tuer

See also: tür and Tür

French

Etymology

From Middle French tuer, from Old French tuer, from Vulgar Latin *tutāre, from Latin tūtārī, present active infinitive of tūtor (“protect, guard, defend”), later taking on the meaning of "extinguish, kill" in Vulgar Latin. Compare Occitan tuar.

Pronunciation
  • (France) IPA(key): /ty.e/
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  • (Québec) IPA(key): /t͡sɥe/, /t͡sy.e/
  • (Louisiana) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɥe/

Verb

tuer

  1. (transitive) to kill
    Fumer tue
    Smoking kills

Conjugation
Conjugation of tuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle tuant
/tɥɑ̃/
past participle tué
/tɥe/
infinitive
simple tuer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple tuant
/tɥɑ̃/
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 tue
/ty/		 tues
/ty/		 tue
/ty/		 tuons
/tɥɔ̃/		 tuez
/tɥe/		 tuent
/ty/
imperfect tuais
/tɥɛ/		 tuais
/tɥɛ/		 tuait
/tɥɛ/		 tuions
/ty.jɔ̃/		 tuiez
/ty.je/		 tuaient
/tɥɛ/
past historic2 tuai
/tɥe/		 tuas
/tɥa/		 tua
/tɥa/		 tuâmes
/tɥam/		 tuâtes
/tɥat/		 tuèrent
/tɥɛʁ/
future tuerai
/ty.ʁe/		 tueras
/ty.ʁa/		 tuera
/ty.ʁa/		 tuerons
/ty.ʁɔ̃/		 tuerez
/ty.ʁe/		 tueront
/ty.ʁɔ̃/
conditional tuerais
/ty.ʁɛ/		 tuerais
/ty.ʁɛ/		 tuerait
/ty.ʁɛ/		 tuerions
/ty.ʁjɔ̃/		 tueriez
/ty.ʁje/		 tueraient
/ty.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 tue
/ty/		 tues
/ty/		 tue
/ty/		 tuions
/ty.jɔ̃/		 tuiez
/ty.je/		 tuent
/ty/
imperfect2 tuasse
/tɥas/		 tuasses
/tɥas/		 tuât
/tɥa/		 tuassions
/tɥa.sjɔ̃/		 tuassiez
/tɥa.sje/		 tuassent
/tɥas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tue
/ty/		 — tuons
/tɥɔ̃/		 tuez
/tɥe/		 —
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

Derived terms

Further reading

Gallo

Etymology

From Old French tuer, from Vulgar Latin *tutāre, from Latin tūtārī, present active infinitive of tūtor (“protect, guard, defend”).

Verb

tuer

  1. to turn off (the light)

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French tuer, from Vulgar Latin *tutāre, from Latin tūtārī, present active infinitive of tūtor (“protect, guard, defend”).

Verb

tuer

  1. to kill

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of tuer
simple compound
infinitive tuer avoir tué
gerund en tuant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle tuant
past participle tué
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present tue tues tue tuons tuez tuent
imperfect tuois, tuoys tuois, tuoys tuoit, tuoyt tuions, tuyons tuiez, tuyez tuoient, tuoyent
past historic tua tuas tua tuasmes tuastes tuerent
future tuerai, tueray tueras tuera tuerons tuerez tueront
conditional tuerois, tueroys tuerois, tueroys tueroit, tueroyt tuerions, tueryons tueriez, tueryez tueroient, tueroyent
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 past historic 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 ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present tue tues tue tuons tuez tuent
imperfect tuasse tuasses tuast tuassions tuassiez tuassent
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 – nous vous –
— tue — tuons tuez —

Synonyms

Descendants

Norman

Etymology

From Old French tuer, from Vulgar Latin *tutāre (“to extinguish, kill”), from Latin tūtārī, present active infinitive of tūtor (“protect, guard, defend”).

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Verb

tuer (gerund tueûthie)

  1. (Jersey) to kill

Synonyms

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tuer f

  1. plural indefinite of tue

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *tutāre, from Latin tūtārī, present active infinitive of tūtor (“protect, guard, defend”), later taking on the meaning of "extinguish, kill" in Vulgar Latin. Compare Old Occitan tuar, Old Occitan tudar.

Verb

tuer

  1. to kill

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 tuer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive tuer avoir tüé
gerund en tuant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle tuant
past participle tüé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present tu tües tüe tuons tüez tüent
imperfect tuoie, tüeie, tuoe, tüeve tuoies, tüeies, tuoes, tüeves tuoit, tüeit, tuot, tüeve tuïiens, tuïens tuïiez, tuïez tuoient, tüeient, tuoent, tüevent
preterite tuai tuas tua tuames tuastes tüerent
future tüerai tüeras tüera tüerons tüeroiz, tüereiz, tüerez tüeront
conditional tüeroie, tüereie tüeroies, tüereies tüeroit, tüereit tüeriiens, tüeriens tüeriiez, tüeriez tüeroient, tüereient
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 tu tus tut tuons tüez tüent
imperfect tuasse tuasses tuast tuïssons, tuïssiens tuïssoiz, tuïssez, tuïssiez tuassent
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 –
— tüe — tuons tüez —

Synonyms

Descendants
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