habiller

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French abiller, from a- +‎ bille + -er. The orthography with -h-, starting around the 15th century, is likely due to influence from or semantic association with the etymologically unrelated habit.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /a.bi.je/

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• Rhymes: -e
• Homophones: habillai, habillé, habillée, habillées, habillés, habillez

Verb

habiller

1. (transitive) to dress
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get dressed

   Synonym: mettre ses vêtements

3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to dress in a certain fashion

Conjugation

Conjugation of habiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	habiller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	habillant /a.bi.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		habillé /a.bi.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	habille /a.bij/	habilles /a.bij/	habille /a.bij/	habillons /a.bi.jɔ̃/	habillez /a.bi.je/	habillent /a.bij/
	imperfect	habillais /a.bi.jɛ/	habillais /a.bi.jɛ/	habillait /a.bi.jɛ/	habillions /a.bij.jɔ̃/	habilliez /a.bij.je/	habillaient /a.bi.jɛ/
	past historic2	habillai /a.bi.je/	habillas /a.bi.ja/	habilla /a.bi.ja/	habillâmes /a.bi.jam/	habillâtes /a.bi.jat/	habillèrent /a.bi.jɛʁ/
	future	habillerai /a.bij.ʁe/	habilleras /a.bij.ʁa/	habillera /a.bij.ʁa/	habillerons /a.bij.ʁɔ̃/	habillerez /a.bij.ʁe/	habilleront /a.bij.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	habillerais /a.bij.ʁɛ/	habillerais /a.bij.ʁɛ/	habillerait /a.bij.ʁɛ/	habillerions /a.bi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	habilleriez /a.bi.jə.ʁje/	habilleraient /a.bij.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	habille /a.bij/	habilles /a.bij/	habille /a.bij/	habillions /a.bij.jɔ̃/	habilliez /a.bij.je/	habillent /a.bij/
	imperfect2	habillasse /a.bi.jas/	habillasses /a.bi.jas/	habillât /a.bi.ja/	habillassions /a.bi.ja.sjɔ̃/	habillassiez /a.bi.ja.sje/	habillassent /a.bi.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	habille /a.bij/	—	habillons /a.bi.jɔ̃/	habillez /a.bi.je/	—
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).

Conjugation of s'habiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	s'habiller
	compound	s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	s’habillant /sa.bi.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		habillé /a.bi.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	m’habille /ma.bij/	t’habilles /ta.bij/	s’habille /sa.bij/	nous habillons /nu.z‿a.bi.jɔ̃/	vous habillez /vu.z‿a.bi.je/	s’habillent /sa.bij/
	imperfect	m’habillais /ma.bi.jɛ/	t’habillais /ta.bi.jɛ/	s’habillait /sa.bi.jɛ/	nous habillions /nu.z‿a.bij.jɔ̃/	vous habilliez /vu.z‿a.bij.je/	s’habillaient /sa.bi.jɛ/
	past historic2	m’habillai /ma.bi.je/	t’habillas /ta.bi.ja/	s’habilla /sa.bi.ja/	nous habillâmes /nu.z‿a.bi.jam/	vous habillâtes /vu.z‿a.bi.jat/	s’habillèrent /sa.bi.jɛʁ/
	future	m’habillerai /ma.bij.ʁe/	t’habilleras /ta.bij.ʁa/	s’habillera /sa.bij.ʁa/	nous habillerons /nu.z‿a.bij.ʁɔ̃/	vous habillerez /vu.z‿a.bij.ʁe/	s’habilleront /sa.bij.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	m’habillerais /ma.bij.ʁɛ/	t’habillerais /ta.bij.ʁɛ/	s’habillerait /sa.bij.ʁɛ/	nous habillerions /nu.z‿a.bi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	vous habilleriez /vu.z‿a.bi.jə.ʁje/	s’habilleraient /sa.bij.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	m’habille /ma.bij/	t’habilles /ta.bij/	s’habille /sa.bij/	nous habillions /nu.z‿a.bij.jɔ̃/	vous habilliez /vu.z‿a.bij.je/	s’habillent /sa.bij/
	imperfect2	m’habillasse /ma.bi.jas/	t’habillasses /ta.bi.jas/	s’habillât /sa.bi.ja/	nous habillassions /nu.z‿a.bi.ja.sjɔ̃/	vous habillassiez /vu.z‿a.bi.ja.sje/	s’habillassent /sa.bi.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	habille-toi /a.bij.twa/	—	habillons-nous /a.bi.jɔ̃.nu/	habillez-vous /a.bi.je.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + 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

• déshabiller
• déshabiller Paul pour habiller Jean
• déshabiller Pierre pour habiller Paul
• rhabiller
• s’habiller comme la chienne à Jacques

See also

• vêtir

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rhabille, rhabillé