ardoiser
French, verb/aʁ.dwa.ze/
ardoiser is spelled A-R-D-O-I-S-E-R (8 letters). Ardoiser is a French verb meaning “to cover with slates (or with a slate colour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Recouvrir d'ardoises”.
What does ardoiser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cover with slates (or with a slate colour)
- 2
to put it on the slate (pay with an informal credit account)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Recouvrir d'ardoises. 2. Donner une couleur ardoise. 3. Faire des comptes sur une ardoise.
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 ardoiser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- ardoisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- ardoisé participle past
- ardoise first-person indicative present
- ardoises indicative present second-person
- ardoisons first-person indicative plural
- ardoisez indicative plural present
- ardoisent indicative plural present
- ardoisais first-person imperfect indicative
- ardoisait imperfect indicative singular
- ardoisions first-person imperfect indicative
- ardoisiez imperfect indicative plural
- ardoisaient imperfect indicative plural
- ardoisai first-person historic indicative
- ardoisas historic indicative past
- ardoisa historic indicative past
- ardoisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ardoiser?
- /aʁ.dwa.ze/
- \aʁ.dwa.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.