évaporer

See also: evaporer

French

Etymology

From Latin ēvapōrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.va.pɔ.ʁe/

• Audio (France):

  (file)

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

évaporer

1. to evaporate

Conjugation

Conjugation of évaporer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	évaporer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	évaporant /e.va.pɔ.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		évaporé /e.va.pɔ.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	évapore /e.va.pɔʁ/	évapores /e.va.pɔʁ/	évapore /e.va.pɔʁ/	évaporons /e.va.pɔ.ʁɔ̃/	évaporez /e.va.pɔ.ʁe/	évaporent /e.va.pɔʁ/
	imperfect	évaporais /e.va.pɔ.ʁɛ/	évaporais /e.va.pɔ.ʁɛ/	évaporait /e.va.pɔ.ʁɛ/	évaporions /e.va.pɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	évaporiez /e.va.pɔ.ʁje/	évaporaient /e.va.pɔ.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	évaporai /e.va.pɔ.ʁe/	évaporas /e.va.pɔ.ʁa/	évapora /e.va.pɔ.ʁa/	évaporâmes /e.va.pɔ.ʁam/	évaporâtes /e.va.pɔ.ʁat/	évaporèrent /e.va.pɔ.ʁɛʁ/
	future	évaporerai /e.va.pɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	évaporeras /e.va.pɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	évaporera /e.va.pɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	évaporerons /e.va.pɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	évaporerez /e.va.pɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	évaporeront /e.va.pɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	évaporerais /e.va.pɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	évaporerais /e.va.pɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	évaporerait /e.va.pɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	évaporerions /e.va.pɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	évaporeriez /e.va.pɔ.ʁə.ʁje/	évaporeraient /e.va.pɔ.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	évapore /e.va.pɔʁ/	évapores /e.va.pɔʁ/	évapore /e.va.pɔʁ/	évaporions /e.va.pɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	évaporiez /e.va.pɔ.ʁje/	évaporent /e.va.pɔʁ/
	imperfect2	évaporasse /e.va.pɔ.ʁas/	évaporasses /e.va.pɔ.ʁas/	évaporât /e.va.pɔ.ʁa/	évaporassions /e.va.pɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	évaporassiez /e.va.pɔ.ʁa.sje/	évaporassent /e.va.pɔ.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	évapore /e.va.pɔʁ/	—	évaporons /e.va.pɔ.ʁɔ̃/	évaporez /e.va.pɔ.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: 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

• évaporation

Further reading

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