évacuer

See also: evacuer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French evacuer, a borrowing from Latin ēvacuāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.va.kɥe/

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Verb

évacuer

1. (transitive) to evacuate

Conjugation

Conjugation of évacuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	évacuer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	évacuant /e.va.kɥɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		évacué /e.va.kɥe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	évacue /e.va.ky/	évacues /e.va.ky/	évacue /e.va.ky/	évacuons /e.va.kɥɔ̃/	évacuez /e.va.kɥe/	évacuent /e.va.ky/
	imperfect	évacuais /e.va.kɥɛ/	évacuais /e.va.kɥɛ/	évacuait /e.va.kɥɛ/	évacuions /e.va.ky.jɔ̃/	évacuiez /e.va.ky.je/	évacuaient /e.va.kɥɛ/
	past historic2	évacuai /e.va.kɥe/	évacuas /e.va.kɥa/	évacua /e.va.kɥa/	évacuâmes /e.va.kɥam/	évacuâtes /e.va.kɥat/	évacuèrent /e.va.kɥɛʁ/
	future	évacuerai /e.va.ky.ʁe/	évacueras /e.va.ky.ʁa/	évacuera /e.va.ky.ʁa/	évacuerons /e.va.ky.ʁɔ̃/	évacuerez /e.va.ky.ʁe/	évacueront /e.va.ky.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	évacuerais /e.va.ky.ʁɛ/	évacuerais /e.va.ky.ʁɛ/	évacuerait /e.va.ky.ʁɛ/	évacuerions /e.va.ky.ʁjɔ̃/	évacueriez /e.va.ky.ʁje/	évacueraient /e.va.ky.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	évacue /e.va.ky/	évacues /e.va.ky/	évacue /e.va.ky/	évacuions /e.va.ky.jɔ̃/	évacuiez /e.va.ky.je/	évacuent /e.va.ky/
	imperfect2	évacuasse /e.va.kɥas/	évacuasses /e.va.kɥas/	évacuât /e.va.kɥa/	évacuassions /e.va.kɥa.sjɔ̃/	évacuassiez /e.va.kɥa.sje/	évacuassent /e.va.kɥas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	évacue /e.va.ky/	—	évacuons /e.va.kɥɔ̃/	évacuez /e.va.kɥe/	—
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

• évacuation f

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• cerveau