suborner

English

Etymology

From suborn +‎ -er.

Noun

suborner (plural suborners)

1. One who suborns.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subōrnāre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

suborner

1. to suborn
2. to bribe

Conjugation

Conjugation of suborner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	suborner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	subornant /sy.bɔʁ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		suborné /sy.bɔʁ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	suborne /sy.bɔʁn/	subornes /sy.bɔʁn/	suborne /sy.bɔʁn/	subornons /sy.bɔʁ.nɔ̃/	subornez /sy.bɔʁ.ne/	subornent /sy.bɔʁn/
	imperfect	subornais /sy.bɔʁ.nɛ/	subornais /sy.bɔʁ.nɛ/	subornait /sy.bɔʁ.nɛ/	subornions /sy.bɔʁ.njɔ̃/	suborniez /sy.bɔʁ.nje/	subornaient /sy.bɔʁ.nɛ/
	past historic2	subornai /sy.bɔʁ.ne/	subornas /sy.bɔʁ.na/	suborna /sy.bɔʁ.na/	subornâmes /sy.bɔʁ.nam/	subornâtes /sy.bɔʁ.nat/	subornèrent /sy.bɔʁ.nɛʁ/
	future	subornerai /sy.bɔʁ.nə.ʁe/	suborneras /sy.bɔʁ.nə.ʁa/	subornera /sy.bɔʁ.nə.ʁa/	subornerons /sy.bɔʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/	subornerez /sy.bɔʁ.nə.ʁe/	suborneront /sy.bɔʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	subornerais /sy.bɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	subornerais /sy.bɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	subornerait /sy.bɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	subornerions /sy.bɔʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	suborneriez /sy.bɔʁ.nə.ʁje/	suborneraient /sy.bɔʁ.nə.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	suborne /sy.bɔʁn/	subornes /sy.bɔʁn/	suborne /sy.bɔʁn/	subornions /sy.bɔʁ.njɔ̃/	suborniez /sy.bɔʁ.nje/	subornent /sy.bɔʁn/
	imperfect2	subornasse /sy.bɔʁ.nas/	subornasses /sy.bɔʁ.nas/	subornât /sy.bɔʁ.na/	subornassions /sy.bɔʁ.na.sjɔ̃/	subornassiez /sy.bɔʁ.na.sje/	subornassent /sy.bɔʁ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	suborne /sy.bɔʁn/	—	subornons /sy.bɔʁ.nɔ̃/	subornez /sy.bɔʁ.ne/	—
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).

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

subōrner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of subōrnō