échelonner
French edit
Etymology edit
From échelon + -er. Originally military.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
échelonner
- (transitive, military) to position (people, objects, etc.) at intervals
- (transitive) to space (something) out
- (transitive) to spread, stagger (payments, etc.)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of échelonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | échelonner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | échelonnant /eʃ.lɔ.nɑ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | échelonné /eʃ.lɔ.ne/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | échelonne /eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/ |
échelonnes /eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/ |
échelonne /eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/ |
échelonnons /eʃ.lɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɔ̃/ |
échelonnez /eʃ.lɔ.ne/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.ne/ |
échelonnent /eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/ |
| imperfect | échelonnais /eʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ |
échelonnais /eʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ |
échelonnait /eʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ |
échelonnions /eʃ.lɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.njɔ̃/ |
échelonniez /eʃ.lɔ.nje/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nje/ |
échelonnaient /eʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | échelonnai /eʃ.lɔ.ne/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.ne/ |
échelonnas /eʃ.lɔ.na/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.na/ |
échelonna /eʃ.lɔ.na/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.na/ |
échelonnâmes /eʃ.lɔ.nam/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nam/ |
échelonnâtes /eʃ.lɔ.nat/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nat/ |
échelonnèrent /eʃ.lɔ.nɛʁ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | échelonnerai /eʃ.lɔn.ʁe/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁe/ |
échelonneras /eʃ.lɔn.ʁa/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁa/ |
échelonnera /eʃ.lɔn.ʁa/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁa/ |
échelonnerons /eʃ.lɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
échelonnerez /eʃ.lɔn.ʁe/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁe/ |
échelonneront /eʃ.lɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | échelonnerais /eʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/ |
échelonnerais /eʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/ |
échelonnerait /eʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/ |
échelonnerions /eʃ.lɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
échelonneriez /eʃ.lɔ.nə.ʁje/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
échelonneraient /eʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.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 | échelonne /eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/ |
échelonnes /eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/ |
échelonne /eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/ |
échelonnions /eʃ.lɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.njɔ̃/ |
échelonniez /eʃ.lɔ.nje/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nje/ |
échelonnent /eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | échelonnasse /eʃ.lɔ.nas/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nas/ |
échelonnasses /eʃ.lɔ.nas/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nas/ |
échelonnât /eʃ.lɔ.na/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.na/ |
échelonnassions /eʃ.lɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
échelonnassiez /eʃ.lɔ.na.sje/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.na.sje/ |
échelonnassent /eʃ.lɔ.nas/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | échelonne /eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/ |
— | échelonnons /eʃ.lɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɔ̃/ |
échelonnez /eʃ.lɔ.ne/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.ne/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading edit
- “échelonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.