affubler

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *affībulāre, from Latin fībula (“clasp, brooch”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.fy.ble/
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Verb

affubler

  1. (transitive) to deck out, to equip [+ de (object) = in/with]
  2. (reflexive) to deck out oneself, to equip oneself
  3. (reflexive) to take on the surname of

Conjugation
Conjugation of affubler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple affubler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple affublant
/a.fy.blɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle affublé
/a.fy.ble/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present affuble
/a.fybl/		 affubles
/a.fybl/		 affuble
/a.fybl/		 affublons
/a.fy.blɔ̃/		 affublez
/a.fy.ble/		 affublent
/a.fybl/
imperfect affublais
/a.fy.blɛ/		 affublais
/a.fy.blɛ/		 affublait
/a.fy.blɛ/		 affublions
/a.fy.bli.jɔ̃/		 affubliez
/a.fy.bli.je/		 affublaient
/a.fy.blɛ/
past historic2 affublai
/a.fy.ble/		 affublas
/a.fy.bla/		 affubla
/a.fy.bla/		 affublâmes
/a.fy.blam/		 affublâtes
/a.fy.blat/		 affublèrent
/a.fy.blɛʁ/
future affublerai
/a.fy.blə.ʁe/		 affubleras
/a.fy.blə.ʁa/		 affublera
/a.fy.blə.ʁa/		 affublerons
/a.fy.blə.ʁɔ̃/		 affublerez
/a.fy.blə.ʁe/		 affubleront
/a.fy.blə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional affublerais
/a.fy.blə.ʁɛ/		 affublerais
/a.fy.blə.ʁɛ/		 affublerait
/a.fy.blə.ʁɛ/		 affublerions
/a.fy.blə.ʁjɔ̃/		 affubleriez
/a.fy.blə.ʁje/		 affubleraient
/a.fy.blə.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 affuble
/a.fybl/		 affubles
/a.fybl/		 affuble
/a.fybl/		 affublions
/a.fy.bli.jɔ̃/		 affubliez
/a.fy.bli.je/		 affublent
/a.fybl/
imperfect2 affublasse
/a.fy.blas/		 affublasses
/a.fy.blas/		 affublât
/a.fy.bla/		 affublassions
/a.fy.bla.sjɔ̃/		 affublassiez
/a.fy.bla.sje/		 affublassent
/a.fy.blas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — affuble
/a.fybl/		 — affublons
/a.fy.blɔ̃/		 affublez
/a.fy.ble/		 —
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).

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