accoutumer

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ coutume +‎ -er. Compare Old French acostumer, acustumer, Portuguese acostumar, Spanish acostumbrarse.

Pronunciation

Verb

accoutumer

  1. (transitive) to accustom, get (someone) used (à (“to”), à faire (“to doing”))
  2. (reflexive) to get used to (à)

Conjugation
Conjugation of accoutumer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple accoutumer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple accoutumant
/a.ku.ty.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle accoutumé
/a.ku.ty.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present accoutume
/a.ku.tym/		 accoutumes
/a.ku.tym/		 accoutume
/a.ku.tym/		 accoutumons
/a.ku.ty.mɔ̃/		 accoutumez
/a.ku.ty.me/		 accoutument
/a.ku.tym/
imperfect accoutumais
/a.ku.ty.mɛ/		 accoutumais
/a.ku.ty.mɛ/		 accoutumait
/a.ku.ty.mɛ/		 accoutumions
/a.ku.ty.mjɔ̃/		 accoutumiez
/a.ku.ty.mje/		 accoutumaient
/a.ku.ty.mɛ/
past historic2 accoutumai
/a.ku.ty.me/		 accoutumas
/a.ku.ty.ma/		 accoutuma
/a.ku.ty.ma/		 accoutumâmes
/a.ku.ty.mam/		 accoutumâtes
/a.ku.ty.mat/		 accoutumèrent
/a.ku.ty.mɛʁ/
future accoutumerai
/a.ku.tym.ʁe/		 accoutumeras
/a.ku.tym.ʁa/		 accoutumera
/a.ku.tym.ʁa/		 accoutumerons
/a.ku.tym.ʁɔ̃/		 accoutumerez
/a.ku.tym.ʁe/		 accoutumeront
/a.ku.tym.ʁɔ̃/
conditional accoutumerais
/a.ku.tym.ʁɛ/		 accoutumerais
/a.ku.tym.ʁɛ/		 accoutumerait
/a.ku.tym.ʁɛ/		 accoutumerions
/a.ku.ty.mə.ʁjɔ̃/		 accoutumeriez
/a.ku.ty.mə.ʁje/		 accoutumeraient
/a.ku.tym.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 accoutume
/a.ku.tym/		 accoutumes
/a.ku.tym/		 accoutume
/a.ku.tym/		 accoutumions
/a.ku.ty.mjɔ̃/		 accoutumiez
/a.ku.ty.mje/		 accoutument
/a.ku.tym/
imperfect2 accoutumasse
/a.ku.ty.mas/		 accoutumasses
/a.ku.ty.mas/		 accoutumât
/a.ku.ty.ma/		 accoutumassions
/a.ku.ty.ma.sjɔ̃/		 accoutumassiez
/a.ku.ty.ma.sje/		 accoutumassent
/a.ku.ty.mas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — accoutume
/a.ku.tym/		 — accoutumons
/a.ku.ty.mɔ̃/		 accoutumez
/a.ku.ty.me/		 —
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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