sourdiner

French

Etymology

From sourdine (“mute”) +‎ -er (verbal infinitive suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /suʁ.di.ne/
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Verb

sourdiner

  1. (engineering) to stop the vibrations of a power line support [since 20th c.]

Conjugation
Conjugation of sourdiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple sourdiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple sourdinant
/suʁ.di.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle sourdiné
/suʁ.di.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present sourdine
/suʁ.din/		 sourdines
/suʁ.din/		 sourdine
/suʁ.din/		 sourdinons
/suʁ.di.nɔ̃/		 sourdinez
/suʁ.di.ne/		 sourdinent
/suʁ.din/
imperfect sourdinais
/suʁ.di.nɛ/		 sourdinais
/suʁ.di.nɛ/		 sourdinait
/suʁ.di.nɛ/		 sourdinions
/suʁ.di.njɔ̃/		 sourdiniez
/suʁ.di.nje/		 sourdinaient
/suʁ.di.nɛ/
past historic2 sourdinai
/suʁ.di.ne/		 sourdinas
/suʁ.di.na/		 sourdina
/suʁ.di.na/		 sourdinâmes
/suʁ.di.nam/		 sourdinâtes
/suʁ.di.nat/		 sourdinèrent
/suʁ.di.nɛʁ/
future sourdinerai
/suʁ.din.ʁe/		 sourdineras
/suʁ.din.ʁa/		 sourdinera
/suʁ.din.ʁa/		 sourdinerons
/suʁ.din.ʁɔ̃/		 sourdinerez
/suʁ.din.ʁe/		 sourdineront
/suʁ.din.ʁɔ̃/
conditional sourdinerais
/suʁ.din.ʁɛ/		 sourdinerais
/suʁ.din.ʁɛ/		 sourdinerait
/suʁ.din.ʁɛ/		 sourdinerions
/suʁ.di.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 sourdineriez
/suʁ.di.nə.ʁje/		 sourdineraient
/suʁ.din.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 sourdine
/suʁ.din/		 sourdines
/suʁ.din/		 sourdine
/suʁ.din/		 sourdinions
/suʁ.di.njɔ̃/		 sourdiniez
/suʁ.di.nje/		 sourdinent
/suʁ.din/
imperfect2 sourdinasse
/suʁ.di.nas/		 sourdinasses
/suʁ.di.nas/		 sourdinât
/suʁ.di.na/		 sourdinassions
/suʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃/		 sourdinassiez
/suʁ.di.na.sje/		 sourdinassent
/suʁ.di.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — sourdine
/suʁ.din/		 — sourdinons
/suʁ.di.nɔ̃/		 sourdinez
/suʁ.di.ne/		 —
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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