amputer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amputāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.py.te/

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Verb

amputer

1. to amputate

Conjugation

Conjugation of amputer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	amputer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	amputant /ɑ̃.py.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		amputé /ɑ̃.py.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ampute /ɑ̃.pyt/	amputes /ɑ̃.pyt/	ampute /ɑ̃.pyt/	amputons /ɑ̃.py.tɔ̃/	amputez /ɑ̃.py.te/	amputent /ɑ̃.pyt/
	imperfect	amputais /ɑ̃.py.tɛ/	amputais /ɑ̃.py.tɛ/	amputait /ɑ̃.py.tɛ/	amputions /ɑ̃.py.tjɔ̃/	amputiez /ɑ̃.py.tje/	amputaient /ɑ̃.py.tɛ/
	past historic2	amputai /ɑ̃.py.te/	amputas /ɑ̃.py.ta/	amputa /ɑ̃.py.ta/	amputâmes /ɑ̃.py.tam/	amputâtes /ɑ̃.py.tat/	amputèrent /ɑ̃.py.tɛʁ/
	future	amputerai /ɑ̃.py.tʁe/	amputeras /ɑ̃.py.tʁa/	amputera /ɑ̃.py.tʁa/	amputerons /ɑ̃.py.tʁɔ̃/	amputerez /ɑ̃.py.tʁe/	amputeront /ɑ̃.py.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	amputerais /ɑ̃.py.tʁɛ/	amputerais /ɑ̃.py.tʁɛ/	amputerait /ɑ̃.py.tʁɛ/	amputerions /ɑ̃.py.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	amputeriez /ɑ̃.py.tə.ʁje/	amputeraient /ɑ̃.py.tʁɛ/
(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	ampute /ɑ̃.pyt/	amputes /ɑ̃.pyt/	ampute /ɑ̃.pyt/	amputions /ɑ̃.py.tjɔ̃/	amputiez /ɑ̃.py.tje/	amputent /ɑ̃.pyt/
	imperfect2	amputasse /ɑ̃.py.tas/	amputasses /ɑ̃.py.tas/	amputât /ɑ̃.py.ta/	amputassions /ɑ̃.py.ta.sjɔ̃/	amputassiez /ɑ̃.py.ta.sje/	amputassent /ɑ̃.py.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ampute /ɑ̃.pyt/	—	amputons /ɑ̃.py.tɔ̃/	amputez /ɑ̃.py.te/	—
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).

Descendants

• → Romanian: amputa

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• permuta

Latin

Verb

amputer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of amputō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

amputer

1. imperative of amputere