corroborer

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin corrōborāre (“strengthen; corroborate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁe/

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Verb

corroborer

1. to corroborate

Conjugation

Conjugation of corroborer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	corroborer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	corroborant /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		corroboré /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	corrobore /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔʁ/	corrobores /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔʁ/	corrobore /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔʁ/	corroborons /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁɔ̃/	corroborez /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁe/	corroborent /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔʁ/
	imperfect	corroborais /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁɛ/	corroborais /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁɛ/	corroborait /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁɛ/	corroborions /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	corroboriez /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁje/	corroboraient /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	corroborai /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁe/	corroboras /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁa/	corrobora /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁa/	corroborâmes /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁam/	corroborâtes /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁat/	corroborèrent /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁɛʁ/
	future	corroborerai /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	corroboreras /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	corroborera /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	corroborerons /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	corroborerez /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	corroboreront /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	corroborerais /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	corroborerais /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	corroborerait /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	corroborerions /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	corroboreriez /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁə.ʁje/	corroboreraient /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.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	corrobore /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔʁ/	corrobores /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔʁ/	corrobore /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔʁ/	corroborions /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	corroboriez /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁje/	corroborent /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔʁ/
	imperfect2	corroborasse /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁas/	corroborasses /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁas/	corroborât /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁa/	corroborassions /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	corroborassiez /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁa.sje/	corroborassent /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	corrobore /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔʁ/	—	corroborons /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.ʁɔ̃/	corroborez /kɔ.ʁɔ.bɔ.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).

Related terms

• robuste

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

corrōborer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of corrōborō