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accoucher
accoucher
French
Verb
accoucher
- (intransitive) to give birth (de to)
- (transitive) to deliver (a baby)
Conjugation
Conjugation of accoucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | accoucher | avoir accouché | |||||
| gerund | en accouchant | en ayant accouché | |||||
| present participle | accouchant /a.ku.ʃɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | accouché /a.ku.ʃe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | accouche /a.kuʃ/ |
accouches /a.kuʃ/ |
accouche /a.kuʃ/ |
accouchons /a.ku.ʃɔ̃/ |
accouchez /a.ku.ʃe/ |
accouchent /a.kuʃ/ |
| imperfect | accouchais /a.ku.ʃɛ/ |
accouchais /a.ku.ʃɛ/ |
accouchait /a.ku.ʃɛ/ |
accouchions /a.ku.ʃjɔ̃/ |
accouchiez /a.ku.ʃje/ |
accouchaient /a.ku.ʃɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | accouchai /a.ku.ʃe/ |
accouchas /a.ku.ʃa/ |
accoucha /a.ku.ʃa/ |
accouchâmes /a.ku.ʃam/ |
accouchâtes /a.ku.ʃat/ |
accouchèrent /a.ku.ʃɛʁ/ |
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| future | accoucherai /a.kuʃ.ʁe/ |
accoucheras /a.kuʃ.ʁa/ |
accouchera /a.kuʃ.ʁa/ |
accoucherons /a.kuʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
accoucherez /a.kuʃ.ʁe/ |
accoucheront /a.kuʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | accoucherais /a.kuʃ.ʁɛ/ |
accoucherais /a.kuʃ.ʁɛ/ |
accoucherait /a.kuʃ.ʁɛ/ |
accoucherions /a.ku.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
accoucheriez /a.ku.ʃə.ʁje/ |
accoucheraient /a.kuʃ.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 | accouche /a.kuʃ/ |
accouches /a.kuʃ/ |
accouche /a.kuʃ/ |
accouchions /a.ku.ʃjɔ̃/ |
accouchiez /a.ku.ʃje/ |
accouchent /a.kuʃ/ |
| imperfect1 |
accouchasse /a.ku.ʃas/ |
accouchasses /a.ku.ʃas/ |
accouchât /a.ku.ʃa/ |
accouchassions /a.ku.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
accouchassiez /a.ku.ʃa.sje/ |
accouchassent /a.ku.ʃas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | accouche /a.kuʃ/ |
— | accouchons /a.ku.ʃɔ̃/ |
accouchez /a.ku.ʃe/ |
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