irriguer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin irrigāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ʁi.ɡe/

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Verb

irriguer

1. to irrigate

Conjugation

Conjugation of irriguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	irriguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	irriguant /i.ʁi.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		irrigué /i.ʁi.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	irrigue /i.ʁiɡ/	irrigues /i.ʁiɡ/	irrigue /i.ʁiɡ/	irriguons /i.ʁi.ɡɔ̃/	irriguez /i.ʁi.ɡe/	irriguent /i.ʁiɡ/
	imperfect	irriguais /i.ʁi.ɡɛ/	irriguais /i.ʁi.ɡɛ/	irriguait /i.ʁi.ɡɛ/	irriguions /i.ʁi.ɡjɔ̃/	irriguiez /i.ʁi.ɡje/	irriguaient /i.ʁi.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	irriguai /i.ʁi.ɡe/	irriguas /i.ʁi.ɡa/	irrigua /i.ʁi.ɡa/	irriguâmes /i.ʁi.ɡam/	irriguâtes /i.ʁi.ɡat/	irriguèrent /i.ʁi.ɡɛʁ/
	future	irriguerai /i.ʁi.ɡʁe/	irrigueras /i.ʁi.ɡʁa/	irriguera /i.ʁi.ɡʁa/	irriguerons /i.ʁi.ɡʁɔ̃/	irriguerez /i.ʁi.ɡʁe/	irrigueront /i.ʁi.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	irriguerais /i.ʁi.ɡʁɛ/	irriguerais /i.ʁi.ɡʁɛ/	irriguerait /i.ʁi.ɡʁɛ/	irriguerions /i.ʁi.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	irrigueriez /i.ʁi.ɡə.ʁje/	irrigueraient /i.ʁi.ɡʁɛ/
(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	irrigue /i.ʁiɡ/	irrigues /i.ʁiɡ/	irrigue /i.ʁiɡ/	irriguions /i.ʁi.ɡjɔ̃/	irriguiez /i.ʁi.ɡje/	irriguent /i.ʁiɡ/
	imperfect2	irriguasse /i.ʁi.ɡas/	irriguasses /i.ʁi.ɡas/	irriguât /i.ʁi.ɡa/	irriguassions /i.ʁi.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	irriguassiez /i.ʁi.ɡa.sje/	irriguassent /i.ʁi.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	irrigue /i.ʁiɡ/	—	irriguons /i.ʁi.ɡɔ̃/	irriguez /i.ʁi.ɡe/	—
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

• irrigable
• irrigation

Further reading

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