calibrer

French

Etymology

From Italian calibrare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.li.bʁe/

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Verb

calibrer

1. to calibrate
2. to grade

Conjugation

Conjugation of calibrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	calibrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	calibrant /ka.li.bʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		calibré /ka.li.bʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	calibre /ka.libʁ/	calibres /ka.libʁ/	calibre /ka.libʁ/	calibrons /ka.li.bʁɔ̃/	calibrez /ka.li.bʁe/	calibrent /ka.libʁ/
	imperfect	calibrais /ka.li.bʁɛ/	calibrais /ka.li.bʁɛ/	calibrait /ka.li.bʁɛ/	calibrions /ka.li.bʁi.jɔ̃/	calibriez /ka.li.bʁi.je/	calibraient /ka.li.bʁɛ/
	past historic2	calibrai /ka.li.bʁe/	calibras /ka.li.bʁa/	calibra /ka.li.bʁa/	calibrâmes /ka.li.bʁam/	calibrâtes /ka.li.bʁat/	calibrèrent /ka.li.bʁɛʁ/
	future	calibrerai /ka.li.bʁə.ʁe/	calibreras /ka.li.bʁə.ʁa/	calibrera /ka.li.bʁə.ʁa/	calibrerons /ka.li.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/	calibrerez /ka.li.bʁə.ʁe/	calibreront /ka.li.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	calibrerais /ka.li.bʁə.ʁɛ/	calibrerais /ka.li.bʁə.ʁɛ/	calibrerait /ka.li.bʁə.ʁɛ/	calibrerions /ka.li.bʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	calibreriez /ka.li.bʁə.ʁje/	calibreraient /ka.li.bʁə.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	calibre /ka.libʁ/	calibres /ka.libʁ/	calibre /ka.libʁ/	calibrions /ka.li.bʁi.jɔ̃/	calibriez /ka.li.bʁi.je/	calibrent /ka.libʁ/
	imperfect2	calibrasse /ka.li.bʁas/	calibrasses /ka.li.bʁas/	calibrât /ka.li.bʁa/	calibrassions /ka.li.bʁa.sjɔ̃/	calibrassiez /ka.li.bʁa.sje/	calibrassent /ka.li.bʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	calibre /ka.libʁ/	—	calibrons /ka.li.bʁɔ̃/	calibrez /ka.li.bʁe/	—
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

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