avoisiner

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ voisin (“neighbor”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.vwa.zi.ne/
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Verb

avoisiner

  1. (transitive) to neighbor/neighbour (to be near to, or the neighbor of)
  2. (transitive) to border on (be similar to)
    Synonym: approcher

Conjugation
Conjugation of avoisiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple avoisiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple avoisinant
/a.vwa.zi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle avoisiné
/a.vwa.zi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present avoisine
/a.vwa.zin/		 avoisines
/a.vwa.zin/		 avoisine
/a.vwa.zin/		 avoisinons
/a.vwa.zi.nɔ̃/		 avoisinez
/a.vwa.zi.ne/		 avoisinent
/a.vwa.zin/
imperfect avoisinais
/a.vwa.zi.nɛ/		 avoisinais
/a.vwa.zi.nɛ/		 avoisinait
/a.vwa.zi.nɛ/		 avoisinions
/a.vwa.zi.njɔ̃/		 avoisiniez
/a.vwa.zi.nje/		 avoisinaient
/a.vwa.zi.nɛ/
past historic2 avoisinai
/a.vwa.zi.ne/		 avoisinas
/a.vwa.zi.na/		 avoisina
/a.vwa.zi.na/		 avoisinâmes
/a.vwa.zi.nam/		 avoisinâtes
/a.vwa.zi.nat/		 avoisinèrent
/a.vwa.zi.nɛʁ/
future avoisinerai
/a.vwa.zin.ʁe/		 avoisineras
/a.vwa.zin.ʁa/		 avoisinera
/a.vwa.zin.ʁa/		 avoisinerons
/a.vwa.zin.ʁɔ̃/		 avoisinerez
/a.vwa.zin.ʁe/		 avoisineront
/a.vwa.zin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional avoisinerais
/a.vwa.zin.ʁɛ/		 avoisinerais
/a.vwa.zin.ʁɛ/		 avoisinerait
/a.vwa.zin.ʁɛ/		 avoisinerions
/a.vwa.zi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 avoisineriez
/a.vwa.zi.nə.ʁje/		 avoisineraient
/a.vwa.zin.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 avoisine
/a.vwa.zin/		 avoisines
/a.vwa.zin/		 avoisine
/a.vwa.zin/		 avoisinions
/a.vwa.zi.njɔ̃/		 avoisiniez
/a.vwa.zi.nje/		 avoisinent
/a.vwa.zin/
imperfect2 avoisinasse
/a.vwa.zi.nas/		 avoisinasses
/a.vwa.zi.nas/		 avoisinât
/a.vwa.zi.na/		 avoisinassions
/a.vwa.zi.na.sjɔ̃/		 avoisinassiez
/a.vwa.zi.na.sje/		 avoisinassent
/a.vwa.zi.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — avoisine
/a.vwa.zin/		 — avoisinons
/a.vwa.zi.nɔ̃/		 avoisinez
/a.vwa.zi.ne/		 —
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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