avouer
French
Etymology
From Old French avoer, from Latin advocō, advocāre, possibly an early borrowing or adaptation; cf. the Old French form avouchier.
Pronunciation
Verb
avouer
Conjugation
Conjugation of avouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | avouer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | avouant /a.vwɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | avoué /a.vwe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | avoue /a.vu/ |
avoues /a.vu/ |
avoue /a.vu/ |
avouons /a.vwɔ̃/ |
avouez /a.vwe/ |
avouent /a.vu/ |
| imperfect | avouais /a.vwɛ/ |
avouais /a.vwɛ/ |
avouait /a.vwɛ/ |
avouions /a.vu.jɔ̃/ |
avouiez /a.vu.je/ |
avouaient /a.vwɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | avouai /a.vwe/ |
avouas /a.vwa/ |
avoua /a.vwa/ |
avouâmes /a.vwam/ |
avouâtes /a.vwat/ |
avouèrent /a.vwɛʁ/ | |
| future | avouerai /a.vu.ʁe/ |
avoueras /a.vu.ʁa/ |
avouera /a.vu.ʁa/ |
avouerons /a.vu.ʁɔ̃/ |
avouerez /a.vu.ʁe/ |
avoueront /a.vu.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | avouerais /a.vu.ʁɛ/ |
avouerais /a.vu.ʁɛ/ |
avouerait /a.vu.ʁɛ/ |
avouerions /a.vu.ʁjɔ̃/ |
avoueriez /a.vu.ʁje/ |
avoueraient /a.vu.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 | avoue /a.vu/ |
avoues /a.vu/ |
avoue /a.vu/ |
avouions /a.vu.jɔ̃/ |
avouiez /a.vu.je/ |
avouent /a.vu/ |
| imperfect2 | avouasse /a.vwas/ |
avouasses /a.vwas/ |
avouât /a.vwa/ |
avouassions /a.vwa.sjɔ̃/ |
avouassiez /a.vwa.sje/ |
avouassent /a.vwas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | avoue /a.vu/ |
— | avouons /a.vwɔ̃/ |
avouez /a.vwe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
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Related terms
Further reading
- “avouer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.