acupuncturer

French

Alternative forms

• acuponcturer (post-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ky.pɔ̃k.ty.ʁe/

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Verb

acupuncturer

1. to acupuncture

Conjugation

Conjugation of acupuncturer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	acupuncturer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	acupuncturant /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		acupuncturé /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	acupuncture /a.ky.pœ̃k.tyʁ/	acupunctures /a.ky.pœ̃k.tyʁ/	acupuncture /a.ky.pœ̃k.tyʁ/	acupuncturons /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁɔ̃/	acupuncturez /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁe/	acupuncturent /a.ky.pœ̃k.tyʁ/
	imperfect	acupuncturais /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁɛ/	acupuncturais /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁɛ/	acupuncturait /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁɛ/	acupuncturions /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁjɔ̃/	acupuncturiez /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁje/	acupuncturaient /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	acupuncturai /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁe/	acupuncturas /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁa/	acupunctura /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁa/	acupuncturâmes /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁam/	acupuncturâtes /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁat/	acupuncturèrent /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁɛʁ/
	future	acupuncturerai /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁə.ʁe/	acupunctureras /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁə.ʁa/	acupuncturera /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁə.ʁa/	acupuncturerons /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	acupuncturerez /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁə.ʁe/	acupunctureront /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	acupuncturerais /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁə.ʁɛ/	acupuncturerais /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁə.ʁɛ/	acupuncturerait /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁə.ʁɛ/	acupuncturerions /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	acupunctureriez /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁə.ʁje/	acupunctureraient /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁə.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	acupuncture /a.ky.pœ̃k.tyʁ/	acupunctures /a.ky.pœ̃k.tyʁ/	acupuncture /a.ky.pœ̃k.tyʁ/	acupuncturions /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁjɔ̃/	acupuncturiez /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁje/	acupuncturent /a.ky.pœ̃k.tyʁ/
	imperfect2	acupuncturasse /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁas/	acupuncturasses /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁas/	acupuncturât /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁa/	acupuncturassions /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	acupuncturassiez /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁa.sje/	acupuncturassent /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	acupuncture /a.ky.pœ̃k.tyʁ/	—	acupuncturons /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁɔ̃/	acupuncturez /a.ky.pœ̃k.ty.ʁe/	—
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).