masturber

Danish

Verb

masturber or masturbér

1. imperative of masturbere

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin masturbārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mas.tyʁ.be/

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Verb

masturber

1. (transitive) to masturbate (another person)

   Synonym: (vulgar) branler

2. (reflexive) to masturbate (oneself)

   Synonyms: (vulgar) se branler, se pignoler

   Elle aime se masturber. ― She likes to masturbate.

   Il se masturbe depuis deux heures. ― He's been masturbating for two hours.

3. (reciprocal reflexive) to masturbate (each other)

   Synonym: (vulgar) se branler

Conjugation

Conjugation of masturber (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	masturber
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	masturbant /mas.tyʁ.bɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		masturbé /mas.tyʁ.be/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	masturbe /mas.tyʁb/	masturbes /mas.tyʁb/	masturbe /mas.tyʁb/	masturbons /mas.tyʁ.bɔ̃/	masturbez /mas.tyʁ.be/	masturbent /mas.tyʁb/
	imperfect	masturbais /mas.tyʁ.bɛ/	masturbais /mas.tyʁ.bɛ/	masturbait /mas.tyʁ.bɛ/	masturbions /mas.tyʁ.bjɔ̃/	masturbiez /mas.tyʁ.bje/	masturbaient /mas.tyʁ.bɛ/
	past historic2	masturbai /mas.tyʁ.be/	masturbas /mas.tyʁ.ba/	masturba /mas.tyʁ.ba/	masturbâmes /mas.tyʁ.bam/	masturbâtes /mas.tyʁ.bat/	masturbèrent /mas.tyʁ.bɛʁ/
	future	masturberai /mas.tyʁ.bə.ʁe/	masturberas /mas.tyʁ.bə.ʁa/	masturbera /mas.tyʁ.bə.ʁa/	masturberons /mas.tyʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/	masturberez /mas.tyʁ.bə.ʁe/	masturberont /mas.tyʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	masturberais /mas.tyʁ.bə.ʁɛ/	masturberais /mas.tyʁ.bə.ʁɛ/	masturberait /mas.tyʁ.bə.ʁɛ/	masturberions /mas.tyʁ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/	masturberiez /mas.tyʁ.bə.ʁje/	masturberaient /mas.tyʁ.bə.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	masturbe /mas.tyʁb/	masturbes /mas.tyʁb/	masturbe /mas.tyʁb/	masturbions /mas.tyʁ.bjɔ̃/	masturbiez /mas.tyʁ.bje/	masturbent /mas.tyʁb/
	imperfect2	masturbasse /mas.tyʁ.bas/	masturbasses /mas.tyʁ.bas/	masturbât /mas.tyʁ.ba/	masturbassions /mas.tyʁ.ba.sjɔ̃/	masturbassiez /mas.tyʁ.ba.sje/	masturbassent /mas.tyʁ.bas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	masturbe /mas.tyʁb/	—	masturbons /mas.tyʁ.bɔ̃/	masturbez /mas.tyʁ.be/	—
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

• masturbateur
• masturbation
• masturbatoire

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

masturber

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of masturbor