allouer

French

Etymology

From Latin allocāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lwe/

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Verb

allouer

1. (transitive) to allot, allocate

Conjugation

Conjugation of allouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	allouer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	allouant /a.lwɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		alloué /a.lwe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	alloue /a.lu/	alloues /a.lu/	alloue /a.lu/	allouons /a.lwɔ̃/	allouez /a.lwe/	allouent /a.lu/
	imperfect	allouais /a.lwɛ/	allouais /a.lwɛ/	allouait /a.lwɛ/	allouions /a.lu.jɔ̃/	allouiez /a.lu.je/	allouaient /a.lwɛ/
	past historic2	allouai /a.lwe/	allouas /a.lwa/	alloua /a.lwa/	allouâmes /a.lwam/	allouâtes /a.lwat/	allouèrent /a.lwɛʁ/
	future	allouerai /a.lu.ʁe/	alloueras /a.lu.ʁa/	allouera /a.lu.ʁa/	allouerons /a.lu.ʁɔ̃/	allouerez /a.lu.ʁe/	alloueront /a.lu.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	allouerais /a.lu.ʁɛ/	allouerais /a.lu.ʁɛ/	allouerait /a.lu.ʁɛ/	allouerions /a.lu.ʁjɔ̃/	alloueriez /a.lu.ʁje/	alloueraient /a.lu.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	alloue /a.lu/	alloues /a.lu/	alloue /a.lu/	allouions /a.lu.jɔ̃/	allouiez /a.lu.je/	allouent /a.lu/
	imperfect2	allouasse /a.lwas/	allouasses /a.lwas/	allouât /a.lwa/	allouassions /a.lwa.sjɔ̃/	allouassiez /a.lwa.sje/	allouassent /a.lwas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	alloue /a.lu/	—	allouons /a.lwɔ̃/	allouez /a.lwe/	—
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

• allocation

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

From Old French alouer, from Medieval Latin allaudō, allaudāre, merged with alouer, from Medieval Latin allocō, allocāre (“assign”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

allouer

1. (Jersey) to allow

Antonyms

• d'fendre (“to forbid”)