tuer
French
Etymology
From Middle French tuer, from Old French tuer, from Vulgar Latin *tutāre, from Latin tūtārī, present active infinitive of tūtor (“protect, guard, defend”), later taking on the meaning of "extinguish, kill" in Vulgar Latin. Compare Occitan tuar.
Pronunciation
- (France) IPA(key): /ty.e/
audio (file) - (Québec) IPA(key): /t͡sɥe/, /t͡sy.e/
- (Louisiana) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɥe/
Conjugation
Conjugation of tuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | tuant /tɥɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | tué /tɥe/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | tuer | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | tuant /tɥɑ̃/ | ||||||
| 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 | tue /ty/ |
tues /ty/ |
tue /ty/ |
tuons /tɥɔ̃/ |
tuez /tɥe/ |
tuent /ty/ |
| imperfect | tuais /tɥɛ/ |
tuais /tɥɛ/ |
tuait /tɥɛ/ |
tuions /ty.jɔ̃/ |
tuiez /ty.je/ |
tuaient /tɥɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | tuai /tɥe/ |
tuas /tɥa/ |
tua /tɥa/ |
tuâmes /tɥam/ |
tuâtes /tɥat/ |
tuèrent /tɥɛʁ/ | |
| future | tuerai /ty.ʁe/ |
tueras /ty.ʁa/ |
tuera /ty.ʁa/ |
tuerons /ty.ʁɔ̃/ |
tuerez /ty.ʁe/ |
tueront /ty.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tuerais /ty.ʁɛ/ |
tuerais /ty.ʁɛ/ |
tuerait /ty.ʁɛ/ |
tuerions /ty.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tueriez /ty.ʁje/ |
tueraient /ty.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 | tue /ty/ |
tues /ty/ |
tue /ty/ |
tuions /ty.jɔ̃/ |
tuiez /ty.je/ |
tuent /ty/ |
| imperfect2 | tuasse /tɥas/ |
tuasses /tɥas/ |
tuât /tɥa/ |
tuassions /tɥa.sjɔ̃/ |
tuassiez /tɥa.sje/ |
tuassent /tɥas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | tue /ty/ |
— | tuons /tɥɔ̃/ |
tuez /tɥe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Synonyms
- occire (archaic or humorous)
Further reading
- “tuer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Gallo
Etymology
From Old French tuer, from Vulgar Latin *tutāre, from Latin tūtārī, present active infinitive of tūtor (“protect, guard, defend”).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French tuer, from Vulgar Latin *tutāre, from Latin tūtārī, present active infinitive of tūtor (“protect, guard, defend”).
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of tuer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tuer | avoir tué | |||||
| gerund | en tuant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | tuant | ||||||
| past participle | tué | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | tue | tues | tue | tuons | tuez | tuent |
| imperfect | tuois, tuoys | tuois, tuoys | tuoit, tuoyt | tuions, tuyons | tuiez, tuyez | tuoient, tuoyent | |
| past historic | tua | tuas | tua | tuasmes | tuastes | tuerent | |
| future | tuerai, tueray | tueras | tuera | tuerons | tuerez | tueront | |
| conditional | tuerois, tueroys | tuerois, tueroys | tueroit, tueroyt | tuerions, tueryons | tueriez, tueryez | tueroient, tueroyent | |
| 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 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | tue | tues | tue | tuons | tuez | tuent |
| imperfect | tuasse | tuasses | tuast | tuassions | tuassiez | tuassent | |
| 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | tue | — | tuons | tuez | — | ||
Synonyms
Norman
Etymology
From Old French tuer, from Vulgar Latin *tutāre (“to extinguish, kill”), from Latin tūtārī, present active infinitive of tūtor (“protect, guard, defend”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Synonyms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *tutāre, from Latin tūtārī, present active infinitive of tūtor (“protect, guard, defend”), later taking on the meaning of "extinguish, kill" in Vulgar Latin. Compare Old Occitan tuar, Old Occitan tudar.
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of tuer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tuer | avoir tüé | |||||
| gerund | en tuant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | tuant | ||||||
| past participle | tüé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | tu | tües | tüe | tuons | tüez | tüent |
| imperfect | tuoie, tüeie, tuoe, tüeve | tuoies, tüeies, tuoes, tüeves | tuoit, tüeit, tuot, tüeve | tuïiens, tuïens | tuïiez, tuïez | tuoient, tüeient, tuoent, tüevent | |
| preterite | tuai | tuas | tua | tuames | tuastes | tüerent | |
| future | tüerai | tüeras | tüera | tüerons | tüeroiz, tüereiz, tüerez | tüeront | |
| conditional | tüeroie, tüereie | tüeroies, tüereies | tüeroit, tüereit | tüeriiens, tüeriens | tüeriiez, tüeriez | tüeroient, tüereient | |
| 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 | tu | tus | tut | tuons | tüez | tüent |
| imperfect | tuasse | tuasses | tuast | tuïssons, tuïssiens | tuïssoiz, tuïssez, tuïssiez | tuassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | tüe | — | tuons | tüez | — | ||
Synonyms
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