coûter
See also: couter
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle French couster, from Old French coster, inherited from Latin constāre, present active infinitive of constō. See also constat, constater.
Pronunciation
Verb
coûter
- to cost
Conjugation
Conjugation of coûter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | coûter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | coûtant /ku.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | coûté /ku.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | coûte /kut/ |
coûtes /kut/ |
coûte /kut/ |
coûtons /ku.tɔ̃/ |
coûtez /ku.te/ |
coûtent /kut/ |
imperfect | coûtais /ku.tɛ/ |
coûtais /ku.tɛ/ |
coûtait /ku.tɛ/ |
coûtions /ku.tjɔ̃/ |
coûtiez /ku.tje/ |
coûtaient /ku.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | coûtai /ku.te/ |
coûtas /ku.ta/ |
coûta /ku.ta/ |
coûtâmes /ku.tam/ |
coûtâtes /ku.tat/ |
coûtèrent /ku.tɛʁ/ | |
future | coûterai /ku.tʁe/ |
coûteras /ku.tʁa/ |
coûtera /ku.tʁa/ |
coûterons /ku.tʁɔ̃/ |
coûterez /ku.tʁe/ |
coûteront /ku.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | coûterais /ku.tʁɛ/ |
coûterais /ku.tʁɛ/ |
coûterait /ku.tʁɛ/ |
coûterions /ku.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
coûteriez /ku.tə.ʁje/ |
coûteraient /ku.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 | coûte /kut/ |
coûtes /kut/ |
coûte /kut/ |
coûtions /ku.tjɔ̃/ |
coûtiez /ku.tje/ |
coûtent /kut/ |
imperfect2 | coûtasse /ku.tas/ |
coûtasses /ku.tas/ |
coûtât /ku.ta/ |
coûtassions /ku.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
coûtassiez /ku.ta.sje/ |
coûtassent /ku.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | coûte /kut/ |
— | coûtons /ku.tɔ̃/ |
coûtez /ku.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). |
Related terms
Further reading
- “coûter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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