courtauder

French

Etymology

From courtaud +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuʁ.to.de/

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Verb

courtauder

1. (transitive) to dock (cut the tail of an animal)

Conjugation

Conjugation of courtauder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	courtauder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	courtaudant /kuʁ.to.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		courtaudé /kuʁ.to.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	courtaude /kuʁ.tod/	courtaudes /kuʁ.tod/	courtaude /kuʁ.tod/	courtaudons /kuʁ.to.dɔ̃/	courtaudez /kuʁ.to.de/	courtaudent /kuʁ.tod/
	imperfect	courtaudais /kuʁ.to.dɛ/	courtaudais /kuʁ.to.dɛ/	courtaudait /kuʁ.to.dɛ/	courtaudions /kuʁ.to.djɔ̃/	courtaudiez /kuʁ.to.dje/	courtaudaient /kuʁ.to.dɛ/
	past historic2	courtaudai /kuʁ.to.de/	courtaudas /kuʁ.to.da/	courtauda /kuʁ.to.da/	courtaudâmes /kuʁ.to.dam/	courtaudâtes /kuʁ.to.dat/	courtaudèrent /kuʁ.to.dɛʁ/
	future	courtauderai /kuʁ.to.dʁe/	courtauderas /kuʁ.to.dʁa/	courtaudera /kuʁ.to.dʁa/	courtauderons /kuʁ.to.dʁɔ̃/	courtauderez /kuʁ.to.dʁe/	courtauderont /kuʁ.to.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	courtauderais /kuʁ.to.dʁɛ/	courtauderais /kuʁ.to.dʁɛ/	courtauderait /kuʁ.to.dʁɛ/	courtauderions /kuʁ.to.də.ʁjɔ̃/	courtauderiez /kuʁ.to.də.ʁje/	courtauderaient /kuʁ.to.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	courtaude /kuʁ.tod/	courtaudes /kuʁ.tod/	courtaude /kuʁ.tod/	courtaudions /kuʁ.to.djɔ̃/	courtaudiez /kuʁ.to.dje/	courtaudent /kuʁ.tod/
	imperfect2	courtaudasse /kuʁ.to.das/	courtaudasses /kuʁ.to.das/	courtaudât /kuʁ.to.da/	courtaudassions /kuʁ.to.da.sjɔ̃/	courtaudassiez /kuʁ.to.da.sje/	courtaudassent /kuʁ.to.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	courtaude /kuʁ.tod/	—	courtaudons /kuʁ.to.dɔ̃/	courtaudez /kuʁ.to.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).

Further reading

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