adular

See also: Adular

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adulārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ðuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ðuˈlaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: a‧du‧lar
• Homophone: adulà (except Velencian)

Verb

adular (first-person singular present adulo, first-person singular preterite adulí, past participle adulat)

1. to flatter, adulate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adular (first conjugation)

infinitive			adular
gerund			adulant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		adulat		adulada
		plural		adulats		adulades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	adulo	adules	adula	adulem	aduleu	adulen
	imperfect	adulava	adulaves	adulava	adulàvem	adulàveu	adulaven
	future	adularé	adularàs	adularà	adularem	adulareu	adularan
	preterite	adulí	adulares	adulà	adulàrem	adulàreu	adularen
	conditional	adularia	adularies	adularia	adularíem	adularíeu	adularien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aduli	adulis	aduli	adulem	aduleu	adulin
	imperfect	adulés	adulessis	adulés	aduléssim	aduléssiu	adulessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	adula	aduli	adulem	aduleu	adulin
	negative (no)	—	no adulis	no aduli	no adulem	no aduleu	no adulin

Related terms

• adulador

Further reading

• “adular”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “adular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “adular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “adular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Interlingua

Verb

adular

1. to adulate, to flatter

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adular

infinitive		adular
participle		present	perfect
		adulante	adulate
active		simple	perfect
	present	adula	ha adulate
	past	adulava	habeva adulate
	future	adulara	habera adulate
	conditional	adularea	haberea adulate
	imperative	adula	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es adulate	ha essite adulate
	past	esseva adulate	habeva essite adulate
	future	essera adulate	habera essite adulate
	conditional	esserea adulate	haberea essite adulate
	imperative	sia adulate	—

Related terms

• adulation
• adulator
• adulatori

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Verb

adular

1. to adulate, to flatter

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		adular			aver adulat
gerund		adulant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		adulat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	aduli	adulas	adula	adulam	adulatz	adulan
	imperfect	adulavi	adulavas	adulava	adulàvem	adulàvetz	adulavan
	preterite	adulèri	adulères	adulèt	adulèrem	adulèretz	adulèron
	future	adularai	adularàs	adularà	adularem	adularetz	adularàn
	conditional	adulariái	adulariás	adulariá	adulariam	adulariatz	adularián
	conditional 2nd form1	adulèra	adulèras	adulèra	aduleram	aduleratz	adulèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	adule	adules	adule	adulem	aduletz	adulen
	imperfect	adulèssi	adulèsses	adulèsse	adulèssem	adulèssetz	adulèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			adula		adulem	adulatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		adular			aver adulat
gerund		adulant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		adulat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	adule	adules	adula	adulam	adulatz	adulon
	imperfect	adulave	adulaves	adulava	adulaviam	adulaviatz	adulavon
	preterite	adulere	aduleres	adulet	adulem	aduletz	aduleron
	future	adularai	adularàs	adulará	adularem	adularetz	adularán
	conditional	adulariá	adulariás	adulariá	adulariam	adulariatz	adularián
	conditional 2nd form1	adulèra	adulèras	adulèra	aduleram	aduleratz	adulèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	adule	adules	adule	adulassiam	adulassiatz	adulon
	imperfect	adulesse	adulesses	adulesse	adulessiam	adulessiatz	adulesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			adula		adulassiam	adulatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		adular			aver adulat
gerund		adulant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		adulat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	aduli	adulas	adula	adulam	adulatz	adulan
	imperfect	adulavi	adulavas	adulava	adulàvam	adulàvatz	adulavan
	preterite	adulèi	adulès	adulè	adulèm	adulètz	adulèn
	future	adularèi	adularàs	adularà	adularam	adularatz	adularàn
	conditional	adularí	adularés	adularé	adularem	adularetz	adularén
	conditional 2nd form1	adulèra	adulèras	adulèra	aduleram	aduleratz	adulèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	aduli	adules	adule	adulem	aduletz	adulen
	imperfect	adulèssi	adulèsses	adulèsse	adulèssem	adulèssetz	adulèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			adula		adulem	adulatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		adular			aver adulat
gerund		adulant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		adulat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	adule	adulas	adula	adulam	adulatz	adulan
	imperfect	adulava	adulavas	adulava	adulàvam	adulàvatz	adulavan
	preterite	adulei	aduleras	adulet	adulèram	adulèratz	aduleran
	future	adularai	adularàs	adulará	adularem	adularetz	adularán
	conditional	adulariá	adulariàs	adulariá	adulariam	adulariatz	adularián
	conditional 2nd form1	adulèra	adulèras	adulèra	aduleram	aduleratz	adulèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	adule	adules	adule	adulem	aduletz	adulen
	imperfect	adulèsse	adulèsses	adulèsse	adulèssem	adulèssetz	adulèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			adula		adulem	adulatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		adular			aver adulat
gerund		adulant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		adulat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	adule	adules	adula	adulam	adulatz	adulan
	imperfect	adulavi	adulavas	adulava	adulàvem	adulàvetz	adulavan
	preterite	adulère	adulères	adulèt	aduleriam	aduleriatz	adulèron
	future	adularai	adularàs	adularà	adularem	adularetz	adularàn
	conditional	adulariáu	adulariás	adulariá	adulariam	adulariatz	adularián
	conditional 2nd form1	adulèra	adulèras	adulèra	aduleram	aduleratz	adulèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	adule	adules	adule	adulem	aduletz	adulan
	imperfect	adulèsse	adulèsses	adulèsse	adulessiam	adulessiatz	adulèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			adula		adulem	adulatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• adulacion