accouder

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ coude +‎ -er. See also accoter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ku.de/

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Verb

accouder

1. (reflexive) to rest, lean (on one's elbows)

Conjugation

Conjugation of accouder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	accouder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	accoudant /a.ku.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		accoudé /a.ku.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	accoude /a.kud/	accoudes /a.kud/	accoude /a.kud/	accoudons /a.ku.dɔ̃/	accoudez /a.ku.de/	accoudent /a.kud/
	imperfect	accoudais /a.ku.dɛ/	accoudais /a.ku.dɛ/	accoudait /a.ku.dɛ/	accoudions /a.ku.djɔ̃/	accoudiez /a.ku.dje/	accoudaient /a.ku.dɛ/
	past historic2	accoudai /a.ku.de/	accoudas /a.ku.da/	accouda /a.ku.da/	accoudâmes /a.ku.dam/	accoudâtes /a.ku.dat/	accoudèrent /a.ku.dɛʁ/
	future	accouderai /a.ku.dʁe/	accouderas /a.ku.dʁa/	accoudera /a.ku.dʁa/	accouderons /a.ku.dʁɔ̃/	accouderez /a.ku.dʁe/	accouderont /a.ku.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	accouderais /a.ku.dʁɛ/	accouderais /a.ku.dʁɛ/	accouderait /a.ku.dʁɛ/	accouderions /a.ku.də.ʁjɔ̃/	accouderiez /a.ku.də.ʁje/	accouderaient /a.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	accoude /a.kud/	accoudes /a.kud/	accoude /a.kud/	accoudions /a.ku.djɔ̃/	accoudiez /a.ku.dje/	accoudent /a.kud/
	imperfect2	accoudasse /a.ku.das/	accoudasses /a.ku.das/	accoudât /a.ku.da/	accoudassions /a.ku.da.sjɔ̃/	accoudassiez /a.ku.da.sje/	accoudassent /a.ku.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	accoude /a.kud/	—	accoudons /a.ku.dɔ̃/	accoudez /a.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).

Derived terms

• accoudoir

Further reading

• “accouder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.