abriter

French

Alternative forms

• abrier, abriquer, abreyer, abréyer

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, derivative of abri, from Old French abri (“a place where one is sheltered from the elements or harm”), from abrier (“to cover”). Displaced synonymous abrier from Old French, which is uncommon today.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bʁi.te/

• Audio; “s'abriter”:

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Verb

abriter

1. (transitive) to shelter, to harbour

   Cette maison est abritée par une montagne. ― This house is sheltered by a mountain.

2. (transitive) to host (an object, an event, an institution, etc.)

   La ville abrite un des derniers vestiges de la domination grecque. ― The city hosts one of the last vestiges of Greek rule.

   Luanda abrita le Festival international de jazz. ― Luanda hosted the International Jazz Festival.

3. (reflexive) to take cover; to shelter

   s’abriter derrière un mur ― to take cover behind a wall

   Voici l’orage, abritons-nous. ― Look at the storm, let's take shelter.

Conjugation

Conjugation of abriter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	abriter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	abritant /a.bʁi.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		abrité /a.bʁi.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	abrite /a.bʁit/	abrites /a.bʁit/	abrite /a.bʁit/	abritons /a.bʁi.tɔ̃/	abritez /a.bʁi.te/	abritent /a.bʁit/
	imperfect	abritais /a.bʁi.tɛ/	abritais /a.bʁi.tɛ/	abritait /a.bʁi.tɛ/	abritions /a.bʁi.tjɔ̃/	abritiez /a.bʁi.tje/	abritaient /a.bʁi.tɛ/
	past historic2	abritai /a.bʁi.te/	abritas /a.bʁi.ta/	abrita /a.bʁi.ta/	abritâmes /a.bʁi.tam/	abritâtes /a.bʁi.tat/	abritèrent /a.bʁi.tɛʁ/
	future	abriterai /a.bʁi.tʁe/	abriteras /a.bʁi.tʁa/	abritera /a.bʁi.tʁa/	abriterons /a.bʁi.tʁɔ̃/	abriterez /a.bʁi.tʁe/	abriteront /a.bʁi.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	abriterais /a.bʁi.tʁɛ/	abriterais /a.bʁi.tʁɛ/	abriterait /a.bʁi.tʁɛ/	abriterions /a.bʁi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	abriteriez /a.bʁi.tə.ʁje/	abriteraient /a.bʁi.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	abrite /a.bʁit/	abrites /a.bʁit/	abrite /a.bʁit/	abritions /a.bʁi.tjɔ̃/	abritiez /a.bʁi.tje/	abritent /a.bʁit/
	imperfect2	abritasse /a.bʁi.tas/	abritasses /a.bʁi.tas/	abritât /a.bʁi.ta/	abritassions /a.bʁi.ta.sjɔ̃/	abritassiez /a.bʁi.ta.sje/	abritassent /a.bʁi.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	abrite /a.bʁit/	—	abritons /a.bʁi.tɔ̃/	abritez /a.bʁi.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).

Related terms

• abri

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• arbitre, arbitré