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sabrer

See also: sâbrer

French

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Etymology

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From sabre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sabrer

  1. (transitive) to slash with a sabre
    Les cavaliers sabrèrent les servants de cette batterie.
    The horsemen cut down the gunners of the artillery battery.
    sabrer à droite et à gauche ― to slash left and right
  2. (figuratively) to remove large sections from a text while editing it, to axe
    sabrer de longues tirades ― to axe the pointless monologues
  3. to open a bottle, usually champagne, with a slice from a sword
    Ils ont sabré le champagne. ― They sabred the champagne.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of sabrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple sabrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple sabrant
/sa.bʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle sabré
/sa.bʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present sabre
/sabʁ/ 		sabres
/sabʁ/ 		sabre
/sabʁ/ 		sabrons
/sa.bʁɔ̃/ 		sabrez
/sa.bʁe/ 		sabrent
/sabʁ/
imperfect sabrais
/sa.bʁɛ/ 		sabrais
/sa.bʁɛ/ 		sabrait
/sa.bʁɛ/ 		sabrions
/sa.bʁi.jɔ̃/ 		sabriez
/sa.bʁi.je/ 		sabraient
/sa.bʁɛ/
past historic2 sabrai
/sa.bʁe/ 		sabras
/sa.bʁa/ 		sabra
/sa.bʁa/ 		sabrâmes
/sa.bʁam/ 		sabrâtes
/sa.bʁat/ 		sabrèrent
/sa.bʁɛʁ/
future sabrerai
/sa.bʁə.ʁe/ 		sabreras
/sa.bʁə.ʁa/ 		sabrera
/sa.bʁə.ʁa/ 		sabrerons
/sa.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		sabrerez
/sa.bʁə.ʁe/ 		sabreront
/sa.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional sabrerais
/sa.bʁə.ʁɛ/ 		sabrerais
/sa.bʁə.ʁɛ/ 		sabrerait
/sa.bʁə.ʁɛ/ 		sabrerions
/sa.bʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		sabreriez
/sa.bʁə.ʁje/ 		sabreraient
/sa.bʁə.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 sabre
/sabʁ/ 		sabres
/sabʁ/ 		sabre
/sabʁ/ 		sabrions
/sa.bʁi.jɔ̃/ 		sabriez
/sa.bʁi.je/ 		sabrent
/sabʁ/
imperfect2 sabrasse
/sa.bʁas/ 		sabrasses
/sa.bʁas/ 		sabrât
/sa.bʁa/ 		sabrassions
/sa.bʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		sabrassiez
/sa.bʁa.sje/ 		sabrassent
/sa.bʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — sabre
/sabʁ/ 		— sabrons
/sa.bʁɔ̃/ 		sabrez
/sa.bʁe/ 		—
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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Etymology

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Borrowed from French sabreur.

Noun

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sabrer m (plural sabreri)

  1. swordsman

Declension

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Declension of sabrer
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) sabrer sabrerul (niște) sabreri sabrerii
genitive/dative (unui) sabrer sabrerului (unor) sabreri sabrerilor
vocative sabrerule sabrerilor
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