abrévier

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abbreviāre. Doublet of abréger, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bʁe.vje/

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Verb

abrévier

1. (archaic) to abbreviate

   Synonym: abréger

Conjugation

Conjugation of abrévier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	abrévier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	abréviant /a.bʁe.vjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		abrévié /a.bʁe.vje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	abrévie /a.bʁe.vi/	abrévies /a.bʁe.vi/	abrévie /a.bʁe.vi/	abrévions /a.bʁe.vjɔ̃/	abréviez /a.bʁe.vje/	abrévient /a.bʁe.vi/
	imperfect	abréviais /a.bʁe.vjɛ/	abréviais /a.bʁe.vjɛ/	abréviait /a.bʁe.vjɛ/	abréviions /a.bʁe.vi.jɔ̃/	abréviiez /a.bʁe.vi.je/	abréviaient /a.bʁe.vjɛ/
	past historic2	abréviai /a.bʁe.vje/	abrévias /a.bʁe.vja/	abrévia /a.bʁe.vja/	abréviâmes /a.bʁe.vjam/	abréviâtes /a.bʁe.vjat/	abrévièrent /a.bʁe.vjɛʁ/
	future	abrévierai /a.bʁe.vi.ʁe/	abrévieras /a.bʁe.vi.ʁa/	abréviera /a.bʁe.vi.ʁa/	abrévierons /a.bʁe.vi.ʁɔ̃/	abrévierez /a.bʁe.vi.ʁe/	abrévieront /a.bʁe.vi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	abrévierais /a.bʁe.vi.ʁɛ/	abrévierais /a.bʁe.vi.ʁɛ/	abrévierait /a.bʁe.vi.ʁɛ/	abrévierions /a.bʁe.vi.ʁjɔ̃/	abrévieriez /a.bʁe.vi.ʁje/	abrévieraient /a.bʁe.vi.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	abrévie /a.bʁe.vi/	abrévies /a.bʁe.vi/	abrévie /a.bʁe.vi/	abréviions /a.bʁe.vi.jɔ̃/	abréviiez /a.bʁe.vi.je/	abrévient /a.bʁe.vi/
	imperfect2	abréviasse /a.bʁe.vjas/	abréviasses /a.bʁe.vjas/	abréviât /a.bʁe.vja/	abréviassions /a.bʁe.vja.sjɔ̃/	abréviassiez /a.bʁe.vja.sje/	abréviassent /a.bʁe.vjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	abrévie /a.bʁe.vi/	—	abrévions /a.bʁe.vjɔ̃/	abréviez /a.bʁe.vje/	—
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

• abréviation