élire
French
Etymology
From Middle French eslire, from Old French eslire, from Vulgar Latin *exlegere, from Latin ēligere, present active infinitive of ēligō. Compare (obsolete) Spanish esleír, Italian scegliere.
Verb
élire
Conjugation
Conjugation of élire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | élire | avoir élu | |||||
| gerund | en élisant | en ayant élu | |||||
| present participle | élisant /e.li.zɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | élu /e.ly/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | élis /e.li/ |
élis /e.li/ |
élit /e.li/ |
élisons /e.li.zɔ̃/ |
élisez /e.li.ze/ |
élisent /e.liz/ |
| imperfect | élisais /e.li.zɛ/ |
élisais /e.li.zɛ/ |
élisait /e.li.zɛ/ |
élisions /e.li.zjɔ̃/ |
élisiez /e.li.zje/ |
élisaient /e.li.zɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | élus /e.ly/ |
élus /e.ly/ |
élut /e.ly/ |
élûmes /e.lym/ |
élûtes /e.lyt/ |
élurent /e.lyʁ/ | |
| future | élirai /e.li.ʁe/ |
éliras /e.li.ʁa/ |
élira /e.li.ʁa/ |
élirons /e.li.ʁɔ̃/ |
élirez /e.li.ʁe/ |
éliront /e.li.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | élirais /e.li.ʁɛ/ |
élirais /e.li.ʁɛ/ |
élirait /e.li.ʁɛ/ |
élirions /e.li.ʁjɔ̃/ |
éliriez /e.li.ʁje/ |
éliraient /e.li.ʁɛ/ | |
| 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 | élise /e.liz/ |
élises /e.liz/ |
élise /e.liz/ |
élisions /e.li.zjɔ̃/ |
élisiez /e.li.zje/ |
élisent /e.liz/ |
| imperfect1 | élusse /e.lys/ |
élusses /e.lys/ |
élût /e.ly/ |
élussions /e.ly.sjɔ̃/ |
élussiez /e.ly.sje/ |
élussent /e.lys/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | élis /e.li/ |
— | élisons /e.li.zɔ̃/ |
élisez /e.li.ze/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “élire” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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