
adoubait /a.du.bɛ/ |
adoubions /a.du.bjɔ̃/ |
adoubiez /a.du.bje/ |
adoubaient /a.du.bɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | adoubai /a.du.be/ |
adoubas /a.du.ba/ |
adouba /a.du.ba/ |
adoubâmes /a.du.bam/ |
adoubâtes /a.du.bat/ |
adoubèrent /a.du.bɛʁ/ | |
| future | adouberai /a.du.bʁe/ |
adouberas /a.du.bʁa/ |
adoubera /a.du.bʁa/ |
adouberons /a.du.bʁɔ̃/ |
adouberez /a.du.bʁe/ |
adouberont /a.du.bʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | adouberais /a.du.bʁɛ/ |
adouberais /a.du.bʁɛ/ |
adouberait /a.du.bʁɛ/ |
adouberions /a.du.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
adouberiez /a.du.bə.ʁje/ |
adouberaient /a.du.bʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | adoube /a.dub/ |
adoubes /a.dub/ |
adoube /a.dub/ |
adoubions /a.du.bjɔ̃/ |
adoubiez /a.du.bje/ |
adoubent /a.dub/ |
| imperfect2 | adoubasse /a.du.bas/ |
adoubasses /a.du.bas/ |
adoubât /a.du.ba/ |
adoubassions /a.du.ba.sjɔ̃/ |
adoubassiez /a.du.ba.sje/ |
adoubassent /a.du.bas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | adoube /a.dub/ |
— | adoubons /a.du.bɔ̃/ |
adoubez /a.du.be/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “adouber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Verb
adouber
- alternative form of adober
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-b, *-bs, *-bt are modified to p, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of adouber (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | adouber | avoir adoubé | |||||
| gerund | en adoubant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | adoubant | ||||||
| past participle | adoubé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | adoup | adoubes | adoube | adoubons | adoubez | adoubent |
| imperfect | adouboie, adoubeie, adouboe, adoubeve | adouboies, adoubeies, adouboes, adoubeves | adouboit, adoubeit, adoubot, adoubeve | adoubiiens, adoubiens | adoubiiez, adoubiez | adouboient, adoubeient, adouboent, adoubevent | |
| preterite | adoubai | adoubas | adouba | adoubames | adoubastes | adouberent | |
| future | adouberai | adouberas | adoubera | adouberons | adouberoiz, adoubereiz, adouberez | adouberont | |
| conditional | adouberoie, adoubereie | adouberoies, adoubereies | adouberoit, adoubereit | adouberiiens, adouberiens | adouberiiez, adouberiez | adouberoient, adoubereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | adoup | adous | adout | adoubons | adoubez | adoubent |
| imperfect | adoubasse | adoubasses | adoubast | adoubissons, adoubissiens | adoubissoiz, adoubissez, adoubissiez | adoubassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | adoube | — | adoubons | adoubez | — | ||
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (adouber)