éloigner

See also: eloigner

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French esloigner, from Old French esloignier, itself probably from loing, or alternatively from Vulgar Latin *exlongāre, from Latin longe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.lwa.ɲe/

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Verb

éloigner

1. to remove
2. to distance, to draw or pull away from
3. (reflexive, s'éloigner) to distance oneself, to pull oneself away from

Conjugation

Conjugation of éloigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	éloigner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	éloignant /e.lwa.ɲɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		éloigné /e.lwa.ɲe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	éloigne /e.lwaɲ/	éloignes /e.lwaɲ/	éloigne /e.lwaɲ/	éloignons /e.lwa.ɲɔ̃/	éloignez /e.lwa.ɲe/	éloignent /e.lwaɲ/
	imperfect	éloignais /e.lwa.ɲɛ/	éloignais /e.lwa.ɲɛ/	éloignait /e.lwa.ɲɛ/	éloignions /e.lwa.ɲjɔ̃/	éloigniez /e.lwa.ɲje/	éloignaient /e.lwa.ɲɛ/
	past historic2	éloignai /e.lwa.ɲe/	éloignas /e.lwa.ɲa/	éloigna /e.lwa.ɲa/	éloignâmes /e.lwa.ɲam/	éloignâtes /e.lwa.ɲat/	éloignèrent /e.lwa.ɲɛʁ/
	future	éloignerai /e.lwa.ɲə.ʁe/	éloigneras /e.lwa.ɲə.ʁa/	éloignera /e.lwa.ɲə.ʁa/	éloignerons /e.lwa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/	éloignerez /e.lwa.ɲə.ʁe/	éloigneront /e.lwa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	éloignerais /e.lwa.ɲə.ʁɛ/	éloignerais /e.lwa.ɲə.ʁɛ/	éloignerait /e.lwa.ɲə.ʁɛ/	éloignerions /e.lwa.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/	éloigneriez /e.lwa.ɲə.ʁje/	éloigneraient /e.lwa.ɲə.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	éloigne /e.lwaɲ/	éloignes /e.lwaɲ/	éloigne /e.lwaɲ/	éloignions /e.lwa.ɲjɔ̃/	éloigniez /e.lwa.ɲje/	éloignent /e.lwaɲ/
	imperfect2	éloignasse /e.lwa.ɲas/	éloignasses /e.lwa.ɲas/	éloignât /e.lwa.ɲa/	éloignassions /e.lwa.ɲa.sjɔ̃/	éloignassiez /e.lwa.ɲa.sje/	éloignassent /e.lwa.ɲas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	éloigne /e.lwaɲ/	—	éloignons /e.lwa.ɲɔ̃/	éloignez /e.lwa.ɲe/	—
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).

Related terms

• loin
• lointain

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• onglerie