aborder
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.bɔʁ.de/
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Verb
aborder
- (transitive) to deal with; to tackle; to approach a problem, situation or topic
- (transitive) to approach or meet somebody
- (transitive, of vehicles) to place side to side
- (transitive, chiefly nautical) to reach, especially with a boat
- (transitive, originally nautical, literary, rare) to attack, especially a boat
Conjugation
Conjugation of aborder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | aborder | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | abordant /a.bɔʁ.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | abordé /a.bɔʁ.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | aborde /a.bɔʁd/ |
abordes /a.bɔʁd/ |
aborde /a.bɔʁd/ |
abordons /a.bɔʁ.dɔ̃/ |
abordez /a.bɔʁ.de/ |
abordent /a.bɔʁd/ |
| imperfect | abordais /a.bɔʁ.dɛ/ |
abordais /a.bɔʁ.dɛ/ |
abordait /a.bɔʁ.dɛ/ |
abordions /a.bɔʁ.djɔ̃/ |
abordiez /a.bɔʁ.dje/ |
abordaient /a.bɔʁ.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | abordai /a.bɔʁ.de/ |
abordas /a.bɔʁ.da/ |
aborda /a.bɔʁ.da/ |
abordâmes /a.bɔʁ.dam/ |
abordâtes /a.bɔʁ.dat/ |
abordèrent /a.bɔʁ.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | aborderai /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁe/ |
aborderas /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁa/ |
abordera /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁa/ |
aborderons /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ |
aborderez /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁe/ |
aborderont /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | aborderais /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
aborderais /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
aborderait /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
aborderions /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
aborderiez /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁje/ |
aborderaient /a.bɔʁ.də.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 | aborde /a.bɔʁd/ |
abordes /a.bɔʁd/ |
aborde /a.bɔʁd/ |
abordions /a.bɔʁ.djɔ̃/ |
abordiez /a.bɔʁ.dje/ |
abordent /a.bɔʁd/ |
| imperfect2 | abordasse /a.bɔʁ.das/ |
abordasses /a.bɔʁ.das/ |
abordât /a.bɔʁ.da/ |
abordassions /a.bɔʁ.da.sjɔ̃/ |
abordassiez /a.bɔʁ.da.sje/ |
abordassent /a.bɔʁ.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | aborde /a.bɔʁd/ |
— | abordons /a.bɔʁ.dɔ̃/ |
abordez /a.bɔʁ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Descendants
- → Norwegian Bokmål: abordere
Further reading
- “aborder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Anagrams
Norman
Etymology
Verb
aborder
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abɔrˈdeːr/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eːr
- Hyphenation: ab‧or‧der
Verb
aborder
- imperative of abordere