airer
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airer (plural airers)
- A framework upon which laundry is aired; a clotheshorse.
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clotheshorse — see clotheshorse
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airer
- to nest (make a nest)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of airer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | airer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | airant /ɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /e.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | airé /ɛ.ʁe/ or /e.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | aire /ɛʁ/ |
aires /ɛʁ/ |
aire /ɛʁ/ |
airons /ɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ʁɔ̃/ |
airez /ɛ.ʁe/ or /e.ʁe/ |
airent /ɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | airais /ɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁɛ/ |
airais /ɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁɛ/ |
airait /ɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁɛ/ |
airions /ɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ʁjɔ̃/ |
airiez /ɛ.ʁje/ or /e.ʁje/ |
airaient /ɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | airai /ɛ.ʁe/ or /e.ʁe/ |
airas /ɛ.ʁa/ or /e.ʁa/ |
aira /ɛ.ʁa/ or /e.ʁa/ |
airâmes /ɛ.ʁam/ or /e.ʁam/ |
airâtes /ɛ.ʁat/ or /e.ʁat/ |
airèrent /ɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /e.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | airerai /ɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /e.ʁə.ʁe/ |
aireras /ɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /e.ʁə.ʁa/ |
airera /ɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /e.ʁə.ʁa/ |
airerons /ɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
airerez /ɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /e.ʁə.ʁe/ |
aireront /ɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | airerais /ɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
airerais /ɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
airerait /ɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
airerions /ɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
aireriez /ɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /e.ʁə.ʁje/ |
aireraient /ɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.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 | aire /ɛʁ/ |
aires /ɛʁ/ |
aire /ɛʁ/ |
airions /ɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ʁjɔ̃/ |
airiez /ɛ.ʁje/ or /e.ʁje/ |
airent /ɛʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | airasse /ɛ.ʁas/ or /e.ʁas/ |
airasses /ɛ.ʁas/ or /e.ʁas/ |
airât /ɛ.ʁa/ or /e.ʁa/ |
airassions /ɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /e.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
airassiez /ɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /e.ʁa.sje/ |
airassent /ɛ.ʁas/ or /e.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | aire /ɛʁ/ |
— | airons /ɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ʁɔ̃/ |
airez /ɛ.ʁe/ or /e.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). | |||||||
Further reading edit
- “airer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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