consolider

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsolidāre, cōnsolidō. Compare the simple verb souder, which was inherited through Old French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.de/

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Verb

consolider

1. (transitive) to consolidate (make more solid)
2. (finance) to consolidate

Conjugation

Conjugation of consolider (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	consolider
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	consolidant /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		consolidé /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	consolide /kɔ̃.sɔ.lid/	consolides /kɔ̃.sɔ.lid/	consolide /kɔ̃.sɔ.lid/	consolidons /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.dɔ̃/	consolidez /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.de/	consolident /kɔ̃.sɔ.lid/
	imperfect	consolidais /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.dɛ/	consolidais /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.dɛ/	consolidait /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.dɛ/	consolidions /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.djɔ̃/	consolidiez /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.dje/	consolidaient /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.dɛ/
	past historic2	consolidai /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.de/	consolidas /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.da/	consolida /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.da/	consolidâmes /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.dam/	consolidâtes /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.dat/	consolidèrent /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.dɛʁ/
	future	consoliderai /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.dʁe/	consolideras /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.dʁa/	consolidera /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.dʁa/	consoliderons /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.dʁɔ̃/	consoliderez /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.dʁe/	consolideront /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	consoliderais /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.dʁɛ/	consoliderais /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.dʁɛ/	consoliderait /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.dʁɛ/	consoliderions /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.də.ʁjɔ̃/	consolideriez /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.də.ʁje/	consolideraient /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.dʁɛ/
(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	consolide /kɔ̃.sɔ.lid/	consolides /kɔ̃.sɔ.lid/	consolide /kɔ̃.sɔ.lid/	consolidions /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.djɔ̃/	consolidiez /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.dje/	consolident /kɔ̃.sɔ.lid/
	imperfect2	consolidasse /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.das/	consolidasses /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.das/	consolidât /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.da/	consolidassions /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.da.sjɔ̃/	consolidassiez /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.da.sje/	consolidassent /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	consolide /kɔ̃.sɔ.lid/	—	consolidons /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.dɔ̃/	consolidez /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.de/	—
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

• consolidation

Descendants

• → Polish: konsolidować

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

cōnsolider

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cōnsolidō