accoupler

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ coupler.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.ku.ple/
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Verb

accoupler

  1. (intransitive) to pair up, go together, get into a couple (of two things, to become one)
  2. (transitive) to unite, put together, join (of two things, to cause to become one)
  3. (transitive, of animals) to mate

Conjugation
Conjugation of accoupler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple accoupler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple accouplant
/a.ku.plɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle accouplé
/a.ku.ple/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present accouple
/a.kupl/		 accouples
/a.kupl/		 accouple
/a.kupl/		 accouplons
/a.ku.plɔ̃/		 accouplez
/a.ku.ple/		 accouplent
/a.kupl/
imperfect accouplais
/a.ku.plɛ/		 accouplais
/a.ku.plɛ/		 accouplait
/a.ku.plɛ/		 accouplions
/a.ku.pli.jɔ̃/		 accoupliez
/a.ku.pli.je/		 accouplaient
/a.ku.plɛ/
past historic2 accouplai
/a.ku.ple/		 accouplas
/a.ku.pla/		 accoupla
/a.ku.pla/		 accouplâmes
/a.ku.plam/		 accouplâtes
/a.ku.plat/		 accouplèrent
/a.ku.plɛʁ/
future accouplerai
/a.ku.plə.ʁe/		 accoupleras
/a.ku.plə.ʁa/		 accouplera
/a.ku.plə.ʁa/		 accouplerons
/a.ku.plə.ʁɔ̃/		 accouplerez
/a.ku.plə.ʁe/		 accoupleront
/a.ku.plə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional accouplerais
/a.ku.plə.ʁɛ/		 accouplerais
/a.ku.plə.ʁɛ/		 accouplerait
/a.ku.plə.ʁɛ/		 accouplerions
/a.ku.plə.ʁjɔ̃/		 accoupleriez
/a.ku.plə.ʁje/		 accoupleraient
/a.ku.plə.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 accouple
/a.kupl/		 accouples
/a.kupl/		 accouple
/a.kupl/		 accouplions
/a.ku.pli.jɔ̃/		 accoupliez
/a.ku.pli.je/		 accouplent
/a.kupl/
imperfect2 accouplasse
/a.ku.plas/		 accouplasses
/a.ku.plas/		 accouplât
/a.ku.pla/		 accouplassions
/a.ku.pla.sjɔ̃/		 accouplassiez
/a.ku.pla.sje/		 accouplassent
/a.ku.plas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — accouple
/a.kupl/		 — accouplons
/a.ku.plɔ̃/		 accouplez
/a.ku.ple/		 —
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).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • English: accouple
  • Portuguese: acoplar
  • Spanish: acoplar

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