timbrer

French

Etymology

From timbre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɛ̃.bʁe/
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Verb

timbrer

  1. to stamp (attach a postage stamp to)
  2. to stamp (mark with a stamp)

Conjugation
Conjugation of timbrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple timbrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple timbrant
/tɛ̃.bʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle timbré
/tɛ̃.bʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present timbre
/tɛ̃bʁ/		 timbres
/tɛ̃bʁ/		 timbre
/tɛ̃bʁ/		 timbrons
/tɛ̃.bʁɔ̃/		 timbrez
/tɛ̃.bʁe/		 timbrent
/tɛ̃bʁ/
imperfect timbrais
/tɛ̃.bʁɛ/		 timbrais
/tɛ̃.bʁɛ/		 timbrait
/tɛ̃.bʁɛ/		 timbrions
/tɛ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃/		 timbriez
/tɛ̃.bʁi.je/		 timbraient
/tɛ̃.bʁɛ/
past historic2 timbrai
/tɛ̃.bʁe/		 timbras
/tɛ̃.bʁa/		 timbra
/tɛ̃.bʁa/		 timbrâmes
/tɛ̃.bʁam/		 timbrâtes
/tɛ̃.bʁat/		 timbrèrent
/tɛ̃.bʁɛʁ/
future timbrerai
/tɛ̃.bʁə.ʁe/		 timbreras
/tɛ̃.bʁə.ʁa/		 timbrera
/tɛ̃.bʁə.ʁa/		 timbrerons
/tɛ̃.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 timbrerez
/tɛ̃.bʁə.ʁe/		 timbreront
/tɛ̃.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional timbrerais
/tɛ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/		 timbrerais
/tɛ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/		 timbrerait
/tɛ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/		 timbrerions
/tɛ̃.bʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 timbreriez
/tɛ̃.bʁə.ʁje/		 timbreraient
/tɛ̃.bʁə.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 timbre
/tɛ̃bʁ/		 timbres
/tɛ̃bʁ/		 timbre
/tɛ̃bʁ/		 timbrions
/tɛ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃/		 timbriez
/tɛ̃.bʁi.je/		 timbrent
/tɛ̃bʁ/
imperfect2 timbrasse
/tɛ̃.bʁas/		 timbrasses
/tɛ̃.bʁas/		 timbrât
/tɛ̃.bʁa/		 timbrassions
/tɛ̃.bʁa.sjɔ̃/		 timbrassiez
/tɛ̃.bʁa.sje/		 timbrassent
/tɛ̃.bʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — timbre
/tɛ̃bʁ/		 — timbrons
/tɛ̃.bʁɔ̃/		 timbrez
/tɛ̃.bʁe/		 —
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
  • Italian: timbrare

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