dessaler

French

Etymology

From dés- +‎ saler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.sa.le/

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Verb

dessaler

1. to desalt

Conjugation

Conjugation of dessaler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	dessaler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	dessalant /de.sa.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		dessalé /de.sa.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	dessale /de.sal/	dessales /de.sal/	dessale /de.sal/	dessalons /de.sa.lɔ̃/	dessalez /de.sa.le/	dessalent /de.sal/
	imperfect	dessalais /de.sa.lɛ/	dessalais /de.sa.lɛ/	dessalait /de.sa.lɛ/	dessalions /de.sa.ljɔ̃/	dessaliez /de.sa.lje/	dessalaient /de.sa.lɛ/
	past historic2	dessalai /de.sa.le/	dessalas /de.sa.la/	dessala /de.sa.la/	dessalâmes /de.sa.lam/	dessalâtes /de.sa.lat/	dessalèrent /de.sa.lɛʁ/
	future	dessalerai /de.sal.ʁe/	dessaleras /de.sal.ʁa/	dessalera /de.sal.ʁa/	dessalerons /de.sal.ʁɔ̃/	dessalerez /de.sal.ʁe/	dessaleront /de.sal.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	dessalerais /de.sal.ʁɛ/	dessalerais /de.sal.ʁɛ/	dessalerait /de.sal.ʁɛ/	dessalerions /de.sa.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	dessaleriez /de.sa.lə.ʁje/	dessaleraient /de.sal.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	dessale /de.sal/	dessales /de.sal/	dessale /de.sal/	dessalions /de.sa.ljɔ̃/	dessaliez /de.sa.lje/	dessalent /de.sal/
	imperfect2	dessalasse /de.sa.las/	dessalasses /de.sa.las/	dessalât /de.sa.la/	dessalassions /de.sa.la.sjɔ̃/	dessalassiez /de.sa.la.sje/	dessalassent /de.sa.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	dessale /de.sal/	—	dessalons /de.sa.lɔ̃/	dessalez /de.sa.le/	—
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

• saler

Further reading

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