élancer

French

Etymology

From é- +‎ lancer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.lɑ̃.se/

• Audio; “s'élancer”:

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Verb

élancer

1. (reflexive) to dash forward, to throw oneself at
2. (reflexive) to soar up

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

Conjugation of élancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	élancer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	élançant /e.lɑ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		élancé /e.lɑ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	élance /e.lɑ̃s/	élances /e.lɑ̃s/	élance /e.lɑ̃s/	élançons /e.lɑ̃.sɔ̃/	élancez /e.lɑ̃.se/	élancent /e.lɑ̃s/
	imperfect	élançais /e.lɑ̃.sɛ/	élançais /e.lɑ̃.sɛ/	élançait /e.lɑ̃.sɛ/	élancions /e.lɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	élanciez /e.lɑ̃.sje/	élançaient /e.lɑ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	élançai /e.lɑ̃.se/	élanças /e.lɑ̃.sa/	élança /e.lɑ̃.sa/	élançâmes /e.lɑ̃.sam/	élançâtes /e.lɑ̃.sat/	élancèrent /e.lɑ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	élancerai /e.lɑ̃.sʁe/	élanceras /e.lɑ̃.sʁa/	élancera /e.lɑ̃.sʁa/	élancerons /e.lɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/	élancerez /e.lɑ̃.sʁe/	élanceront /e.lɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	élancerais /e.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/	élancerais /e.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/	élancerait /e.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/	élancerions /e.lɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	élanceriez /e.lɑ̃.sə.ʁje/	élanceraient /e.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/
(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	élance /e.lɑ̃s/	élances /e.lɑ̃s/	élance /e.lɑ̃s/	élancions /e.lɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	élanciez /e.lɑ̃.sje/	élancent /e.lɑ̃s/
	imperfect2	élançasse /e.lɑ̃.sas/	élançasses /e.lɑ̃.sas/	élançât /e.lɑ̃.sa/	élançassions /e.lɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	élançassiez /e.lɑ̃.sa.sje/	élançassent /e.lɑ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	élance /e.lɑ̃s/	—	élançons /e.lɑ̃.sɔ̃/	élancez /e.lɑ̃.se/	—
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

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