scruter
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
scruter
- (transitive) to scrutinise, scrutinize, put under the microscope
- Synonyms: décortiquer, inspecter, sonder
Conjugation
Conjugation of scruter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | scruter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | scrutant /skʁy.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | scruté /skʁy.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | scrute /skʁyt/ |
scrutes /skʁyt/ |
scrute /skʁyt/ |
scrutons /skʁy.tɔ̃/ |
scrutez /skʁy.te/ |
scrutent /skʁyt/ |
| imperfect | scrutais /skʁy.tɛ/ |
scrutais /skʁy.tɛ/ |
scrutait /skʁy.tɛ/ |
scrutions /skʁy.tjɔ̃/ |
scrutiez /skʁy.tje/ |
scrutaient /skʁy.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | scrutai /skʁy.te/ |
scrutas /skʁy.ta/ |
scruta /skʁy.ta/ |
scrutâmes /skʁy.tam/ |
scrutâtes /skʁy.tat/ |
scrutèrent /skʁy.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | scruterai /skʁy.tʁe/ |
scruteras /skʁy.tʁa/ |
scrutera /skʁy.tʁa/ |
scruterons /skʁy.tʁɔ̃/ |
scruterez /skʁy.tʁe/ |
scruteront /skʁy.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | scruterais /skʁy.tʁɛ/ |
scruterais /skʁy.tʁɛ/ |
scruterait /skʁy.tʁɛ/ |
scruterions /skʁy.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
scruteriez /skʁy.tə.ʁje/ |
scruteraient /skʁy.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 | scrute /skʁyt/ |
scrutes /skʁyt/ |
scrute /skʁyt/ |
scrutions /skʁy.tjɔ̃/ |
scrutiez /skʁy.tje/ |
scrutent /skʁyt/ |
| imperfect2 | scrutasse /skʁy.tas/ |
scrutasses /skʁy.tas/ |
scrutât /skʁy.ta/ |
scrutassions /skʁy.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
scrutassiez /skʁy.ta.sje/ |
scrutassent /skʁy.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | scrute /skʁyt/ |
— | scrutons /skʁy.tɔ̃/ |
scrutez /skʁy.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “scruter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
scrūter
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of scrūtō