désavouer

See also: desavouer

French

Etymology

From dés- +‎ avouer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /de.za.vwe/
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  • Rhymes: -we

Verb

désavouer

  1. to take back (something that has been said)
  2. to disown
  3. to disavow
  4. to deny, deny ownership of

Conjugation
Conjugation of désavouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple désavouer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple désavouant
/de.za.vwɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle désavoué
/de.za.vwe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present désavoue
/de.za.vu/		 désavoues
/de.za.vu/		 désavoue
/de.za.vu/		 désavouons
/de.za.vwɔ̃/		 désavouez
/de.za.vwe/		 désavouent
/de.za.vu/
imperfect désavouais
/de.za.vwɛ/		 désavouais
/de.za.vwɛ/		 désavouait
/de.za.vwɛ/		 désavouions
/de.za.vu.jɔ̃/		 désavouiez
/de.za.vu.je/		 désavouaient
/de.za.vwɛ/
past historic2 désavouai
/de.za.vwe/		 désavouas
/de.za.vwa/		 désavoua
/de.za.vwa/		 désavouâmes
/de.za.vwam/		 désavouâtes
/de.za.vwat/		 désavouèrent
/de.za.vwɛʁ/
future désavouerai
/de.za.vu.ʁe/		 désavoueras
/de.za.vu.ʁa/		 désavouera
/de.za.vu.ʁa/		 désavouerons
/de.za.vu.ʁɔ̃/		 désavouerez
/de.za.vu.ʁe/		 désavoueront
/de.za.vu.ʁɔ̃/
conditional désavouerais
/de.za.vu.ʁɛ/		 désavouerais
/de.za.vu.ʁɛ/		 désavouerait
/de.za.vu.ʁɛ/		 désavouerions
/de.za.vu.ʁjɔ̃/		 désavoueriez
/de.za.vu.ʁje/		 désavoueraient
/de.za.vu.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 désavoue
/de.za.vu/		 désavoues
/de.za.vu/		 désavoue
/de.za.vu/		 désavouions
/de.za.vu.jɔ̃/		 désavouiez
/de.za.vu.je/		 désavouent
/de.za.vu/
imperfect2 désavouasse
/de.za.vwas/		 désavouasses
/de.za.vwas/		 désavouât
/de.za.vwa/		 désavouassions
/de.za.vwa.sjɔ̃/		 désavouassiez
/de.za.vwa.sje/		 désavouassent
/de.za.vwas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — désavoue
/de.za.vu/		 — désavouons
/de.za.vwɔ̃/		 désavouez
/de.za.vwe/		 —
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).

Derived terms
  • désavouement (noun)

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