tuer

French

Etymology

Latin tutare.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /tɥe/, X-SAMPA: /tHe/

Verb

tuer

1. (transitive) to kill

   Fumer tue

   Smoking kills

Conjugation

   Conjugation of tuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tuer			avoir tué
gerund		en tuant			en ayant tué
present participle		tuant
past participle		tué
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	tue	tues	tue	tuons	tuez	tuent
	imperfect	tuais	tuais	tuait	tuions	tuiez	tuaient
	past historic1	tuai	tuas	tua	tuâmes	tuâtes	tuèrent
	future	tuerai	tueras	tuera	tuerons	tuerez	tueront
	conditional	tuerais	tuerais	tuerait	tuerions	tueriez	tueraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	tue	tues	tue	tuions	tuiez	tuent
	imperfect1	tuasse	tuasses	tuât	tuassions	tuassiez	tuassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	tue	—	tuons	tuez	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

• tuerie
• tueur, tueuse

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Gallo

Verb

tuer

1. to turn off (the light)

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Jèrriais

Verb

tuer (gerund tueûthie)

1. to kill

Synonyms

• occi

Derived terms

• tueux (“killer”)

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Middle French

Etymology

Latin tutare.

Verb

tuer

1. to kill

Synonyms

• occire

Conjugation

   Conjugation of tuer

		simple			compound
infinitive		tuer			avoir tué
gerund		en tuant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		tuant
past participle		tué
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (may be j' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils, elles
simple tenses	present	tue	tues	tue	tuons	tuez	tuent
	imperfect	tuois, tuoys	tuois, tuoys	tuoit, tuoyt	tuions, tuyons	tuiez, tuyez	tuoient, tuoyent
	past historic	tua	tuas	tua	tuasmes	tuastes	tuerent
	future	tuerai, tueray	tueras	tuera	tuerons	tuerez	tueront
	conditional	tuerois, tueroys	tuerois, tueroys	tueroit, tueroyt	tuerions, tueryons	tueriez, tueryez	tueroient, tueroyent
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ils, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	tue	tues	tue	tuons	tuez	tuent
	imperfect	tuasse	tuasses	tuast	tuassions	tuassiez	tuassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	tue	—	tuons	tuez	—