évaser

French

Etymology

From earlier esvaser, from é- +‎ vase +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

évaser (transitive)

1. to widen, open out or splay
2. to flare

Conjugation

Conjugation of évaser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	évaser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	évasant /e.va.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		évasé /e.va.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	évase /e.vaz/	évases /e.vaz/	évase /e.vaz/	évasons /e.va.zɔ̃/	évasez /e.va.ze/	évasent /e.vaz/
	imperfect	évasais /e.va.zɛ/	évasais /e.va.zɛ/	évasait /e.va.zɛ/	évasions /e.va.zjɔ̃/	évasiez /e.va.zje/	évasaient /e.va.zɛ/
	past historic2	évasai /e.va.ze/	évasas /e.va.za/	évasa /e.va.za/	évasâmes /e.va.zam/	évasâtes /e.va.zat/	évasèrent /e.va.zɛʁ/
	future	évaserai /e.vaz.ʁe/	évaseras /e.vaz.ʁa/	évasera /e.vaz.ʁa/	évaserons /e.vaz.ʁɔ̃/	évaserez /e.vaz.ʁe/	évaseront /e.vaz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	évaserais /e.vaz.ʁɛ/	évaserais /e.vaz.ʁɛ/	évaserait /e.vaz.ʁɛ/	évaserions /e.va.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	évaseriez /e.va.zə.ʁje/	évaseraient /e.vaz.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	évase /e.vaz/	évases /e.vaz/	évase /e.vaz/	évasions /e.va.zjɔ̃/	évasiez /e.va.zje/	évasent /e.vaz/
	imperfect2	évasasse /e.va.zas/	évasasses /e.va.zas/	évasât /e.va.za/	évasassions /e.va.za.sjɔ̃/	évasassiez /e.va.za.sje/	évasassent /e.va.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	évase /e.vaz/	—	évasons /e.va.zɔ̃/	évasez /e.va.ze/	—
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

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