disculper

French

Etymology

From Latin disculpāre, from dis- + culpa (“fault, blame”). Compare Spanish and Catalan disculpar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dis.kyl.pe/
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Verb

disculper

  1. (transitive) to exonerate

Conjugation
Conjugation of disculper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple disculper
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple disculpant
/dis.kyl.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle disculpé
/dis.kyl.pe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present disculpe
/dis.kylp/		 disculpes
/dis.kylp/		 disculpe
/dis.kylp/		 disculpons
/dis.kyl.pɔ̃/		 disculpez
/dis.kyl.pe/		 disculpent
/dis.kylp/
imperfect disculpais
/dis.kyl.pɛ/		 disculpais
/dis.kyl.pɛ/		 disculpait
/dis.kyl.pɛ/		 disculpions
/dis.kyl.pjɔ̃/		 disculpiez
/dis.kyl.pje/		 disculpaient
/dis.kyl.pɛ/
past historic2 disculpai
/dis.kyl.pe/		 disculpas
/dis.kyl.pa/		 disculpa
/dis.kyl.pa/		 disculpâmes
/dis.kyl.pam/		 disculpâtes
/dis.kyl.pat/		 disculpèrent
/dis.kyl.pɛʁ/
future disculperai
/dis.kyl.pə.ʁe/		 disculperas
/dis.kyl.pə.ʁa/		 disculpera
/dis.kyl.pə.ʁa/		 disculperons
/dis.kyl.pə.ʁɔ̃/		 disculperez
/dis.kyl.pə.ʁe/		 disculperont
/dis.kyl.pə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional disculperais
/dis.kyl.pə.ʁɛ/		 disculperais
/dis.kyl.pə.ʁɛ/		 disculperait
/dis.kyl.pə.ʁɛ/		 disculperions
/dis.kyl.pə.ʁjɔ̃/		 disculperiez
/dis.kyl.pə.ʁje/		 disculperaient
/dis.kyl.pə.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 disculpe
/dis.kylp/		 disculpes
/dis.kylp/		 disculpe
/dis.kylp/		 disculpions
/dis.kyl.pjɔ̃/		 disculpiez
/dis.kyl.pje/		 disculpent
/dis.kylp/
imperfect2 disculpasse
/dis.kyl.pas/		 disculpasses
/dis.kyl.pas/		 disculpât
/dis.kyl.pa/		 disculpassions
/dis.kyl.pa.sjɔ̃/		 disculpassiez
/dis.kyl.pa.sje/		 disculpassent
/dis.kyl.pas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — disculpe
/dis.kylp/		 — disculpons
/dis.kyl.pɔ̃/		 disculpez
/dis.kyl.pe/		 —
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).

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