adouber

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French adober, aduber, from the same Germanic root as English dub.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.du.be/

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Verb

adouber

1. to dub (bestow the title of knight upon)
2. to name (a minister, successor etc.)
3. to adjust a piece in a board game, such as chess or backgammon

Conjugation

Conjugation of adouber (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	adouber
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	adoubant /a.du.bɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		adoubé /a.du.be/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	adoube /a.dub/	adoubes /a.dub/	adoube /a.dub/	adoubons /a.du.bɔ̃/	adoubez /a.du.be/	adoubent /a.dub/
	imperfect	adoubais /a.du.bɛ/	adoubais /a.du.bɛ/	adoubait /a.du.bɛ/	adoubions /a.du.bjɔ̃/	adoubiez /a.du.bje/	adoubaient /a.du.bɛ/
	past historic2	adoubai /a.du.be/	adoubas /a.du.ba/	adouba /a.du.ba/	adoubâmes /a.du.bam/	adoubâtes /a.du.bat/	adoubèrent /a.du.bɛʁ/
	future	adouberai /a.du.bʁe/	adouberas /a.du.bʁa/	adoubera /a.du.bʁa/	adouberons /a.du.bʁɔ̃/	adouberez /a.du.bʁe/	adouberont /a.du.bʁɔ̃/
	conditional	adouberais /a.du.bʁɛ/	adouberais /a.du.bʁɛ/	adouberait /a.du.bʁɛ/	adouberions /a.du.bə.ʁjɔ̃/	adouberiez /a.du.bə.ʁje/	adouberaient /a.du.bʁɛ/
(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	adoube /a.dub/	adoubes /a.dub/	adoube /a.dub/	adoubions /a.du.bjɔ̃/	adoubiez /a.du.bje/	adoubent /a.dub/
	imperfect2	adoubasse /a.du.bas/	adoubasses /a.du.bas/	adoubât /a.du.ba/	adoubassions /a.du.ba.sjɔ̃/	adoubassiez /a.du.ba.sje/	adoubassent /a.du.bas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	adoube /a.dub/	—	adoubons /a.du.bɔ̃/	adoubez /a.du.be/	—
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

• adoubement
• radouber

Further reading

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

Old French

Verb

adouber

1. Alternative form of adober

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-b, *-bs, *-bt are modified to p, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of adouber (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		adouber			avoir adoubé
gerund		en adoubant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		adoubant
past participle		adoubé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	adoup	adoubes	adoube	adoubons	adoubez	adoubent
	imperfect	adouboie, adoubeie, adouboe, adoubeve	adouboies, adoubeies, adouboes, adoubeves	adouboit, adoubeit, adoubot, adoubeve	adoubiiens, adoubiens	adoubiiez, adoubiez	adouboient, adoubeient, adouboent, adoubevent
	preterite	adoubai	adoubas	adouba	adoubames	adoubastes	adouberent
	future	adouberai	adouberas	adoubera	adouberons	adouberoiz, adoubereiz, adouberez	adouberont
	conditional	adouberoie, adoubereie	adouberoies, adoubereies	adouberoit, adoubereit	adouberiiens, adouberiens	adouberiiez, adouberiez	adouberoient, adoubereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	adoup	adous	adout	adoubons	adoubez	adoubent
	imperfect	adoubasse	adoubasses	adoubast	adoubissons, adoubissiens	adoubissoiz, adoubissez, adoubissiez	adoubassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	adoube	—	adoubons	adoubez	—

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (adouber)