affubler

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *affībulāre, from Latin fībula (“clasp, brooch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fy.ble/

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Verb

affubler

1. (transitive) to deck out, to equip [with de ‘in/with’]
2. (reflexive) to deck out oneself, to equip oneself
3. (reflexive) to take on the surname of

Conjugation

Conjugation of affubler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	affubler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	affublant /a.fy.blɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		affublé /a.fy.ble/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	affuble /a.fybl/	affubles /a.fybl/	affuble /a.fybl/	affublons /a.fy.blɔ̃/	affublez /a.fy.ble/	affublent /a.fybl/
	imperfect	affublais /a.fy.blɛ/	affublais /a.fy.blɛ/	affublait /a.fy.blɛ/	affublions /a.fy.bli.jɔ̃/	affubliez /a.fy.bli.je/	affublaient /a.fy.blɛ/
	past historic2	affublai /a.fy.ble/	affublas /a.fy.bla/	affubla /a.fy.bla/	affublâmes /a.fy.blam/	affublâtes /a.fy.blat/	affublèrent /a.fy.blɛʁ/
	future	affublerai /a.fy.blə.ʁe/	affubleras /a.fy.blə.ʁa/	affublera /a.fy.blə.ʁa/	affublerons /a.fy.blə.ʁɔ̃/	affublerez /a.fy.blə.ʁe/	affubleront /a.fy.blə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	affublerais /a.fy.blə.ʁɛ/	affublerais /a.fy.blə.ʁɛ/	affublerait /a.fy.blə.ʁɛ/	affublerions /a.fy.blə.ʁjɔ̃/	affubleriez /a.fy.blə.ʁje/	affubleraient /a.fy.blə.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	affuble /a.fybl/	affubles /a.fybl/	affuble /a.fybl/	affublions /a.fy.bli.jɔ̃/	affubliez /a.fy.bli.je/	affublent /a.fybl/
	imperfect2	affublasse /a.fy.blas/	affublasses /a.fy.blas/	affublât /a.fy.bla/	affublassions /a.fy.bla.sjɔ̃/	affublassiez /a.fy.bla.sje/	affublassent /a.fy.blas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	affuble /a.fybl/	—	affublons /a.fy.blɔ̃/	affublez /a.fy.ble/	—
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).

Related terms

• affublement

Further reading

• “affubler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• bluffera