prévaloir
See also: prevaloir
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praevalēre, equivalent to pré- + valoir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁe.va.lwaʁ/
- Rhymes: -waʁ
Verb
prévaloir
- (followed by the preposition sur) to prevail
- (reflexive, followed by the preposition de) to boast, to claim, to pride oneself on
Conjugation
Conjugation of prévaloir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | prévaloir | avoir prévalu | |||||
| gerund | en prévalant | en ayant prévalu | |||||
| present participle | prévalant /pʁe.va.lɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | prévalu /pʁe.va.ly/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | prévaux /pʁe.vo/ |
prévaux /pʁe.vo/ |
prévaut /pʁe.vo/ |
prévalons /pʁe.va.lɔ̃/ |
prévalez /pʁe.va.le/ |
prévalent /pʁe.val/ |
| imperfect | prévalais /pʁe.va.lɛ/ |
prévalais /pʁe.va.lɛ/ |
prévalait /pʁe.va.lɛ/ |
prévalions /pʁe.va.ljɔ̃/ |
prévaliez /pʁe.va.lje/ |
prévalaient /pʁe.va.lɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | prévalus /pʁe.va.ly/ |
prévalus /pʁe.va.ly/ |
prévalut /pʁe.va.ly/ |
prévalûmes /pʁe.va.lym/ |
prévalûtes /pʁe.va.lyt/ |
prévalurent /pʁe.va.lyʁ/ | |
| future | prévaudrai /pʁe.vo.dʁe/ |
prévaudras /pʁe.vo.dʁa/ |
prévaudra /pʁe.vo.dʁa/ |
prévaudrons /pʁe.vo.dʁɔ̃/ |
prévaudrez /pʁe.vo.dʁe/ |
prévaudront /pʁe.vo.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | prévaudrais /pʁe.vo.dʁɛ/ |
prévaudrais /pʁe.vo.dʁɛ/ |
prévaudrait /pʁe.vo.dʁɛ/ |
prévaudrions /pʁe.vo.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
prévaudriez /pʁe.vo.dʁi.je/ |
prévaudraient /pʁe.vo.dʁɛ/ | |
| 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 | prévale /pʁe.val/ |
prévales /pʁe.val/ |
prévale /pʁe.val/ |
prévalions /pʁe.va.ljɔ̃/ |
prévaliez /pʁe.va.lje/ |
prévalent /pʁe.val/ |
| imperfect1 | prévalusse /pʁe.va.lys/ |
prévalusses /pʁe.va.lys/ |
prévalût /pʁe.va.ly/ |
prévalussions /pʁe.va.ly.sjɔ̃/ |
prévalussiez /pʁe.va.ly.sje/ |
prévalussent /pʁe.va.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 | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Synonyms
Further reading
- “prévaloir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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