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arc-bouter
arc-bouter
See also: arcbouter
French
Verb
- (transitive, architecture) to buttress
- (reflexive) to press, lean, brace (à, contre [up] against)
- (reflexive) to stand firm (in opposition to someone)
Conjugation
Conjugation of arc-bouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | arc-bouter | avoir arc-bouté | |||||
| gerund | en arc-boutant | en ayant arc-bouté | |||||
| present participle | arc-boutant /aʁk.bu.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | arc-bouté /aʁk.bu.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | arc-boute /aʁk.but/ |
arc-boutes /aʁk.but/ |
arc-boute /aʁk.but/ |
arc-boutons /aʁk.bu.tɔ̃/ |
arc-boutez /aʁk.bu.te/ |
arc-boutent /aʁk.but/ |
| imperfect | arc-boutais /aʁk.bu.tɛ/ |
arc-boutais /aʁk.bu.tɛ/ |
arc-boutait /aʁk.bu.tɛ/ |
arc-boutions /aʁk.bu.tjɔ̃/ |
arc-boutiez /aʁk.bu.tje/ |
arc-boutaient /aʁk.bu.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | arc-boutai /aʁk.bu.te/ |
arc-boutas /aʁk.bu.ta/ |
arc-bouta /aʁk.bu.ta/ |
arc-boutâmes /aʁk.bu.tam/ |
arc-boutâtes /aʁk.bu.tat/ |
arc-boutèrent /aʁk.bu.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | arc-bouterai /aʁk.bu.tʁe/ |
arc-bouteras /aʁk.bu.tʁa/ |
arc-boutera /aʁk.bu.tʁa/ |
arc-bouterons /aʁk.bu.tʁɔ̃/ |
arc-bouterez /aʁk.bu.tʁe/ |
arc-bouteront /aʁk.bu.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | arc-bouterais /aʁk.bu.tʁɛ/ |
arc-bouterais /aʁk.bu.tʁɛ/ |
arc-bouterait /aʁk.bu.tʁɛ/ |
arc-bouterions /aʁk.bu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
arc-bouteriez /aʁk.bu.tə.ʁje/ |
arc-bouteraient /aʁk.bu.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | arc-boute /aʁk.but/ |
arc-boutes /aʁk.but/ |
arc-boute /aʁk.but/ |
arc-boutions /aʁk.bu.tjɔ̃/ |
arc-boutiez /aʁk.bu.tje/ |
arc-boutent /aʁk.but/ |
| imperfect1 |
arc-boutasse /aʁk.bu.tas/ |
arc-boutasses /aʁk.bu.tas/ |
arc-boutât /aʁk.bu.ta/ |
arc-boutassions /aʁk.bu.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
arc-boutassiez /aʁk.bu.ta.sje/ |
arc-boutassent /aʁk.bu.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | arc-boute /aʁk.but/ |
— | arc-boutons /aʁk.bu.tɔ̃/ |
arc-boutez /aʁk.bu.te/ |
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