marbrer

French

Etymology

From marbre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.bʁe/

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Verb

marbrer

1. to marble (create a marbled effect)

Conjugation

Conjugation of marbrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	marbrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	marbrant /maʁ.bʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		marbré /maʁ.bʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	marbre /maʁbʁ/	marbres /maʁbʁ/	marbre /maʁbʁ/	marbrons /maʁ.bʁɔ̃/	marbrez /maʁ.bʁe/	marbrent /maʁbʁ/
	imperfect	marbrais /maʁ.bʁɛ/	marbrais /maʁ.bʁɛ/	marbrait /maʁ.bʁɛ/	marbrions /maʁ.bʁi.jɔ̃/	marbriez /maʁ.bʁi.je/	marbraient /maʁ.bʁɛ/
	past historic2	marbrai /maʁ.bʁe/	marbras /maʁ.bʁa/	marbra /maʁ.bʁa/	marbrâmes /maʁ.bʁam/	marbrâtes /maʁ.bʁat/	marbrèrent /maʁ.bʁɛʁ/
	future	marbrerai /maʁ.bʁə.ʁe/	marbreras /maʁ.bʁə.ʁa/	marbrera /maʁ.bʁə.ʁa/	marbrerons /maʁ.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/	marbrerez /maʁ.bʁə.ʁe/	marbreront /maʁ.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	marbrerais /maʁ.bʁə.ʁɛ/	marbrerais /maʁ.bʁə.ʁɛ/	marbrerait /maʁ.bʁə.ʁɛ/	marbrerions /maʁ.bʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	marbreriez /maʁ.bʁə.ʁje/	marbreraient /maʁ.bʁə.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	marbre /maʁbʁ/	marbres /maʁbʁ/	marbre /maʁbʁ/	marbrions /maʁ.bʁi.jɔ̃/	marbriez /maʁ.bʁi.je/	marbrent /maʁbʁ/
	imperfect2	marbrasse /maʁ.bʁas/	marbrasses /maʁ.bʁas/	marbrât /maʁ.bʁa/	marbrassions /maʁ.bʁa.sjɔ̃/	marbrassiez /maʁ.bʁa.sje/	marbrassent /maʁ.bʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	marbre /maʁbʁ/	—	marbrons /maʁ.bʁɔ̃/	marbrez /maʁ.bʁe/	—
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).

Further reading

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