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écourter
écourter
French
Verb
écourter
- to shorten, curtail (make shorter e.g. by cutting)
- (reflexive) to shorten (become shorter)
- to dock, clip (cut the tail of e.g. a dog)
- to cut short, curtail (shorten the time of something)
- to cut short, cut
Conjugation
Conjugation of écourter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | écourter | avoir écourté | |||||
| gerund | en écourtant | en ayant écourté | |||||
| present participle | écourtant /e.kuʁ.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | écourté /e.kuʁ.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | écourte /e.kuʁt/ |
écourtes /e.kuʁt/ |
écourte /e.kuʁt/ |
écourtons /e.kuʁ.tɔ̃/ |
écourtez /e.kuʁ.te/ |
écourtent /e.kuʁt/ |
| imperfect | écourtais /e.kuʁ.tɛ/ |
écourtais /e.kuʁ.tɛ/ |
écourtait /e.kuʁ.tɛ/ |
écourtions /e.kuʁ.tjɔ̃/ |
écourtiez /e.kuʁ.tje/ |
écourtaient /e.kuʁ.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | écourtai /e.kuʁ.te/ |
écourtas /e.kuʁ.ta/ |
écourta /e.kuʁ.ta/ |
écourtâmes /e.kuʁ.tam/ |
écourtâtes /e.kuʁ.tat/ |
écourtèrent /e.kuʁ.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | écourterai /e.kuʁ.tə.ʁe/ |
écourteras /e.kuʁ.tə.ʁa/ |
écourtera /e.kuʁ.tə.ʁa/ |
écourterons /e.kuʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
écourterez /e.kuʁ.tə.ʁe/ |
écourteront /e.kuʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | écourterais /e.kuʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
écourterais /e.kuʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
écourterait /e.kuʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
écourterions /e.kuʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
écourteriez /e.kuʁ.tə.ʁje/ |
écourteraient /e.kuʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | écourte /e.kuʁt/ |
écourtes /e.kuʁt/ |
écourte /e.kuʁt/ |
écourtions /e.kuʁ.tjɔ̃/ |
écourtiez /e.kuʁ.tje/ |
écourtent /e.kuʁt/ |
| imperfect1 |
écourtasse /e.kuʁ.tas/ |
écourtasses /e.kuʁ.tas/ |
écourtât /e.kuʁ.ta/ |
écourtassions /e.kuʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
écourtassiez /e.kuʁ.ta.sje/ |
écourtassent /e.kuʁ.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | écourte /e.kuʁt/ |
— | écourtons /e.kuʁ.tɔ̃/ |
écourtez /e.kuʁ.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
- écourtement
- écourticher