fabuler

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fābulārī. Doublet of hâbler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.by.le/

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Verb

fabuler

1. (intransitive, rare) to fantasize

Usage notes

The prefixed verb affabuler is more common.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fabuler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	fabuler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	fabulant /fa.by.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		fabulé /fa.by.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	fabule /fa.byl/	fabules /fa.byl/	fabule /fa.byl/	fabulons /fa.by.lɔ̃/	fabulez /fa.by.le/	fabulent /fa.byl/
	imperfect	fabulais /fa.by.lɛ/	fabulais /fa.by.lɛ/	fabulait /fa.by.lɛ/	fabulions /fa.by.ljɔ̃/	fabuliez /fa.by.lje/	fabulaient /fa.by.lɛ/
	past historic2	fabulai /fa.by.le/	fabulas /fa.by.la/	fabula /fa.by.la/	fabulâmes /fa.by.lam/	fabulâtes /fa.by.lat/	fabulèrent /fa.by.lɛʁ/
	future	fabulerai /fa.byl.ʁe/	fabuleras /fa.byl.ʁa/	fabulera /fa.byl.ʁa/	fabulerons /fa.byl.ʁɔ̃/	fabulerez /fa.byl.ʁe/	fabuleront /fa.byl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	fabulerais /fa.byl.ʁɛ/	fabulerais /fa.byl.ʁɛ/	fabulerait /fa.byl.ʁɛ/	fabulerions /fa.by.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	fabuleriez /fa.by.lə.ʁje/	fabuleraient /fa.byl.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	fabule /fa.byl/	fabules /fa.byl/	fabule /fa.byl/	fabulions /fa.by.ljɔ̃/	fabuliez /fa.by.lje/	fabulent /fa.byl/
	imperfect2	fabulasse /fa.by.las/	fabulasses /fa.by.las/	fabulât /fa.by.la/	fabulassions /fa.by.la.sjɔ̃/	fabulassiez /fa.by.la.sje/	fabulassent /fa.by.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fabule /fa.byl/	—	fabulons /fa.by.lɔ̃/	fabulez /fa.by.le/	—
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

• affabuler

Related terms

• fable

Descendants

• → Dutch: fabuleren

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

fābuler

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of fābulor