édulcorer
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin ēdulcōrāre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
édulcorer
- (transitive) to sweeten (medicine)
- (transitive) to tone down, to sanitize, to bowdlerize
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of édulcorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | édulcorer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | édulcorant /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | édulcoré /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | édulcore /e.dyl.kɔʁ/ |
édulcores /e.dyl.kɔʁ/ |
édulcore /e.dyl.kɔʁ/ |
édulcorons /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
édulcorez /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁe/ |
édulcorent /e.dyl.kɔʁ/ |
| imperfect | édulcorais /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɛ/ |
édulcorais /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɛ/ |
édulcorait /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɛ/ |
édulcorions /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
édulcoriez /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁje/ |
édulcoraient /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | édulcorai /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁe/ |
édulcoras /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁa/ |
édulcora /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁa/ |
édulcorâmes /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁam/ |
édulcorâtes /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁat/ |
édulcorèrent /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | édulcorerai /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
édulcoreras /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
édulcorera /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
édulcorerons /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
édulcorerez /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
édulcoreront /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | édulcorerais /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
édulcorerais /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
édulcorerait /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
édulcorerions /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
édulcoreriez /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁje/ |
édulcoreraient /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.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 | édulcore /e.dyl.kɔʁ/ |
édulcores /e.dyl.kɔʁ/ |
édulcore /e.dyl.kɔʁ/ |
édulcorions /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
édulcoriez /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁje/ |
édulcorent /e.dyl.kɔʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | édulcorasse /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁas/ |
édulcorasses /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁas/ |
édulcorât /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁa/ |
édulcorassions /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
édulcorassiez /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁa.sje/ |
édulcorassent /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | édulcore /e.dyl.kɔʁ/ |
— | édulcorons /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
édulcorez /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “édulcorer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.