marabouter

French

Etymology

From marabout +‎ -er; compare sorcier - ensorceler.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ma.ʁa.bu.te/
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Verb

marabouter

  1. to cast a spell; to enchant (magically)
    Synonyms: envouter, féticher
    • Julos Beaucarne, Les loups ont des têtes de moutons
      Nous sommes six milliards tout en bas
      Maraboutés au nom de quoi
      Au nom du pèse, au nom du fisc
      Et du sacro saint bénéfice.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Conjugation
Conjugation of marabouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple marabouter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple maraboutant
/ma.ʁa.bu.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle marabouté
/ma.ʁa.bu.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present maraboute
/ma.ʁa.but/		 maraboutes
/ma.ʁa.but/		 maraboute
/ma.ʁa.but/		 maraboutons
/ma.ʁa.bu.tɔ̃/		 maraboutez
/ma.ʁa.bu.te/		 maraboutent
/ma.ʁa.but/
imperfect maraboutais
/ma.ʁa.bu.tɛ/		 maraboutais
/ma.ʁa.bu.tɛ/		 maraboutait
/ma.ʁa.bu.tɛ/		 maraboutions
/ma.ʁa.bu.tjɔ̃/		 maraboutiez
/ma.ʁa.bu.tje/		 maraboutaient
/ma.ʁa.bu.tɛ/
past historic2 maraboutai
/ma.ʁa.bu.te/		 maraboutas
/ma.ʁa.bu.ta/		 marabouta
/ma.ʁa.bu.ta/		 maraboutâmes
/ma.ʁa.bu.tam/		 maraboutâtes
/ma.ʁa.bu.tat/		 maraboutèrent
/ma.ʁa.bu.tɛʁ/
future marabouterai
/ma.ʁa.bu.tʁe/		 marabouteras
/ma.ʁa.bu.tʁa/		 maraboutera
/ma.ʁa.bu.tʁa/		 marabouterons
/ma.ʁa.bu.tʁɔ̃/		 marabouterez
/ma.ʁa.bu.tʁe/		 marabouteront
/ma.ʁa.bu.tʁɔ̃/
conditional marabouterais
/ma.ʁa.bu.tʁɛ/		 marabouterais
/ma.ʁa.bu.tʁɛ/		 marabouterait
/ma.ʁa.bu.tʁɛ/		 marabouterions
/ma.ʁa.bu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 marabouteriez
/ma.ʁa.bu.tə.ʁje/		 marabouteraient
/ma.ʁa.bu.tʁɛ/
(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 maraboute
/ma.ʁa.but/		 maraboutes
/ma.ʁa.but/		 maraboute
/ma.ʁa.but/		 maraboutions
/ma.ʁa.bu.tjɔ̃/		 maraboutiez
/ma.ʁa.bu.tje/		 maraboutent
/ma.ʁa.but/
imperfect2 maraboutasse
/ma.ʁa.bu.tas/		 maraboutasses
/ma.ʁa.bu.tas/		 maraboutât
/ma.ʁa.bu.ta/		 maraboutassions
/ma.ʁa.bu.ta.sjɔ̃/		 maraboutassiez
/ma.ʁa.bu.ta.sje/		 maraboutassent
/ma.ʁa.bu.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — maraboute
/ma.ʁa.but/		 — maraboutons
/ma.ʁa.bu.tɔ̃/		 maraboutez
/ma.ʁa.bu.te/		 —
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).

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