aberrer

French

Etymology

1532, from Latin aberrāre.

Pronunciation
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Verb

aberrer

  1. (intransitive, very rare) to make a mistake; to wander in one's judgement
  2. (transitive, very rare) to skew; to render inexact or aberrant
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) to lose oneself or deviate from a straight path

Conjugation
Conjugation of aberrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple aberrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple aberrant
/a.bɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /a.be.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle aberré
/a.bɛ.ʁe/ or /a.be.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present aberre
/a.bɛʁ/		 aberres
/a.bɛʁ/		 aberre
/a.bɛʁ/		 aberrons
/a.bɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.be.ʁɔ̃/		 aberrez
/a.bɛ.ʁe/ or /a.be.ʁe/		 aberrent
/a.bɛʁ/
imperfect aberrais
/a.bɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.be.ʁɛ/		 aberrais
/a.bɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.be.ʁɛ/		 aberrait
/a.bɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.be.ʁɛ/		 aberrions
/a.bɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.be.ʁjɔ̃/		 aberriez
/a.bɛ.ʁje/ or /a.be.ʁje/		 aberraient
/a.bɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.be.ʁɛ/
past historic2 aberrai
/a.bɛ.ʁe/ or /a.be.ʁe/		 aberras
/a.bɛ.ʁa/ or /a.be.ʁa/		 aberra
/a.bɛ.ʁa/ or /a.be.ʁa/		 aberrâmes
/a.bɛ.ʁam/ or /a.be.ʁam/		 aberrâtes
/a.bɛ.ʁat/ or /a.be.ʁat/		 aberrèrent
/a.bɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /a.be.ʁɛʁ/
future aberrerai
/a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /a.be.ʁə.ʁe/		 aberreras
/a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /a.be.ʁə.ʁa/		 aberrera
/a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /a.be.ʁə.ʁa/		 aberrerons
/a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.be.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 aberrerez
/a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /a.be.ʁə.ʁe/		 aberreront
/a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.be.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional aberrerais
/a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /a.be.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 aberrerais
/a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /a.be.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 aberrerait
/a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /a.be.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 aberrerions
/a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.be.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 aberreriez
/a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /a.be.ʁə.ʁje/		 aberreraient
/a.bɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /a.be.ʁə.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 aberre
/a.bɛʁ/		 aberres
/a.bɛʁ/		 aberre
/a.bɛʁ/		 aberrions
/a.bɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.be.ʁjɔ̃/		 aberriez
/a.bɛ.ʁje/ or /a.be.ʁje/		 aberrent
/a.bɛʁ/
imperfect2 aberrasse
/a.bɛ.ʁas/ or /a.be.ʁas/		 aberrasses
/a.bɛ.ʁas/ or /a.be.ʁas/		 aberrât
/a.bɛ.ʁa/ or /a.be.ʁa/		 aberrassions
/a.bɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /a.be.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 aberrassiez
/a.bɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /a.be.ʁa.sje/		 aberrassent
/a.bɛ.ʁas/ or /a.be.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — aberre
/a.bɛʁ/		 — aberrons
/a.bɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.be.ʁɔ̃/		 aberrez
/a.bɛ.ʁe/ or /a.be.ʁe/		 —
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

Latin

Verb

aberrer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of aberrō
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