aboyer

French

Etymology

From Old French abayer, abaüer, probably of onomatopoetic origin. Compare Latin baubari, Italian abbaiare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.bwa.je/
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Verb

aboyer

  1. (intransitive, of a dog) to bark
  2. (intransitive) to scream at or inveigh against somebody
  3. (transitive, usually derogatory) to scream or yell in short bouts; to bark
    Il aboie des ordres sans s'arrêter pour respirer
    He barks orders without pausing to breathe.

Usage notes
  • To mark the target of the barking, the usual preposition is après; less common is contre, while à is dated.

Conjugation

This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ before a silent ‘e’.

Conjugation of aboyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle aboyant
/a.bwa.jɑ̃/
past participle aboyé
/a.bwa.je/
infinitive
simple aboyer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple aboyant
/a.bwa.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present aboie
/a.bwa/		 aboies
/a.bwa/		 aboie
/a.bwa/		 aboyons
/a.bwa.jɔ̃/		 aboyez
/a.bwa.je/		 aboient
/a.bwa/
imperfect aboyais
/a.bwa.jɛ/		 aboyais
/a.bwa.jɛ/		 aboyait
/a.bwa.jɛ/		 aboyions
/a.bwaj.jɔ̃/		 aboyiez
/a.bwaj.je/		 aboyaient
/a.bwa.jɛ/
past historic2 aboyai
/a.bwa.je/		 aboyas
/a.bwa.ja/		 aboya
/a.bwa.ja/		 aboyâmes
/a.bwa.jam/		 aboyâtes
/a.bwa.jat/		 aboyèrent
/a.bwa.jɛʁ/
future aboierai
/a.bwa.ʁe/		 aboieras
/a.bwa.ʁa/		 aboiera
/a.bwa.ʁa/		 aboierons
/a.bwa.ʁɔ̃/		 aboierez
/a.bwa.ʁe/		 aboieront
/a.bwa.ʁɔ̃/
conditional aboierais
/a.bwa.ʁɛ/		 aboierais
/a.bwa.ʁɛ/		 aboierait
/a.bwa.ʁɛ/		 aboierions
/a.bwa.ʁjɔ̃/		 aboieriez
/a.bwa.ʁje/		 aboieraient
/a.bwa.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 aboie
/a.bwa/		 aboies
/a.bwa/		 aboie
/a.bwa/		 aboyions
/a.bwaj.jɔ̃/		 aboyiez
/a.bwaj.je/		 aboient
/a.bwa/
imperfect2 aboyasse
/a.bwa.jas/		 aboyasses
/a.bwa.jas/		 aboyât
/a.bwa.ja/		 aboyassions
/a.bwa.ja.sjɔ̃/		 aboyassiez
/a.bwa.ja.sje/		 aboyassent
/a.bwa.jas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — aboie
/a.bwa/		 — aboyons
/a.bwa.jɔ̃/		 aboyez
/a.bwa.je/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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