habiller

French

Etymology

From Old French abiller, from a- +‎ bille + -er. The orthography with -h-, starting around the 15th century, is likely due to influence from or semantic association with the etymologically unrelated habit.

Pronunciation

Verb

habiller

  1. (transitive) to dress
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get dressed
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to dress in a certain fashion

Conjugation
Conjugation of habiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle habillant
/a.bi.jɑ̃/
past participle habillé
/a.bi.je/
infinitive
simple habiller
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple habillant
/a.bi.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 habille
/a.bij/		 habilles
/a.bij/		 habille
/a.bij/		 habillons
/a.bi.jɔ̃/		 habillez
/a.bi.je/		 habillent
/a.bij/
imperfect habillais
/a.bi.jɛ/		 habillais
/a.bi.jɛ/		 habillait
/a.bi.jɛ/		 habillions
/a.bij.jɔ̃/		 habilliez
/a.bij.je/		 habillaient
/a.bi.jɛ/
past historic2 habillai
/a.bi.je/		 habillas
/a.bi.ja/		 habilla
/a.bi.ja/		 habillâmes
/a.bi.jam/		 habillâtes
/a.bi.jat/		 habillèrent
/a.bi.jɛʁ/
future habillerai
/a.bij.ʁe/		 habilleras
/a.bij.ʁa/		 habillera
/a.bij.ʁa/		 habillerons
/a.bij.ʁɔ̃/		 habillerez
/a.bij.ʁe/		 habilleront
/a.bij.ʁɔ̃/
conditional habillerais
/a.bij.ʁɛ/		 habillerais
/a.bij.ʁɛ/		 habillerait
/a.bij.ʁɛ/		 habillerions
/a.bi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/		 habilleriez
/a.bi.jə.ʁje/		 habilleraient
/a.bij.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 habille
/a.bij/		 habilles
/a.bij/		 habille
/a.bij/		 habillions
/a.bij.jɔ̃/		 habilliez
/a.bij.je/		 habillent
/a.bij/
imperfect2 habillasse
/a.bi.jas/		 habillasses
/a.bi.jas/		 habillât
/a.bi.ja/		 habillassions
/a.bi.ja.sjɔ̃/		 habillassiez
/a.bi.ja.sje/		 habillassent
/a.bi.jas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — habille
/a.bij/		 — habillons
/a.bi.jɔ̃/		 habillez
/a.bi.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).
Conjugation of s'habiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle s'habillant
/sa.bi.jɑ̃/
past participle habillé
/a.bi.je/
infinitive
simple s'habiller
compound s'être + past participle
gerund1
simple s'habillant
/sa.bi.jɑ̃/
compound s'étant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present m'habille
/ma.bij/		 t'habilles
/ta.bij/		 s'habille
/sa.bij/		 nous habillons
/nu.z‿a.bi.jɔ̃/		 vous habillez
/vu.z‿a.bi.je/		 s'habillent
/sa.bij/
imperfect m'habillais
/ma.bi.jɛ/		 t'habillais
/ta.bi.jɛ/		 s'habillait
/sa.bi.jɛ/		 nous habillions
/nu.z‿a.bij.jɔ̃/		 vous habilliez
/vu.z‿a.bij.je/		 s'habillaient
/sa.bi.jɛ/
past historic2 m'habillai
/ma.bi.je/		 t'habillas
/ta.bi.ja/		 s'habilla
/sa.bi.ja/		 nous habillâmes
/nu.z‿a.bi.jam/		 vous habillâtes
/vu.z‿a.bi.jat/		 s'habillèrent
/sa.bi.jɛʁ/
future m'habillerai
/ma.bij.ʁe/		 t'habilleras
/ta.bij.ʁa/		 s'habillera
/sa.bij.ʁa/		 nous habillerons
/nu.z‿a.bij.ʁɔ̃/		 vous habillerez
/vu.z‿a.bij.ʁe/		 s'habilleront
/sa.bij.ʁɔ̃/
conditional m'habillerais
/ma.bij.ʁɛ/		 t'habillerais
/ta.bij.ʁɛ/		 s'habillerait
/sa.bij.ʁɛ/		 nous habillerions
/nu.z‿a.bi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/		 vous habilleriez
/vu.z‿a.bi.jə.ʁje/		 s'habilleraient
/sa.bij.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present m'habille
/ma.bij/		 t'habilles
/ta.bij/		 s'habille
/sa.bij/		 nous habillions
/nu.z‿a.bij.jɔ̃/		 vous habilliez
/vu.z‿a.bij.je/		 s'habillent
/sa.bij/
imperfect2 m'habillasse
/ma.bi.jas/		 t'habillasses
/ta.bi.jas/		 s'habillât
/sa.bi.ja/		 nous habillassions
/nu.z‿a.bi.ja.sjɔ̃/		 vous habillassiez
/vu.z‿a.bi.ja.sje/		 s'habillassent
/sa.bi.jas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — habille-toi
/a.bij.twa/		 — habillons-nous
/a.bi.jɔ̃.nu/		 habillez-vous
/a.bi.je.vu/		 —
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'être + 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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