snober
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English snub + -er, with influence from snob.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
snober
- (transitive) to snub, high-hat, disregard someone
- (transitive) to refuse, ignore, disdain a favor, an honor
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of snober (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | snober | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | snobant /snɔ.bɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | snobé /snɔ.be/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | snobe /snɔb/ |
snobes /snɔb/ |
snobe /snɔb/ |
snobons /snɔ.bɔ̃/ |
snobez /snɔ.be/ |
snobent /snɔb/ |
| imperfect | snobais /snɔ.bɛ/ |
snobais /snɔ.bɛ/ |
snobait /snɔ.bɛ/ |
snobions /snɔ.bjɔ̃/ |
snobiez /snɔ.bje/ |
snobaient /snɔ.bɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | snobai /snɔ.be/ |
snobas /snɔ.ba/ |
snoba /snɔ.ba/ |
snobâmes /snɔ.bam/ |
snobâtes /snɔ.bat/ |
snobèrent /snɔ.bɛʁ/ | |
| future | snoberai /snɔ.bʁe/ |
snoberas /snɔ.bʁa/ |
snobera /snɔ.bʁa/ |
snoberons /snɔ.bʁɔ̃/ |
snoberez /snɔ.bʁe/ |
snoberont /snɔ.bʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | snoberais /snɔ.bʁɛ/ |
snoberais /snɔ.bʁɛ/ |
snoberait /snɔ.bʁɛ/ |
snoberions /snɔ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
snoberiez /snɔ.bə.ʁje/ |
snoberaient /snɔ.bʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | snobe /snɔb/ |
snobes /snɔb/ |
snobe /snɔb/ |
snobions /snɔ.bjɔ̃/ |
snobiez /snɔ.bje/ |
snobent /snɔb/ |
| imperfect2 | snobasse /snɔ.bas/ |
snobasses /snɔ.bas/ |
snobât /snɔ.ba/ |
snobassions /snɔ.ba.sjɔ̃/ |
snobassiez /snɔ.ba.sje/ |
snobassent /snɔ.bas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | snobe /snɔb/ |
— | snobons /snɔ.bɔ̃/ |
snobez /snɔ.be/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Descendants[edit]
- → Turkish: snobe (via past participle)
Further reading[edit]
- “snober”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.