séquestrer

See also: sequestrer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.kɛs.tʁe/

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Verb

séquestrer

1. to sequester, to store away
2. to detain, to confine (often against one's will)

Conjugation

Conjugation of séquestrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	séquestrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	séquestrant /se.kɛs.tʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		séquestré /se.kɛs.tʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	séquestre /se.kɛstʁ/	séquestres /se.kɛstʁ/	séquestre /se.kɛstʁ/	séquestrons /se.kɛs.tʁɔ̃/	séquestrez /se.kɛs.tʁe/	séquestrent /se.kɛstʁ/
	imperfect	séquestrais /se.kɛs.tʁɛ/	séquestrais /se.kɛs.tʁɛ/	séquestrait /se.kɛs.tʁɛ/	séquestrions /se.kɛs.tʁi.jɔ̃/	séquestriez /se.kɛs.tʁi.je/	séquestraient /se.kɛs.tʁɛ/
	past historic2	séquestrai /se.kɛs.tʁe/	séquestras /se.kɛs.tʁa/	séquestra /se.kɛs.tʁa/	séquestrâmes /se.kɛs.tʁam/	séquestrâtes /se.kɛs.tʁat/	séquestrèrent /se.kɛs.tʁɛʁ/
	future	séquestrerai /se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁe/	séquestreras /se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁa/	séquestrera /se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁa/	séquestrerons /se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/	séquestrerez /se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁe/	séquestreront /se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	séquestrerais /se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁɛ/	séquestrerais /se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁɛ/	séquestrerait /se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁɛ/	séquestrerions /se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	séquestreriez /se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁje/	séquestreraient /se.kɛs.tʁə.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	séquestre /se.kɛstʁ/	séquestres /se.kɛstʁ/	séquestre /se.kɛstʁ/	séquestrions /se.kɛs.tʁi.jɔ̃/	séquestriez /se.kɛs.tʁi.je/	séquestrent /se.kɛstʁ/
	imperfect2	séquestrasse /se.kɛs.tʁas/	séquestrasses /se.kɛs.tʁas/	séquestrât /se.kɛs.tʁa/	séquestrassions /se.kɛs.tʁa.sjɔ̃/	séquestrassiez /se.kɛs.tʁa.sje/	séquestrassent /se.kɛs.tʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	séquestre /se.kɛstʁ/	—	séquestrons /se.kɛs.tʁɔ̃/	séquestrez /se.kɛs.tʁe/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “séquestrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.