calligraphier

French

Etymology

From calligraphie +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.li.ɡʁa.fje/

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Verb

calligraphier

1. (transitive) to calligraph

Conjugation

Conjugation of calligraphier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	calligraphier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	calligraphiant /ka.li.ɡʁa.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		calligraphié /ka.li.ɡʁa.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	calligraphie /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi/	calligraphies /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi/	calligraphie /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi/	calligraphions /ka.li.ɡʁa.fjɔ̃/	calligraphiez /ka.li.ɡʁa.fje/	calligraphient /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi/
	imperfect	calligraphiais /ka.li.ɡʁa.fjɛ/	calligraphiais /ka.li.ɡʁa.fjɛ/	calligraphiait /ka.li.ɡʁa.fjɛ/	calligraphiions /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi.jɔ̃/	calligraphiiez /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi.je/	calligraphiaient /ka.li.ɡʁa.fjɛ/
	past historic2	calligraphiai /ka.li.ɡʁa.fje/	calligraphias /ka.li.ɡʁa.fja/	calligraphia /ka.li.ɡʁa.fja/	calligraphiâmes /ka.li.ɡʁa.fjam/	calligraphiâtes /ka.li.ɡʁa.fjat/	calligraphièrent /ka.li.ɡʁa.fjɛʁ/
	future	calligraphierai /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi.ʁe/	calligraphieras /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi.ʁa/	calligraphiera /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi.ʁa/	calligraphierons /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi.ʁɔ̃/	calligraphierez /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi.ʁe/	calligraphieront /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	calligraphierais /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi.ʁɛ/	calligraphierais /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi.ʁɛ/	calligraphierait /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi.ʁɛ/	calligraphierions /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	calligraphieriez /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi.ʁje/	calligraphieraient /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi.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	calligraphie /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi/	calligraphies /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi/	calligraphie /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi/	calligraphiions /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi.jɔ̃/	calligraphiiez /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi.je/	calligraphient /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi/
	imperfect2	calligraphiasse /ka.li.ɡʁa.fjas/	calligraphiasses /ka.li.ɡʁa.fjas/	calligraphiât /ka.li.ɡʁa.fja/	calligraphiassions /ka.li.ɡʁa.fja.sjɔ̃/	calligraphiassiez /ka.li.ɡʁa.fja.sje/	calligraphiassent /ka.li.ɡʁa.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	calligraphie /ka.li.ɡʁa.fi/	—	calligraphions /ka.li.ɡʁa.fjɔ̃/	calligraphiez /ka.li.ɡʁa.fje/	—
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

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