abreuver

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *abbiberāre, derived from Latin bibere (“to drink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bʁœ.ve/
• Rhymes: -e

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Verb

abreuver

1. (transitive, literary) to water (cattle, fields etc.), give water to (a person)

   Synonym: arroser

2. (pronominal, literary) to drink
3. (transitive, figuratively) to shower (someone) [with direct object ‘someone’ and de ‘in/with something’]

   Elle l'a abreuvé d'injures. ― She insulted him copiously. / She showered him with insults.

Conjugation

Conjugation of abreuver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	abreuver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	abreuvant /a.bʁœ.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		abreuvé /a.bʁœ.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	abreuve /a.bʁœv/	abreuves /a.bʁœv/	abreuve /a.bʁœv/	abreuvons /a.bʁœ.vɔ̃/	abreuvez /a.bʁœ.ve/	abreuvent /a.bʁœv/
	imperfect	abreuvais /a.bʁœ.vɛ/	abreuvais /a.bʁœ.vɛ/	abreuvait /a.bʁœ.vɛ/	abreuvions /a.bʁœ.vjɔ̃/	abreuviez /a.bʁœ.vje/	abreuvaient /a.bʁœ.vɛ/
	past historic2	abreuvai /a.bʁœ.ve/	abreuvas /a.bʁœ.va/	abreuva /a.bʁœ.va/	abreuvâmes /a.bʁœ.vam/	abreuvâtes /a.bʁœ.vat/	abreuvèrent /a.bʁœ.vɛʁ/
	future	abreuverai /a.bʁœ.vʁe/	abreuveras /a.bʁœ.vʁa/	abreuvera /a.bʁœ.vʁa/	abreuverons /a.bʁœ.vʁɔ̃/	abreuverez /a.bʁœ.vʁe/	abreuveront /a.bʁœ.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	abreuverais /a.bʁœ.vʁɛ/	abreuverais /a.bʁœ.vʁɛ/	abreuverait /a.bʁœ.vʁɛ/	abreuverions /a.bʁœ.və.ʁjɔ̃/	abreuveriez /a.bʁœ.və.ʁje/	abreuveraient /a.bʁœ.vʁɛ/
(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	abreuve /a.bʁœv/	abreuves /a.bʁœv/	abreuve /a.bʁœv/	abreuvions /a.bʁœ.vjɔ̃/	abreuviez /a.bʁœ.vje/	abreuvent /a.bʁœv/
	imperfect2	abreuvasse /a.bʁœ.vas/	abreuvasses /a.bʁœ.vas/	abreuvât /a.bʁœ.va/	abreuvassions /a.bʁœ.va.sjɔ̃/	abreuvassiez /a.bʁœ.va.sje/	abreuvassent /a.bʁœ.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	abreuve /a.bʁœv/	—	abreuvons /a.bʁœ.vɔ̃/	abreuvez /a.bʁœ.ve/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• abreuvage
• abreuvement
• abreuvoir

Further reading

• “abreuver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012