abattre in French dictionary

  • abattre

    Meanings and definitions of "abattre"

    • mettre à bas, jeter à terre, faire tomber
    • Être en train de mettre à mort, de mettre fin à la vie.
    • abattre (un avion)
    • traverser (une rue)
    • changer (un billet)

    Synonyms of "abattre" in French dictionary

    mortifier, gifler, briser are the top synonyms of "abattre" in the French thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of abattre

    • (Verb) This verb is conjugated like battre. That means it is conjugated like vendre, perdre, etc. (sometimes called the regular -re verbs), except that instead of *abatt and *abatts, it has the forms abat and abats. This is strictly a spelling change; pronunciation-wise, the verb is conjugated exactly like vendre.    Conjugation of abattre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
      simple compound
      infinitive abattre avoir abattu
      gerund en abattant en ayant abattu
      present participle abattant
      past participle abattu
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simpletenses present abats abats abat abattons abattez abattent
      imperfect abattais abattais abattait abattions abattiez abattaient
      past historic1 abattis abattis abattit abattîmes abattîtes abattirent
      future abattrai abattras abattra abattrons abattrez abattront
      conditional abattrais abattrais abattrait abattrions abattriez abattraient
      compoundtenses 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 anterior1 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 je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
      simpletenses present abatte abattes abatte abattions abattiez abattent
      imperfect1 abattisse abattisses abattît abattissions abattissiez abattissent
      compoundtenses past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — abats — abattons abattez —
      1literary tenses
    • This verb is conjugated like battre. That means it is conjugated like vendre, perdre, etc. (sometimes called the regular -re verbs), except that instead of *abatt and *abatts, it has the forms abat and abats. This is strictly a spelling change; pronunciation-wise, the verb is conjugated exactly like vendre. Conjugation of abattre
      simple compound
      infinitive abattre avoir abattu
      gerund en abattant en ayant abattu
      present participle abattant
      /a.ba.tɑ̃/
      past participle abattu
      /a.ba.ty/
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simple
      tenses       		present abats
      /a.ba/       		abats
      /a.ba/       		abat
      /a.ba/       		abattons
      /a.ba.tɔ̃/       		abattez
      /a.ba.te/       		abattent
      /a.bat/
      imperfect abattais
      /a.ba.tɛ/       		abattais
      /a.ba.tɛ/       		abattait
      /a.ba.tɛ/       		abattions
      /a.ba.tjɔ̃/       		abattiez
      /a.ba.tje/       		abattaient
      /a.ba.tɛ/
      past historic1 abattis
      /a.ba.ti/       		abattis
      /a.ba.ti/       		abattit
      /a.ba.ti/       		abattîmes
      /a.ba.tim/       		abattîtes
      /a.ba.tit/       		abattirent
      /a.ba.tiʁ/
      future abattrai
      /a.ba.tʁe/       		abattras
      /a.ba.tʁa/       		abattra
      /a.ba.tʁa/       		abattrons
      /a.ba.tʁɔ̃/       		abattrez
      /a.ba.tʁe/       		abattront
      /a.ba.tʁɔ̃/
      conditional abattrais
      /a.ba.tʁɛ/       		abattrais
      /a.ba.tʁɛ/       		abattrait
      /a.ba.tʁɛ/       		abattrions
      /a.ba.tʁi.jɔ̃/       		abattriez
      /a.ba.tʁi.je/       		abattraient
      /a.ba.tʁɛ/
      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 anterior1 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 je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
      simple
      tenses       		present abatte
      /a.bat/       		abattes
      /a.bat/       		abatte
      /a.bat/       		abattions
      /a.ba.tjɔ̃/       		abattiez
      /a.ba.tje/       		abattent
      /a.bat/
      imperfect1 abattisse
      /a.ba.tis/       		abattisses
      /a.ba.tis/       		abattît
      /a.ba.ti/       		abattissions
      /a.ba.ti.sjɔ̃/       		abattissiez
      /a.ba.ti.sje/       		abattissent
      /a.ba.tis/
      compound
      tenses       		past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — abats
      /a.ba/       		— abattons
      /a.ba.tɔ̃/       		abattez
      /a.ba.te/       		—
      1literary tenses
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