abîmer

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See also: abimer

French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From abime, abîme, from Late Latin *abyssimus < Latin abyssus (“abyss”), from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos, “bottomless pit”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.bi.me/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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abîmer

  1. to damage
    • 1968, Serge Gainsbourg (lyrics and music), “Bonnie and Clyde”, in Initials B.B., performed by Serge Gainsbourg ft. Brigitte Bardot:
      Il faut croire que c’est la société / Qui m’a définitivement abîmé
      You have to believe that is's society / Which has damaged me for good
  2. (pronominal, formal) to fall down or sink and disappear in a hole, depth, abyss
  3. (pronominal, formal) to become absorbed in something (thought, action)
  4. (rare or archaic) to throw down in a hole, depth etc.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of abîmer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple abîmer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple abîmant
/a.bi.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle abîmé
/a.bi.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present abîme
/a.bim/ 		abîmes
/a.bim/ 		abîme
/a.bim/ 		abîmons
/a.bi.mɔ̃/ 		abîmez
/a.bi.me/ 		abîment
/a.bim/
imperfect abîmais
/a.bi.mɛ/ 		abîmais
/a.bi.mɛ/ 		abîmait
/a.bi.mɛ/ 		abîmions
/a.bi.mjɔ̃/ 		abîmiez
/a.bi.mje/ 		abîmaient
/a.bi.mɛ/
past historic2 abîmai
/a.bi.me/ 		abîmas
/a.bi.ma/ 		abîma
/a.bi.ma/ 		abîmâmes
/a.bi.mam/ 		abîmâtes
/a.bi.mat/ 		abîmèrent
/a.bi.mɛʁ/
future abîmerai
/a.bim.ʁe/ 		abîmeras
/a.bim.ʁa/ 		abîmera
/a.bim.ʁa/ 		abîmerons
/a.bim.ʁɔ̃/ 		abîmerez
/a.bim.ʁe/ 		abîmeront
/a.bim.ʁɔ̃/
conditional abîmerais
/a.bim.ʁɛ/ 		abîmerais
/a.bim.ʁɛ/ 		abîmerait
/a.bim.ʁɛ/ 		abîmerions
/a.bi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		abîmeriez
/a.bi.mə.ʁje/ 		abîmeraient
/a.bim.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 abîme
/a.bim/ 		abîmes
/a.bim/ 		abîme
/a.bim/ 		abîmions
/a.bi.mjɔ̃/ 		abîmiez
/a.bi.mje/ 		abîment
/a.bim/
imperfect2 abîmasse
/a.bi.mas/ 		abîmasses
/a.bi.mas/ 		abîmât
/a.bi.ma/ 		abîmassions
/a.bi.ma.sjɔ̃/ 		abîmassiez
/a.bi.ma.sje/ 		abîmassent
/a.bi.mas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — abîme
/a.bim/ 		— abîmons
/a.bi.mɔ̃/ 		abîmez
/a.bi.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).

Further reading

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