élaguer

French

Etymology

Probably of Germanic origin, compare laga ("to order, direct, arrange") in Norse-derived languages, as well as Dutch lalten.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /elaɡe/

Verb

élaguer

to prune (trim a tree or shrub)

Conjugation

Conjugation of élaguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		élaguer			avoir élagué
gerund		en élaguant			en ayant élagué
present participle		élaguant /e.la.ɡɑ̃/
past participle		élagué /e.la.ɡe/
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	élague /e.laɡ/	élagues /e.laɡ/	élague /e.laɡ/	élaguons /e.la.ɡɔ̃/	élaguez /e.la.ɡe/	élaguent /e.laɡ/
	imperfect	élaguais /e.la.ɡɛ/	élaguais /e.la.ɡɛ/	élaguait /e.la.ɡɛ/	élaguions /e.la.ɡjɔ̃/	élaguiez /e.la.ɡje/	élaguaient /e.la.ɡɛ/
	past historic¹	élaguai /e.la.ɡe/	élaguas /e.la.ɡa/	élagua /e.la.ɡa/	élaguâmes /e.la.ɡam/	élaguâtes /e.la.ɡat/	élaguèrent /e.la.ɡɛʁ/
	future	élaguerai /e.la.ɡʁe/	élagueras /e.la.ɡʁa/	élaguera /e.la.ɡʁa/	élaguerons /e.la.ɡʁɔ̃/	élaguerez /e.la.ɡʁe/	élagueront /e.la.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	élaguerais /e.la.ɡʁɛ/	élaguerais /e.la.ɡʁɛ/	élaguerait /e.la.ɡʁɛ/	élaguerions /e.la.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	élagueriez /e.la.ɡə.ʁje/	élagueraient /e.la.ɡʁɛ/
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior¹	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	élague /e.laɡ/	élagues /e.laɡ/	élague /e.laɡ/	élaguions /e.la.ɡjɔ̃/	élaguiez /e.la.ɡje/	élaguent /e.laɡ/
simple tenses	imperfect¹	élaguasse /e.la.ɡas/	élaguasses /e.la.ɡas/	élaguât /e.la.ɡa/	élaguassions /e.la.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	élaguassiez /e.la.ɡa.sje/	élaguassent /e.la.ɡas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect¹	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	élague /e.laɡ/	—	élaguons /e.la.ɡɔ̃/	élaguez /e.la.ɡe/	—
¹literary tenses

Anagrams

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