attribuer
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin attribuere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.tʁi.bɥe/
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Verb
attribuer
- to grant, to award
- to give credit to, to recognize
- to attribute to, to ascribe to
- (pronominal, s'attribuer) to take the credit for, to give oneself priority over others
Conjugation
Conjugation of attribuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | attribuer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | attribuant /a.tʁi.bɥɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | attribué /a.tʁi.bɥe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | attribue /a.tʁi.by/ |
attribues /a.tʁi.by/ |
attribue /a.tʁi.by/ |
attribuons /a.tʁi.bɥɔ̃/ |
attribuez /a.tʁi.bɥe/ |
attribuent /a.tʁi.by/ |
| imperfect | attribuais /a.tʁi.bɥɛ/ |
attribuais /a.tʁi.bɥɛ/ |
attribuait /a.tʁi.bɥɛ/ |
attribuions /a.tʁi.by.jɔ̃/ |
attribuiez /a.tʁi.by.je/ |
attribuaient /a.tʁi.bɥɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | attribuai /a.tʁi.bɥe/ |
attribuas /a.tʁi.bɥa/ |
attribua /a.tʁi.bɥa/ |
attribuâmes /a.tʁi.bɥam/ |
attribuâtes /a.tʁi.bɥat/ |
attribuèrent /a.tʁi.bɥɛʁ/ | |
| future | attribuerai /a.tʁi.by.ʁe/ |
attribueras /a.tʁi.by.ʁa/ |
attribuera /a.tʁi.by.ʁa/ |
attribuerons /a.tʁi.by.ʁɔ̃/ |
attribuerez /a.tʁi.by.ʁe/ |
attribueront /a.tʁi.by.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | attribuerais /a.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/ |
attribuerais /a.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/ |
attribuerait /a.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/ |
attribuerions /a.tʁi.by.ʁjɔ̃/ |
attribueriez /a.tʁi.by.ʁje/ |
attribueraient /a.tʁi.by.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 | attribue /a.tʁi.by/ |
attribues /a.tʁi.by/ |
attribue /a.tʁi.by/ |
attribuions /a.tʁi.by.jɔ̃/ |
attribuiez /a.tʁi.by.je/ |
attribuent /a.tʁi.by/ |
| imperfect2 | attribuasse /a.tʁi.bɥas/ |
attribuasses /a.tʁi.bɥas/ |
attribuât /a.tʁi.bɥa/ |
attribuassions /a.tʁi.bɥa.sjɔ̃/ |
attribuassiez /a.tʁi.bɥa.sje/ |
attribuassent /a.tʁi.bɥas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | attribue /a.tʁi.by/ |
— | attribuons /a.tʁi.bɥɔ̃/ |
attribuez /a.tʁi.bɥe/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Romanian: atribui
Further reading
- “attribuer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012