arc-bouter
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See also: arcbouter
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From arc-boutant (“buttress”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
- (transitive, architecture) to buttress
- (reflexive) to press, lean, brace [+ à (object)] or [+ contre (object) = [up] against]
- (reflexive) to stand firm (in opposition to someone)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of arc-bouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | arc-bouter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | arc-boutant /aʁk.bu.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | arc-bouté /aʁk.bu.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | arc-boute /aʁk.but/ |
arc-boutes /aʁk.but/ |
arc-boute /aʁk.but/ |
arc-boutons /aʁk.bu.tɔ̃/ |
arc-boutez /aʁk.bu.te/ |
arc-boutent /aʁk.but/ |
| imperfect | arc-boutais /aʁk.bu.tɛ/ |
arc-boutais /aʁk.bu.tɛ/ |
arc-boutait /aʁk.bu.tɛ/ |
arc-boutions /aʁk.bu.tjɔ̃/ |
arc-boutiez /aʁk.bu.tje/ |
arc-boutaient /aʁk.bu.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | arc-boutai /aʁk.bu.te/ |
arc-boutas /aʁk.bu.ta/ |
arc-bouta /aʁk.bu.ta/ |
arc-boutâmes /aʁk.bu.tam/ |
arc-boutâtes /aʁk.bu.tat/ |
arc-boutèrent /aʁk.bu.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | arc-bouterai /aʁk.bu.tʁe/ |
arc-bouteras /aʁk.bu.tʁa/ |
arc-boutera /aʁk.bu.tʁa/ |
arc-bouterons /aʁk.bu.tʁɔ̃/ |
arc-bouterez /aʁk.bu.tʁe/ |
arc-bouteront /aʁk.bu.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | arc-bouterais /aʁk.bu.tʁɛ/ |
arc-bouterais /aʁk.bu.tʁɛ/ |
arc-bouterait /aʁk.bu.tʁɛ/ |
arc-bouterions /aʁk.bu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
arc-bouteriez /aʁk.bu.tə.ʁje/ |
arc-bouteraient /aʁk.bu.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | arc-boute /aʁk.but/ |
arc-boutes /aʁk.but/ |
arc-boute /aʁk.but/ |
arc-boutions /aʁk.bu.tjɔ̃/ |
arc-boutiez /aʁk.bu.tje/ |
arc-boutent /aʁk.but/ |
| imperfect2 | arc-boutasse /aʁk.bu.tas/ |
arc-boutasses /aʁk.bu.tas/ |
arc-boutât /aʁk.bu.ta/ |
arc-boutassions /aʁk.bu.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
arc-boutassiez /aʁk.bu.ta.sje/ |
arc-boutassent /aʁk.bu.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | arc-boute /aʁk.but/ |
— | arc-boutons /aʁk.bu.tɔ̃/ |
arc-boutez /aʁk.bu.te/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading[edit]
- “arc-bouter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.