obturer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obtūrāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔp.ty.ʁe/
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Verb

obturer

  1. to seal, close up
  2. (figurative) to hide
    Synonyms: cacher, dissimuler
    • 1997, “L'Empire du côté obscur”, in L'École du micro d'argent, performed by IAM:
      Ta nature que tu obtures, le côté obscur de la force
      Your nature that you hide, the dark side of the force

Conjugation
Conjugation of obturer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple obturer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple obturant
/ɔp.ty.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle obturé
/ɔp.ty.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present obture
/ɔp.tyʁ/		 obtures
/ɔp.tyʁ/		 obture
/ɔp.tyʁ/		 obturons
/ɔp.ty.ʁɔ̃/		 obturez
/ɔp.ty.ʁe/		 obturent
/ɔp.tyʁ/
imperfect obturais
/ɔp.ty.ʁɛ/		 obturais
/ɔp.ty.ʁɛ/		 obturait
/ɔp.ty.ʁɛ/		 obturions
/ɔp.ty.ʁjɔ̃/		 obturiez
/ɔp.ty.ʁje/		 obturaient
/ɔp.ty.ʁɛ/
past historic2 obturai
/ɔp.ty.ʁe/		 obturas
/ɔp.ty.ʁa/		 obtura
/ɔp.ty.ʁa/		 obturâmes
/ɔp.ty.ʁam/		 obturâtes
/ɔp.ty.ʁat/		 obturèrent
/ɔp.ty.ʁɛʁ/
future obturerai
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁe/		 obtureras
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁa/		 obturera
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁa/		 obturerons
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 obturerez
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁe/		 obtureront
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional obturerais
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 obturerais
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 obturerait
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 obturerions
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 obtureriez
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.ʁje/		 obtureraient
/ɔp.ty.ʁə.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 obture
/ɔp.tyʁ/		 obtures
/ɔp.tyʁ/		 obture
/ɔp.tyʁ/		 obturions
/ɔp.ty.ʁjɔ̃/		 obturiez
/ɔp.ty.ʁje/		 obturent
/ɔp.tyʁ/
imperfect2 obturasse
/ɔp.ty.ʁas/		 obturasses
/ɔp.ty.ʁas/		 obturât
/ɔp.ty.ʁa/		 obturassions
/ɔp.ty.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 obturassiez
/ɔp.ty.ʁa.sje/		 obturassent
/ɔp.ty.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — obture
/ɔp.tyʁ/		 — obturons
/ɔp.ty.ʁɔ̃/		 obturez
/ɔp.ty.ʁe/		 —
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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Verb

obtūrer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of obtūrō
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