adouber

French

Etymology

From Old French adober, aduber, thought to be from Frankish *dubban, from the same Proto-Germanic root as English dub.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.du.be/
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Verb

adouber

  1. to dub (bestow the title of knight upon)
  2. to name (a minister, successor etc.)
  3. to adjust a piece in a board game, such as chess or backgammon

Conjugation
Conjugation of adouber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle adoubant
/a.du.bɑ̃/
past participle adoubé
/a.du.be/
infinitive
simple adouber
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple adoubant
/a.du.bɑ̃/
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 adoube
/a.dub/		 adoubes
/a.dub/		 adoube
/a.dub/		 adoubons
/a.du.bɔ̃/		 adoubez
/a.du.be/		 adoubent
/a.dub/
imperfect adoubais
/a.du.bɛ/		 adoubais
/a.du.bɛ/		 adoubait
/a.du.bɛ/		 adoubions
/a.du.bjɔ̃/		 adoubiez
/a.du.bje/		 adoubaient
/a.du.bɛ/
past historic2 adoubai
/a.du.be/		 adoubas
/a.du.ba/		 adouba
/a.du.ba/		 adoubâmes
/a.du.bam/		 adoubâtes
/a.du.bat/		 adoubèrent
/a.du.bɛʁ/
future adouberai
/a.du.bʁe/		 adouberas
/a.du.bʁa/		 adoubera
/a.du.bʁa/		 adouberons
/a.du.bʁɔ̃/		 adouberez
/a.du.bʁe/		 adouberont
/a.du.bʁɔ̃/
conditional adouberais
/a.du.bʁɛ/		 adouberais
/a.du.bʁɛ/		 adouberait
/a.du.bʁɛ/		 adouberions
/a.du.bə.ʁjɔ̃/		 adouberiez
/a.du.bə.ʁje/		 adouberaient
/a.du.bʁɛ/
(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 adoube
/a.dub/		 adoubes
/a.dub/		 adoube
/a.dub/		 adoubions
/a.du.bjɔ̃/		 adoubiez
/a.du.bje/		 adoubent
/a.dub/
imperfect2 adoubasse
/a.du.bas/		 adoubasses
/a.du.bas/		 adoubât
/a.du.ba/		 adoubassions
/a.du.ba.sjɔ̃/		 adoubassiez
/a.du.ba.sje/		 adoubassent
/a.du.bas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — adoube
/a.dub/		 — adoubons
/a.du.bɔ̃/		 adoubez
/a.du.be/		 —
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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Old French

Verb

adouber

  1. Alternative form of adober

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-b, *-bs, *-bt are modified to p, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of adouber (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive adouber avoir adoubé
gerund en adoubant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle adoubant
past participle adoubé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present adoup adoubes adoube adoubons adoubez adoubent
imperfect adouboie, adoubeie, adouboe, adoubeve adouboies, adoubeies, adouboes, adoubeves adouboit, adoubeit, adoubot, adoubeve adoubiiens, adoubiens adoubiiez, adoubiez adouboient, adoubeient, adouboent, adoubevent
preterite adoubai adoubas adouba adoubames adoubastes adouberent
future adouberai adouberas adoubera adouberons adouberoiz, adoubereiz, adouberez adouberont
conditional adouberoie, adoubereie adouberoies, adoubereies adouberoit, adoubereit adouberiiens, adouberiens adouberiiez, adouberiez adouberoient, adoubereient
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 anterior Use the preterite 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 jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present adoup adous adout adoubons adoubez adoubent
imperfect adoubasse adoubasses adoubast adoubissons, adoubissiens adoubissoiz, adoubissez, adoubissiez adoubassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— adoube — adoubons adoubez —

References
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