aborder

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ bord +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bɔʁ.de/

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Verb

aborder

1. (transitive) to deal with; to tackle; to approach a problem, situation or topic
2. (transitive) to approach or meet somebody
3. (transitive, of vehicles) to place side to side
4. (transitive, chiefly nautical) to reach, especially with a boat
5. (transitive, originally nautical, literary, rare) to attack, especially a boat

Conjugation

Conjugation of aborder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	aborder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	abordant /a.bɔʁ.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		abordé /a.bɔʁ.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	aborde /a.bɔʁd/	abordes /a.bɔʁd/	aborde /a.bɔʁd/	abordons /a.bɔʁ.dɔ̃/	abordez /a.bɔʁ.de/	abordent /a.bɔʁd/
	imperfect	abordais /a.bɔʁ.dɛ/	abordais /a.bɔʁ.dɛ/	abordait /a.bɔʁ.dɛ/	abordions /a.bɔʁ.djɔ̃/	abordiez /a.bɔʁ.dje/	abordaient /a.bɔʁ.dɛ/
	past historic2	abordai /a.bɔʁ.de/	abordas /a.bɔʁ.da/	aborda /a.bɔʁ.da/	abordâmes /a.bɔʁ.dam/	abordâtes /a.bɔʁ.dat/	abordèrent /a.bɔʁ.dɛʁ/
	future	aborderai /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁe/	aborderas /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁa/	abordera /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁa/	aborderons /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/	aborderez /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁe/	aborderont /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	aborderais /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/	aborderais /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/	aborderait /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/	aborderions /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/	aborderiez /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁje/	aborderaient /a.bɔʁ.də.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	aborde /a.bɔʁd/	abordes /a.bɔʁd/	aborde /a.bɔʁd/	abordions /a.bɔʁ.djɔ̃/	abordiez /a.bɔʁ.dje/	abordent /a.bɔʁd/
	imperfect2	abordasse /a.bɔʁ.das/	abordasses /a.bɔʁ.das/	abordât /a.bɔʁ.da/	abordassions /a.bɔʁ.da.sjɔ̃/	abordassiez /a.bɔʁ.da.sje/	abordassent /a.bɔʁ.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	aborde /a.bɔʁd/	—	abordons /a.bɔʁ.dɔ̃/	abordez /a.bɔʁ.de/	—
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).

Related terms

• abordage

Descendants

• → Norwegian Bokmål: abordere

Further reading

• “aborder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• bordera
• brodera

Norman

Etymology

a- +‎ bord +‎ -er

Verb

aborder

1. (Jersey, nautical) to land

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abɔrˈdeːr/

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• Rhymes: -eːr
• Hyphenation: ab‧or‧der

Verb

aborder

1. imperative of abordere

Anagrams

• beordra