abluer
French, verb/a.bly.e/
abluer is a French verb meaning “to wash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Laver”.
What does abluer mean in English?
verb
- 1
obsoleteto wash
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Laver. 2. Passer légèrement sur du parchemin ou du papier une liqueur faite avec de la noix de galle qui rend l’éclat à l’écriture.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abluer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- abluant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- ablué participle past
- ablue first-person indicative present
- ablues indicative present second-person
- abluons first-person indicative plural
- abluez indicative plural present
- abluent indicative plural present
- abluais first-person imperfect indicative
- abluait imperfect indicative singular
- abluions first-person imperfect indicative
- abluiez imperfect indicative plural
- abluaient imperfect indicative plural
- abluai first-person historic indicative
- abluas historic indicative past
- ablua historic indicative past
- abluâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abluer?
- /a.bly.e/
- \a.bly.e\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.