touer

French

Etymology

From Middle French touer, from Old French touer, from Frankish *togōn (“to tug, tow”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian toogje (“to tug, pull, tear”), English tow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.e/, /twe/

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Verb

touer

1. (nautical) to tug or tow a ship, to haul a barge

   Synonyms: haler, remorquer

Conjugation

Conjugation of touer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	touer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	touant /twɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		toué /twe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	toue /tu/	toues /tu/	toue /tu/	touons /twɔ̃/	touez /twe/	touent /tu/
	imperfect	touais /twɛ/	touais /twɛ/	touait /twɛ/	touions /tu.jɔ̃/	touiez /tu.je/	touaient /twɛ/
	past historic2	touai /twe/	touas /twa/	toua /twa/	touâmes /twam/	touâtes /twat/	touèrent /twɛʁ/
	future	touerai /tu.ʁe/	toueras /tu.ʁa/	touera /tu.ʁa/	touerons /tu.ʁɔ̃/	touerez /tu.ʁe/	toueront /tu.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	touerais /tu.ʁɛ/	touerais /tu.ʁɛ/	touerait /tu.ʁɛ/	touerions /tu.ʁjɔ̃/	toueriez /tu.ʁje/	toueraient /tu.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	toue /tu/	toues /tu/	toue /tu/	touions /tu.jɔ̃/	touiez /tu.je/	touent /tu/
	imperfect2	touasse /twas/	touasses /twas/	touât /twa/	touassions /twa.sjɔ̃/	touassiez /twa.sje/	touassent /twas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	toue /tu/	—	touons /twɔ̃/	touez /twe/	—
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).

Derived terms

• touage
• toueur

Further reading

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

Umbrian

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Alternative forms

• tuer

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *towos.

Determiner

touer (genitive singular) (early Iguvine)

1. your

Declension

• (ablative singular feminine) l.Ig. tua, tuua