occlure

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occludere.

Pronunciation

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Verb

occlure

1. to occlude

Conjugation

This verb is one of a few verbs in -clure where the past participle is in -us(e) instead of -u(e).

Conjugation of occlure (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	occlure
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	occluant /ɔ.kly.ɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		occlus /ɔ.kly/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	occlus /ɔ.kly/	occlus /ɔ.kly/	occlut /ɔ.kly/	occluons /ɔ.kly.ɔ̃/	occluez /ɔ.kly.e/	occluent /ɔ.kly/
	imperfect	occluais /ɔ.kly.ɛ/	occluais /ɔ.kly.ɛ/	occluait /ɔ.kly.ɛ/	occluions /ɔ.kly.jɔ̃/	occluiez /ɔ.kly.je/	occluaient /ɔ.kly.ɛ/
	past historic2	occlus /ɔ.kly/	occlus /ɔ.kly/	occlut /ɔ.kly/	occlûmes /ɔ.klym/	occlûtes /ɔ.klyt/	occlurent /ɔ.klyʁ/
	future	occlurai /ɔ.kly.ʁe/	occluras /ɔ.kly.ʁa/	occlura /ɔ.kly.ʁa/	occlurons /ɔ.kly.ʁɔ̃/	occlurez /ɔ.kly.ʁe/	occluront /ɔ.kly.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	occlurais /ɔ.kly.ʁɛ/	occlurais /ɔ.kly.ʁɛ/	occlurait /ɔ.kly.ʁɛ/	occlurions /ɔ.kly.ʁjɔ̃/	occluriez /ɔ.kly.ʁje/	occluraient /ɔ.kly.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	occlue /ɔ.kly/	occlues /ɔ.kly/	occlue /ɔ.kly/	occluions /ɔ.kly.jɔ̃/	occluiez /ɔ.kly.je/	occluent /ɔ.kly/
	imperfect2	occlusse /ɔ.klys/	occlusses /ɔ.klys/	occlût /ɔ.kly/	occlussions /ɔ.kly.sjɔ̃/	occlussiez /ɔ.kly.sje/	occlussent /ɔ.klys/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	occlus /ɔ.kly/	—	occluons /ɔ.kly.ɔ̃/	occluez /ɔ.kly.e/	—
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

• occlusion

Further reading

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