sabrer

See also: sâbrer

French

Etymology

sabre +‎ -er

Verb

sabrer

  1. (transitive) to slash with a sabre
    Les cavaliers sabrèrent les servants de cette batterie.
    The horsemen cut down the gunners of the artillery battery.
    Sabrer à droite et à gauche.
    To slash left and right.
  2. (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.
  3. 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)
present participle sabrant
/sa.bʁɑ̃/
past participle sabré
/sa.bʁe/
infinitive
simple sabrer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple sabrant
/sa.bʁɑ̃/
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 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/
past historic2 sabrai
/sa.bʁe/		 sabras
/sa.bʁa/		 sabra
/sa.bʁa/		 sabrâmes
/sa.bʁam/		 sabrâtes
/sa.bʁat/		 sabrèrent
/sa.bʁɛʁ/
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/
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/
(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 sabre
/sabʁ/		 sabres
/sabʁ/		 sabre
/sabʁ/		 sabrions
/sa.bʁi.jɔ̃/		 sabriez
/sa.bʁi.je/		 sabrent
/sabʁ/
imperfect2 sabrasse
/sa.bʁas/		 sabrasses
/sa.bʁas/		 sabrât
/sa.bʁa/		 sabrassions
/sa.bʁa.sjɔ̃/		 sabrassiez
/sa.bʁa.sje/		 sabrassent
/sa.bʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — sabre
/sabʁ/		 — sabrons
/sa.bʁɔ̃/		 sabrez
/sa.bʁe/		 —
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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