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sabrer
sabrer
See also: sâbrer
French
Verb
sabrer
- (transitive) to slash with a sabre
- (figuratively) to remove large sections from a text while editing it, to axe.
- Sabrer de longues tirades.
- Axe the pointless monologues from the text; they don't really accomplish anything.
- Open a bottle, usually champagne, with a slice from a sword.
- Ils ont sabré le champagne.
Conjugation
Conjugation of sabrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | sabrer | avoir sabré | |||||
| gerund | en sabrant | en ayant sabré | |||||
| present participle | sabrant /sa.bʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | sabré /sa.bʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | sabre /sabʁ/ |
sabres /sabʁ/ |
sabre /sabʁ/ |
sabrons /sa.bʁɔ̃/ |
sabrez /sa.bʁe/ |
sabrent /sabʁ/ |
| imperfect | sabrais /sa.bʁɛ/ |
sabrais /sa.bʁɛ/ |
sabrait /sa.bʁɛ/ |
sabrions /sa.bʁi.jɔ̃/ |
sabriez /sa.bʁi.je/ |
sabraient /sa.bʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | sabrai /sa.bʁe/ |
sabras /sa.bʁa/ |
sabra /sa.bʁa/ |
sabrâmes /sa.bʁam/ |
sabrâtes /sa.bʁat/ |
sabrèrent /sa.bʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | sabrerai /sa.bʁə.ʁe/ |
sabreras /sa.bʁə.ʁa/ |
sabrera /sa.bʁə.ʁa/ |
sabrerons /sa.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
sabrerez /sa.bʁə.ʁe/ |
sabreront /sa.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | sabrerais /sa.bʁə.ʁɛ/ |
sabrerais /sa.bʁə.ʁɛ/ |
sabrerait /sa.bʁə.ʁɛ/ |
sabrerions /sa.bʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sabreriez /sa.bʁə.ʁje/ |
sabreraient /sa.bʁə.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 | sabre /sabʁ/ |
sabres /sabʁ/ |
sabre /sabʁ/ |
sabrions /sa.bʁi.jɔ̃/ |
sabriez /sa.bʁi.je/ |
sabrent /sabʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
sabrasse /sa.bʁas/ |
sabrasses /sa.bʁas/ |
sabrât /sa.bʁa/ |
sabrassions /sa.bʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
sabrassiez /sa.bʁa.sje/ |
sabrassent /sa.bʁas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | sabre /sabʁ/ |
— | sabrons /sa.bʁɔ̃/ |
sabrez /sa.bʁe/ |
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