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abîmer
abîmer
See also: abimer
French
Alternative forms
- abimer (1990 spelling reform)
- abymer (archaic)
Verb
abîmer
- to damage.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, formal) To fall down or sink and disappear in a hole, depth, abyss.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, formal) To become absorbed in something (tought, action...).
- (rare or archaic) To throw down in a hole, depth etc.
Conjugation
Conjugation of abîmer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | abîmer | avoir abîmé | |||||
| gerund | en abîmant | en ayant abîmé | |||||
| present participle | abîmant /a.bi.mɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | abîmé /a.bi.me/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | abîme /a.bim/ |
abîmes /a.bim/ |
abîme /a.bim/ |
abîmons /a.bi.mɔ̃/ |
abîmez /a.bi.me/ |
abîment /a.bim/ |
| imperfect | abîmais /a.bi.mɛ/ |
abîmais /a.bi.mɛ/ |
abîmait /a.bi.mɛ/ |
abîmions /a.bi.mjɔ̃/ |
abîmiez /a.bi.mje/ |
abîmaient /a.bi.mɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | abîmai /a.bi.me/ |
abîmas /a.bi.ma/ |
abîma /a.bi.ma/ |
abîmâmes /a.bi.mam/ |
abîmâtes /a.bi.mat/ |
abîmèrent /a.bi.mɛʁ/ |
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| future | abîmerai /a.bim.ʁe/ |
abîmeras /a.bim.ʁa/ |
abîmera /a.bim.ʁa/ |
abîmerons /a.bim.ʁɔ̃/ |
abîmerez /a.bim.ʁe/ |
abîmeront /a.bim.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | abîmerais /a.bim.ʁɛ/ |
abîmerais /a.bim.ʁɛ/ |
abîmerait /a.bim.ʁɛ/ |
abîmerions /a.bi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
abîmeriez /a.bi.mə.ʁje/ |
abîmeraient /a.bim.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 | abîme /a.bim/ |
abîmes /a.bim/ |
abîme /a.bim/ |
abîmions /a.bi.mjɔ̃/ |
abîmiez /a.bi.mje/ |
abîment /a.bim/ |
| imperfect1 |
abîmasse /a.bi.mas/ |
abîmasses /a.bi.mas/ |
abîmât /a.bi.ma/ |
abîmassions /a.bi.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
abîmassiez /a.bi.ma.sje/ |
abîmassent /a.bi.mas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | abîme /a.bim/ |
— | abîmons /a.bi.mɔ̃/ |
abîmez /a.bi.me/ |
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