aborner

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bɔʁ.ne/

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Verb

aborner

1. (literary, rare, inanimate) to constitute the limit or boundary of
2. (historical, animate) to add boundary stones or marks to

Conjugation

Conjugation of aborner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	aborner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	abornant /a.bɔʁ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		aborné /a.bɔʁ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	aborne /a.bɔʁn/	abornes /a.bɔʁn/	aborne /a.bɔʁn/	abornons /a.bɔʁ.nɔ̃/	abornez /a.bɔʁ.ne/	abornent /a.bɔʁn/
	imperfect	abornais /a.bɔʁ.nɛ/	abornais /a.bɔʁ.nɛ/	abornait /a.bɔʁ.nɛ/	abornions /a.bɔʁ.njɔ̃/	aborniez /a.bɔʁ.nje/	abornaient /a.bɔʁ.nɛ/
	past historic2	abornai /a.bɔʁ.ne/	abornas /a.bɔʁ.na/	aborna /a.bɔʁ.na/	abornâmes /a.bɔʁ.nam/	abornâtes /a.bɔʁ.nat/	abornèrent /a.bɔʁ.nɛʁ/
	future	abornerai /a.bɔʁ.nə.ʁe/	aborneras /a.bɔʁ.nə.ʁa/	abornera /a.bɔʁ.nə.ʁa/	abornerons /a.bɔʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/	abornerez /a.bɔʁ.nə.ʁe/	aborneront /a.bɔʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	abornerais /a.bɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	abornerais /a.bɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	abornerait /a.bɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	abornerions /a.bɔʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	aborneriez /a.bɔʁ.nə.ʁje/	aborneraient /a.bɔʁ.nə.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	aborne /a.bɔʁn/	abornes /a.bɔʁn/	aborne /a.bɔʁn/	abornions /a.bɔʁ.njɔ̃/	aborniez /a.bɔʁ.nje/	abornent /a.bɔʁn/
	imperfect2	abornasse /a.bɔʁ.nas/	abornasses /a.bɔʁ.nas/	abornât /a.bɔʁ.na/	abornassions /a.bɔʁ.na.sjɔ̃/	abornassiez /a.bɔʁ.na.sje/	abornassent /a.bɔʁ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	aborne /a.bɔʁn/	—	abornons /a.bɔʁ.nɔ̃/	abornez /a.bɔʁ.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).

Derived terms

• abornement

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• bornera