adhérer

See also: adherer

French

Alternative forms

adhærer (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adhaereō, adhaerāre. Compare the inherited Old French term aerdre, still used in Northern France (see aerde in Picard).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.de.ʁe/
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Verb

adhérer

to adhere; to stick to (rules, regulations)
(of a person) to belong to; to be part of; to be a member of

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written ‘é’) and /ɛ/ (written ‘è’), with the latter being used before mute ‘e’. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written adhérer-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written adhèrer-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.

Conjugation of adhérer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		adhérer			avoir adhéré
gerund		en adhérant			en ayant adhéré
present participle		adhérant /a.de.ʁɑ̃/
past participle		adhéré /a.de.ʁe/
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	adhère /a.dɛʁ/	adhères /a.dɛʁ/	adhère /a.dɛʁ/	adhérons /a.de.ʁɔ̃/	adhérez /a.de.ʁe/	adhèrent /a.dɛʁ/
	imperfect	adhérais /a.de.ʁɛ/	adhérais /a.de.ʁɛ/	adhérait /a.de.ʁɛ/	adhérions /a.de.ʁjɔ̃/	adhériez /a.de.ʁje/	adhéraient /a.de.ʁɛ/
	past historic¹	adhérai /a.de.ʁe/	adhéras /a.de.ʁa/	adhéra /a.de.ʁa/	adhérâmes /a.de.ʁam/	adhérâtes /a.de.ʁat/	adhérèrent /a.de.ʁɛʁ/
	future	adhèrerai or adhérerai /a.dɛ.ʁə.ʁe/	adhèreras or adhéreras /a.dɛ.ʁə.ʁa/	adhèrera or adhérera /a.dɛ.ʁə.ʁa/	adhèrerons or adhérerons /a.dɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	adhèrerez or adhérerez /a.dɛ.ʁə.ʁe/	adhèreront or adhéreront /a.dɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	adhèrerais or adhérerais /a.dɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	adhèrerais or adhérerais /a.dɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	adhèrerait or adhérerait /a.dɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	adhèrerions or adhérerions /a.dɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	adhèreriez or adhéreriez /a.dɛ.ʁə.ʁje/	adhèreraient or adhéreraient /a.dɛ.ʁə.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	adhère /a.dɛʁ/	adhères /a.dɛʁ/	adhère /a.dɛʁ/	adhérions /a.de.ʁjɔ̃/	adhériez /a.de.ʁje/	adhèrent /a.dɛʁ/
simple tenses	imperfect¹	adhérasse /a.de.ʁas/	adhérasses /a.de.ʁas/	adhérât /a.de.ʁa/	adhérassions /a.de.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	adhérassiez /a.de.ʁa.sje/	adhérassent /a.de.ʁas/
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		—	adhère /a.dɛʁ/	—	adhérons /a.de.ʁɔ̃/	adhérez /a.de.ʁe/	—
¹literary tenses