amurer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.my.ʁe/

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Verb

amurer

1. (nautical) to tack (sail against the wind)

Conjugation

Conjugation of amurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	amurer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	amurant /a.my.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		amuré /a.my.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	amure /a.myʁ/	amures /a.myʁ/	amure /a.myʁ/	amurons /a.my.ʁɔ̃/	amurez /a.my.ʁe/	amurent /a.myʁ/
	imperfect	amurais /a.my.ʁɛ/	amurais /a.my.ʁɛ/	amurait /a.my.ʁɛ/	amurions /a.my.ʁjɔ̃/	amuriez /a.my.ʁje/	amuraient /a.my.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	amurai /a.my.ʁe/	amuras /a.my.ʁa/	amura /a.my.ʁa/	amurâmes /a.my.ʁam/	amurâtes /a.my.ʁat/	amurèrent /a.my.ʁɛʁ/
	future	amurerai /a.my.ʁə.ʁe/	amureras /a.my.ʁə.ʁa/	amurera /a.my.ʁə.ʁa/	amurerons /a.my.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	amurerez /a.my.ʁə.ʁe/	amureront /a.my.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	amurerais /a.my.ʁə.ʁɛ/	amurerais /a.my.ʁə.ʁɛ/	amurerait /a.my.ʁə.ʁɛ/	amurerions /a.my.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	amureriez /a.my.ʁə.ʁje/	amureraient /a.my.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	amure /a.myʁ/	amures /a.myʁ/	amure /a.myʁ/	amurions /a.my.ʁjɔ̃/	amuriez /a.my.ʁje/	amurent /a.myʁ/
	imperfect2	amurasse /a.my.ʁas/	amurasses /a.my.ʁas/	amurât /a.my.ʁa/	amurassions /a.my.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	amurassiez /a.my.ʁa.sje/	amurassent /a.my.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	amure /a.myʁ/	—	amurons /a.my.ʁɔ̃/	amurez /a.my.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).

Further reading

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