éclabousser
French
Etymology
From Middle French esclabousser, variant of Old French esclabo(u)ter, probably from an onomatopoetic root + bouter (“to strike”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.kla.bu.se/
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Verb
éclabousser
- to splatter, to splash
- 2003, M. Farmer (lyrics and music), “J'en ai marre !”, in Mes Courants Électriques, performed by Alizée:
- J’ai la peau douce / Dans mon bain de mousse / Je m’éclabousse / J’en ris !
- I have soft skin / In my bubble bath / I splash myself / I laugh [about it]!
- (figuratively) to taint, to embroil, to fill with scandal
- (Louisiana) to shatter, to burst
Conjugation
Conjugation of éclabousser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | éclabousser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | éclaboussant /e.kla.bu.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | éclaboussé /e.kla.bu.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | éclabousse /e.kla.bus/ |
éclabousses /e.kla.bus/ |
éclabousse /e.kla.bus/ |
éclaboussons /e.kla.bu.sɔ̃/ |
éclaboussez /e.kla.bu.se/ |
éclaboussent /e.kla.bus/ |
| imperfect | éclaboussais /e.kla.bu.sɛ/ |
éclaboussais /e.kla.bu.sɛ/ |
éclaboussait /e.kla.bu.sɛ/ |
éclaboussions /e.kla.bu.sjɔ̃/ |
éclaboussiez /e.kla.bu.sje/ |
éclaboussaient /e.kla.bu.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | éclaboussai /e.kla.bu.se/ |
éclaboussas /e.kla.bu.sa/ |
éclaboussa /e.kla.bu.sa/ |
éclaboussâmes /e.kla.bu.sam/ |
éclaboussâtes /e.kla.bu.sat/ |
éclaboussèrent /e.kla.bu.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | éclabousserai /e.kla.bu.sʁe/ |
éclabousseras /e.kla.bu.sʁa/ |
éclaboussera /e.kla.bu.sʁa/ |
éclabousserons /e.kla.bu.sʁɔ̃/ |
éclabousserez /e.kla.bu.sʁe/ |
éclabousseront /e.kla.bu.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | éclabousserais /e.kla.bu.sʁɛ/ |
éclabousserais /e.kla.bu.sʁɛ/ |
éclabousserait /e.kla.bu.sʁɛ/ |
éclabousserions /e.kla.bu.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
éclabousseriez /e.kla.bu.sə.ʁje/ |
éclabousseraient /e.kla.bu.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | éclabousse /e.kla.bus/ |
éclabousses /e.kla.bus/ |
éclabousse /e.kla.bus/ |
éclaboussions /e.kla.bu.sjɔ̃/ |
éclaboussiez /e.kla.bu.sje/ |
éclaboussent /e.kla.bus/ |
| imperfect2 | éclaboussasse /e.kla.bu.sas/ |
éclaboussasses /e.kla.bu.sas/ |
éclaboussât /e.kla.bu.sa/ |
éclaboussassions /e.kla.bu.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
éclaboussassiez /e.kla.bu.sa.sje/ |
éclaboussassent /e.kla.bu.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | éclabousse /e.kla.bus/ |
— | éclaboussons /e.kla.bu.sɔ̃/ |
éclaboussez /e.kla.bu.se/ |
— | |
| 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
- “éclabousser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “éclabousser” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
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