snober

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English snub +‎ -er, with influence from snob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snɔ.be/

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Verb

snober

1. (transitive) to snub, high-hat, disregard someone
2. (transitive) to refuse, ignore, disdain a favor, an honor

Conjugation

Conjugation of snober (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	snober
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	snobant /snɔ.bɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		snobé /snɔ.be/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	snobe /snɔb/	snobes /snɔb/	snobe /snɔb/	snobons /snɔ.bɔ̃/	snobez /snɔ.be/	snobent /snɔb/
	imperfect	snobais /snɔ.bɛ/	snobais /snɔ.bɛ/	snobait /snɔ.bɛ/	snobions /snɔ.bjɔ̃/	snobiez /snɔ.bje/	snobaient /snɔ.bɛ/
	past historic2	snobai /snɔ.be/	snobas /snɔ.ba/	snoba /snɔ.ba/	snobâmes /snɔ.bam/	snobâtes /snɔ.bat/	snobèrent /snɔ.bɛʁ/
	future	snoberai /snɔ.bʁe/	snoberas /snɔ.bʁa/	snobera /snɔ.bʁa/	snoberons /snɔ.bʁɔ̃/	snoberez /snɔ.bʁe/	snoberont /snɔ.bʁɔ̃/
	conditional	snoberais /snɔ.bʁɛ/	snoberais /snɔ.bʁɛ/	snoberait /snɔ.bʁɛ/	snoberions /snɔ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/	snoberiez /snɔ.bə.ʁje/	snoberaient /snɔ.bʁɛ/
(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	snobe /snɔb/	snobes /snɔb/	snobe /snɔb/	snobions /snɔ.bjɔ̃/	snobiez /snɔ.bje/	snobent /snɔb/
	imperfect2	snobasse /snɔ.bas/	snobasses /snɔ.bas/	snobât /snɔ.ba/	snobassions /snɔ.ba.sjɔ̃/	snobassiez /snɔ.ba.sje/	snobassent /snɔ.bas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	snobe /snɔb/	—	snobons /snɔ.bɔ̃/	snobez /snɔ.be/	—
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).

Descendants

• → Turkish: snobe (via past participle)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• bornes, bornés