couder

French

Etymology

From coude 'elbow', from Latin cubitus.

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Verb

couder

  1. to fold elbow-shaped

Conjugation
Conjugation of couder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple couder
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple coudant
/ku.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle coudé
/ku.de/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present coude
/kud/		 coudes
/kud/		 coude
/kud/		 coudons
/ku.dɔ̃/		 coudez
/ku.de/		 coudent
/kud/
imperfect coudais
/ku.dɛ/		 coudais
/ku.dɛ/		 coudait
/ku.dɛ/		 coudions
/ku.djɔ̃/		 coudiez
/ku.dje/		 coudaient
/ku.dɛ/
past historic2 coudai
/ku.de/		 coudas
/ku.da/		 couda
/ku.da/		 coudâmes
/ku.dam/		 coudâtes
/ku.dat/		 coudèrent
/ku.dɛʁ/
future couderai
/ku.dʁe/		 couderas
/ku.dʁa/		 coudera
/ku.dʁa/		 couderons
/ku.dʁɔ̃/		 couderez
/ku.dʁe/		 couderont
/ku.dʁɔ̃/
conditional couderais
/ku.dʁɛ/		 couderais
/ku.dʁɛ/		 couderait
/ku.dʁɛ/		 couderions
/ku.də.ʁjɔ̃/		 couderiez
/ku.də.ʁje/		 couderaient
/ku.dʁɛ/
(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 coude
/kud/		 coudes
/kud/		 coude
/kud/		 coudions
/ku.djɔ̃/		 coudiez
/ku.dje/		 coudent
/kud/
imperfect2 coudasse
/ku.das/		 coudasses
/ku.das/		 coudât
/ku.da/		 coudassions
/ku.da.sjɔ̃/		 coudassiez
/ku.da.sje/		 coudassent
/ku.das/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — coude
/kud/		 — coudons
/ku.dɔ̃/		 coudez
/ku.de/		 —
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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