abouler

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bu.le/

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Verb

abouler

1. (dialectal, intransitive) to roll along a surface
2. (Europe, dated slang, intransitive or takes a reflexive pronoun) to rush or hurry over
3. (Europe, slang, transitive) to hand over or give money or goods; to pay

   Aboule le fric ! ― Hand over the cash!

Conjugation

Conjugation of abouler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	abouler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	aboulant /a.bu.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		aboulé /a.bu.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	aboule /a.bul/	aboules /a.bul/	aboule /a.bul/	aboulons /a.bu.lɔ̃/	aboulez /a.bu.le/	aboulent /a.bul/
	imperfect	aboulais /a.bu.lɛ/	aboulais /a.bu.lɛ/	aboulait /a.bu.lɛ/	aboulions /a.bu.ljɔ̃/	abouliez /a.bu.lje/	aboulaient /a.bu.lɛ/
	past historic2	aboulai /a.bu.le/	aboulas /a.bu.la/	aboula /a.bu.la/	aboulâmes /a.bu.lam/	aboulâtes /a.bu.lat/	aboulèrent /a.bu.lɛʁ/
	future	aboulerai /a.bul.ʁe/	abouleras /a.bul.ʁa/	aboulera /a.bul.ʁa/	aboulerons /a.bul.ʁɔ̃/	aboulerez /a.bul.ʁe/	abouleront /a.bul.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	aboulerais /a.bul.ʁɛ/	aboulerais /a.bul.ʁɛ/	aboulerait /a.bul.ʁɛ/	aboulerions /a.bu.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	abouleriez /a.bu.lə.ʁje/	abouleraient /a.bul.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	aboule /a.bul/	aboules /a.bul/	aboule /a.bul/	aboulions /a.bu.ljɔ̃/	abouliez /a.bu.lje/	aboulent /a.bul/
	imperfect2	aboulasse /a.bu.las/	aboulasses /a.bu.las/	aboulât /a.bu.la/	aboulassions /a.bu.la.sjɔ̃/	aboulassiez /a.bu.la.sje/	aboulassent /a.bu.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	aboule /a.bul/	—	aboulons /a.bu.lɔ̃/	aboulez /a.bu.le/	—
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).

Synonyms

• faire péter

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• laboure, labouré

Norman

Pronunciation

• (Jersey) IPA^(key): /abule/

Verb

abouler

1. (Jersey) To bring a wheelbarrow towards someone.

References

• Spence, N.C.W. (1960). Glossary of Jersey-French. Oxford: Blackwell. p. 40.