calfeutrer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kal.fø.tʁe/
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Verb
calfeutrer
- (transitive) to caulk (to seal joints with caulk)
- (transitive) to draughtproof, draftproof
Conjugation
Conjugation of calfeutrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | calfeutrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | calfeutrant /kal.fø.tʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | calfeutré /kal.fø.tʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | calfeutre /kal.føtʁ/ |
calfeutres /kal.føtʁ/ |
calfeutre /kal.føtʁ/ |
calfeutrons /kal.fø.tʁɔ̃/ |
calfeutrez /kal.fø.tʁe/ |
calfeutrent /kal.føtʁ/ |
| imperfect | calfeutrais /kal.fø.tʁɛ/ |
calfeutrais /kal.fø.tʁɛ/ |
calfeutrait /kal.fø.tʁɛ/ |
calfeutrions /kal.fø.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
calfeutriez /kal.fø.tʁi.je/ |
calfeutraient /kal.fø.tʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | calfeutrai /kal.fø.tʁe/ |
calfeutras /kal.fø.tʁa/ |
calfeutra /kal.fø.tʁa/ |
calfeutrâmes /kal.fø.tʁam/ |
calfeutrâtes /kal.fø.tʁat/ |
calfeutrèrent /kal.fø.tʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | calfeutrerai /kal.fø.tʁə.ʁe/ |
calfeutreras /kal.fø.tʁə.ʁa/ |
calfeutrera /kal.fø.tʁə.ʁa/ |
calfeutrerons /kal.fø.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
calfeutrerez /kal.fø.tʁə.ʁe/ |
calfeutreront /kal.fø.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | calfeutrerais /kal.fø.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
calfeutrerais /kal.fø.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
calfeutrerait /kal.fø.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
calfeutrerions /kal.fø.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
calfeutreriez /kal.fø.tʁə.ʁje/ |
calfeutreraient /kal.fø.tʁə.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 | calfeutre /kal.føtʁ/ |
calfeutres /kal.føtʁ/ |
calfeutre /kal.føtʁ/ |
calfeutrions /kal.fø.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
calfeutriez /kal.fø.tʁi.je/ |
calfeutrent /kal.føtʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | calfeutrasse /kal.fø.tʁas/ |
calfeutrasses /kal.fø.tʁas/ |
calfeutrât /kal.fø.tʁa/ |
calfeutrassions /kal.fø.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
calfeutrassiez /kal.fø.tʁa.sje/ |
calfeutrassent /kal.fø.tʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | calfeutre /kal.føtʁ/ |
— | calfeutrons /kal.fø.tʁɔ̃/ |
calfeutrez /kal.fø.tʁe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “calfeutrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012