timbrer

French

Etymology

timbre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

timbrer

1. to stamp (attach a postage stamp to)
2. to stamp (mark with a stamp)

Conjugation

Conjugation of timbrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	timbrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	timbrant /tɛ̃.bʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		timbré /tɛ̃.bʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	timbre /tɛ̃bʁ/	timbres /tɛ̃bʁ/	timbre /tɛ̃bʁ/	timbrons /tɛ̃.bʁɔ̃/	timbrez /tɛ̃.bʁe/	timbrent /tɛ̃bʁ/
	imperfect	timbrais /tɛ̃.bʁɛ/	timbrais /tɛ̃.bʁɛ/	timbrait /tɛ̃.bʁɛ/	timbrions /tɛ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃/	timbriez /tɛ̃.bʁi.je/	timbraient /tɛ̃.bʁɛ/
	past historic2	timbrai /tɛ̃.bʁe/	timbras /tɛ̃.bʁa/	timbra /tɛ̃.bʁa/	timbrâmes /tɛ̃.bʁam/	timbrâtes /tɛ̃.bʁat/	timbrèrent /tɛ̃.bʁɛʁ/
	future	timbrerai /tɛ̃.bʁə.ʁe/	timbreras /tɛ̃.bʁə.ʁa/	timbrera /tɛ̃.bʁə.ʁa/	timbrerons /tɛ̃.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/	timbrerez /tɛ̃.bʁə.ʁe/	timbreront /tɛ̃.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	timbrerais /tɛ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/	timbrerais /tɛ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/	timbrerait /tɛ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/	timbrerions /tɛ̃.bʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	timbreriez /tɛ̃.bʁə.ʁje/	timbreraient /tɛ̃.bʁə.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	timbre /tɛ̃bʁ/	timbres /tɛ̃bʁ/	timbre /tɛ̃bʁ/	timbrions /tɛ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃/	timbriez /tɛ̃.bʁi.je/	timbrent /tɛ̃bʁ/
	imperfect2	timbrasse /tɛ̃.bʁas/	timbrasses /tɛ̃.bʁas/	timbrât /tɛ̃.bʁa/	timbrassions /tɛ̃.bʁa.sjɔ̃/	timbrassiez /tɛ̃.bʁa.sje/	timbrassent /tɛ̃.bʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	timbre /tɛ̃bʁ/	—	timbrons /tɛ̃.bʁɔ̃/	timbrez /tɛ̃.bʁe/	—
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

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