outrer

French

Etymology

From outre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.tʁe/

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Verb

outrer

1. (transitive) to exaggerate
2. (transitive) to outrage

Conjugation

Conjugation of outrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	outrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	outrant /u.tʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		outré /u.tʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	outre /utʁ/	outres /utʁ/	outre /utʁ/	outrons /u.tʁɔ̃/	outrez /u.tʁe/	outrent /utʁ/
	imperfect	outrais /u.tʁɛ/	outrais /u.tʁɛ/	outrait /u.tʁɛ/	outrions /u.tʁi.jɔ̃/	outriez /u.tʁi.je/	outraient /u.tʁɛ/
	past historic2	outrai /u.tʁe/	outras /u.tʁa/	outra /u.tʁa/	outrâmes /u.tʁam/	outrâtes /u.tʁat/	outrèrent /u.tʁɛʁ/
	future	outrerai /u.tʁə.ʁe/	outreras /u.tʁə.ʁa/	outrera /u.tʁə.ʁa/	outrerons /u.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/	outrerez /u.tʁə.ʁe/	outreront /u.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	outrerais /u.tʁə.ʁɛ/	outrerais /u.tʁə.ʁɛ/	outrerait /u.tʁə.ʁɛ/	outrerions /u.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	outreriez /u.tʁə.ʁje/	outreraient /u.tʁə.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	outre /utʁ/	outres /utʁ/	outre /utʁ/	outrions /u.tʁi.jɔ̃/	outriez /u.tʁi.je/	outrent /utʁ/
	imperfect2	outrasse /u.tʁas/	outrasses /u.tʁas/	outrât /u.tʁa/	outrassions /u.tʁa.sjɔ̃/	outrassiez /u.tʁa.sje/	outrassent /u.tʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	outre /utʁ/	—	outrons /u.tʁɔ̃/	outrez /u.tʁe/	—
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

• outrance

Descendants

• ⇒ Russian: утри́ровать (utrírovatʹ)

Further reading

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