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Verb conjugation

abouter

to join, link, attach or tie together by their extremities; to align end-to-end; to abut

Usage

A technical carpentry/plumbing term meaning to join two pieces (planks, pipes, rails) end to end, as opposed to overlapping them. Rare outside trade contexts.

Examples
  • Le menuisier a abouté deux planches pour former le plateau.The carpenter joined two boards end to end to make the tabletop.
  • Ces rails sont aboutés tous les dix mètres.These rails are joined end to end every ten meters.
  • On aboute les tuyaux avant de les souder.The pipes are joined end to end before welding.
Common mistake

Learners can confuse abouter (join end-to-end) with the far more common aboutir (to succeed/end up) — the words share a root but mean entirely different things.

Often confused with aboutir.

Simple tenses

Present

jeaboute
tuaboutes
il/elleaboute
nousaboutons
vousaboutez
ils/ellesaboutent

Imperfect

jeaboutais
tuaboutais
il/elleaboutait
nousaboutions
vousaboutiez
ils/ellesaboutaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jeaboutai
tuaboutas
il/elleabouta
nousaboutâmes
vousaboutâtes
ils/ellesaboutèrent

Future

jeabouterai
tuabouteras
il/elleaboutera
nousabouterons
vousabouterez
ils/ellesabouteront

Conditional

jeabouterais
tuabouterais
il/elleabouterait
nousabouterions
vousabouteriez
ils/ellesabouteraient

Subjunctive

jeaboute
tuaboutes
il/elleaboute
nousaboutions
vousaboutiez
ils/ellesaboutent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jeaboutasse
tuaboutasses
il/elleaboutât
nousaboutassions
vousaboutassiez
ils/ellesaboutassent

Imperative

tuaboute
nousaboutons
vousaboutez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

jeai abouté
tuas abouté
il/ellea abouté
nousavons abouté
vousavez abouté
ils/ellesont abouté

Plus-que-parfait

jeavais abouté
tuavais abouté
il/elleavait abouté
nousavions abouté
vousaviez abouté
ils/ellesavaient abouté

Passé antérieur

jeeus abouté
tueus abouté
il/elleeut abouté
nouseûmes abouté
vouseûtes abouté
ils/elleseurent abouté

Futur antérieur

jeaurai abouté
tuauras abouté
il/elleaura abouté
nousaurons abouté
vousaurez abouté
ils/ellesauront abouté

Conditionnel passé

jeaurais abouté
tuaurais abouté
il/elleaurait abouté
nousaurions abouté
vousauriez abouté
ils/ellesauraient abouté

Subjonctif passé

jeaie abouté
tuaies abouté
il/elleait abouté
nousayons abouté
vousayez abouté
ils/ellesaient abouté

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

jeeusse abouté
tueusses abouté
il/elleeût abouté
nouseussions abouté
vouseussiez abouté
ils/elleseussent abouté

Impératif passé

tuaie abouté
nousayons abouté
vousayez abouté

Other

Present participle

aboutant

Past participle

abouté

Infinitive

abouter

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Frequently asked questions

What does "abouter" mean?

"abouter" means "to join, link, attach or tie together by their extremities; to align end-to-end; to abut".

How do you conjugate "abouter" in the present tense?

The present of "abouter" is: je aboute, tu aboutes, il/elle aboute, nous aboutons, vous aboutez, ils/elles aboutent.

What is the Passé composé of "abouter"?

The passé composé of "abouter" is: je ai abouté, tu as abouté, il/elle a abouté, nous avons abouté, vous avez abouté, ils/elles ont abouté.

What is the Imperative of "abouter"?

The imperative of "abouter" is: tu aboute, nous aboutons, vous aboutez.