éclairer
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French esclairer, from Vulgar Latin *exclāriō, *exclāriāre, from Latin exclārāre, from ex- + clārō.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
éclairer
- to light up; to brighten
- Le soleil éclaire la terre.
- The sun lights up the Earth.
- (figuratively) to shed light on; to enlighten
- to scout
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of éclairer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | éclairer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | éclairant /e.klɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /e.kle.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | éclairé /e.klɛ.ʁe/ or /e.kle.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | éclaire /e.klɛʁ/ |
éclaires /e.klɛʁ/ |
éclaire /e.klɛʁ/ |
éclairons /e.klɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.kle.ʁɔ̃/ |
éclairez /e.klɛ.ʁe/ or /e.kle.ʁe/ |
éclairent /e.klɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | éclairais /e.klɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.kle.ʁɛ/ |
éclairais /e.klɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.kle.ʁɛ/ |
éclairait /e.klɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.kle.ʁɛ/ |
éclairions /e.klɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.kle.ʁjɔ̃/ |
éclairiez /e.klɛ.ʁje/ or /e.kle.ʁje/ |
éclairaient /e.klɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.kle.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | éclairai /e.klɛ.ʁe/ or /e.kle.ʁe/ |
éclairas /e.klɛ.ʁa/ or /e.kle.ʁa/ |
éclaira /e.klɛ.ʁa/ or /e.kle.ʁa/ |
éclairâmes /e.klɛ.ʁam/ or /e.kle.ʁam/ |
éclairâtes /e.klɛ.ʁat/ or /e.kle.ʁat/ |
éclairèrent /e.klɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /e.kle.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | éclairerai /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /e.kle.ʁə.ʁe/ |
éclaireras /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /e.kle.ʁə.ʁa/ |
éclairera /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /e.kle.ʁə.ʁa/ |
éclairerons /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.kle.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
éclairerez /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /e.kle.ʁə.ʁe/ |
éclaireront /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.kle.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | éclairerais /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.kle.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
éclairerais /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.kle.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
éclairerait /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.kle.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
éclairerions /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.kle.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
éclaireriez /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /e.kle.ʁə.ʁje/ |
éclaireraient /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.kle.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 | éclaire /e.klɛʁ/ |
éclaires /e.klɛʁ/ |
éclaire /e.klɛʁ/ |
éclairions /e.klɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.kle.ʁjɔ̃/ |
éclairiez /e.klɛ.ʁje/ or /e.kle.ʁje/ |
éclairent /e.klɛʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | éclairasse /e.klɛ.ʁas/ or /e.kle.ʁas/ |
éclairasses /e.klɛ.ʁas/ or /e.kle.ʁas/ |
éclairât /e.klɛ.ʁa/ or /e.kle.ʁa/ |
éclairassions /e.klɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /e.kle.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
éclairassiez /e.klɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /e.kle.ʁa.sje/ |
éclairassent /e.klɛ.ʁas/ or /e.kle.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | éclaire /e.klɛʁ/ |
— | éclairons /e.klɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.kle.ʁɔ̃/ |
éclairez /e.klɛ.ʁe/ or /e.kle.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
- “éclairer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish edit
Noun edit
éclairer