oublier

French

Etymology

From Old French oblier, oublier, ublier from Vulgar Latin *oblitāre, present active infinitive of *oblitō, frequentative of Latin oblīvīscor through its past participle oblītus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /u.bli.je/
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Verb

oublier

  1. to forget
  2. to leave something behind by accident

Conjugation
Conjugation of oublier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle oubliant
/u.bli.jɑ̃/
past participle oublié
/u.bli.je/
infinitive
simple oublier
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple oubliant
/u.bli.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present oublie
/u.bli/		 oublies
/u.bli/		 oublie
/u.bli/		 oublions
/u.bli.jɔ̃/		 oubliez
/u.bli.je/		 oublient
/u.bli/
imperfect oubliais
/u.bli.jɛ/		 oubliais
/u.bli.jɛ/		 oubliait
/u.bli.jɛ/		 oubliions
/u.bli.jɔ̃/		 oubliiez
/u.bli.je/		 oubliaient
/u.bli.jɛ/
past historic2 oubliai
/u.bli.je/		 oublias
/u.bli.ja/		 oublia
/u.bli.ja/		 oubliâmes
/u.bli.jam/		 oubliâtes
/u.bli.jat/		 oublièrent
/u.bli.jɛʁ/
future oublierai
/u.bli.ʁe/		 oublieras
/u.bli.ʁa/		 oubliera
/u.bli.ʁa/		 oublierons
/u.bli.ʁɔ̃/		 oublierez
/u.bli.ʁe/		 oublieront
/u.bli.ʁɔ̃/
conditional oublierais
/u.bli.ʁɛ/		 oublierais
/u.bli.ʁɛ/		 oublierait
/u.bli.ʁɛ/		 oublierions
/u.bli.ʁjɔ̃/		 oublieriez
/u.bli.ʁje/		 oublieraient
/u.bli.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 oublie
/u.bli/		 oublies
/u.bli/		 oublie
/u.bli/		 oubliions
/u.bli.jɔ̃/		 oubliiez
/u.bli.je/		 oublient
/u.bli/
imperfect2 oubliasse
/u.bli.jas/		 oubliasses
/u.bli.jas/		 oubliât
/u.bli.ja/		 oubliassions
/u.bli.ja.sjɔ̃/		 oubliassiez
/u.bli.ja.sje/		 oubliassent
/u.bli.jas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — oublie
/u.bli/		 — oublions
/u.bli.jɔ̃/		 oubliez
/u.bli.je/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Synonyms
  • (to leave something behind by accident): laisser

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Etymology

From Old French oblier, oublier, from Vulgar Latin *oblitāre, frequentative of Latin oblīvīscor, oblīvīscī (“lose remembrance of, forget, disregard, omit, neglect”) through its past participle oblītus (“forgotten”).

Verb

oublier (gerund oubliêthie)

  1. (Jersey) to forget

Old French

Verb

oublier

  1. Alternative form of oblier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of oublier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive oublier avoir oublïé
gerund en oubliant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle oubliant
past participle oublïé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present oubli oublïes oublïe oublions oublïez oublïent
imperfect oublioie, oublïeie, oublioe, oublïeve oublioies, oublïeies, oublioes, oublïeves oublioit, oublïeit, oubliot, oublïeve oubliiiens, oubliiens oubliiiez, oubliiez oublioient, oublïeient, oublioent, oublïevent
preterite oubliai oublias oublia oubliames oubliastes oublïerent
future oublïerai oublïeras oublïera oublïerons oublïeroiz, oublïereiz, oublïerez oublïeront
conditional oublïeroie, oublïereie oublïeroies, oublïereies oublïeroit, oublïereit oublïeriiens, oublïeriens oublïeriiez, oublïeriez oublïeroient, oublïereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present oubli oublis oublit oublions oublïez oublïent
imperfect oubliasse oubliasses oubliast oubliissons, oubliissiens oubliissoiz, oubliissez, oubliissiez oubliassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— oublïe — oublions oublïez —
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