orthographier

French

Etymology

From orthographie +‎ -er ^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fje/ ^[2]
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Verb

orthographier

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Synonym: épeler

Conjugation

Conjugation of orthographier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	orthographier
present participle or gerund¹	simple	orthographiant /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fjɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		orthographié /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	orthographie /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi/	orthographies /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi/	orthographie /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi/	orthographions /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fjɔ̃/	orthographiez /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fje/	orthographient /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi/
	imperfect	orthographiais /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fjɛ/	orthographiais /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fjɛ/	orthographiait /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fjɛ/	orthographiions /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi.jɔ̃/	orthographiiez /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi.je/	orthographiaient /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fjɛ/
	past historic²	orthographiai /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fje/	orthographias /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fja/	orthographia /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fja/	orthographiâmes /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fjam/	orthographiâtes /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fjat/	orthographièrent /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fjɛʁ/
	future	orthographierai /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi.ʁe/	orthographieras /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi.ʁa/	orthographiera /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi.ʁa/	orthographierons /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi.ʁɔ̃/	orthographierez /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi.ʁe/	orthographieront /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	orthographierais /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi.ʁɛ/	orthographierais /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi.ʁɛ/	orthographierait /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi.ʁɛ/	orthographierions /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	orthographieriez /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi.ʁje/	orthographieraient /ɔʁ.tɔ.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	orthographie /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi/	orthographies /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi/	orthographie /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi/	orthographiions /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi.jɔ̃/	orthographiiez /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi.je/	orthographient /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	orthographiasse /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fjas/	orthographiasses /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fjas/	orthographiât /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fja/	orthographiassions /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fja.sjɔ̃/	orthographiassiez /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fja.sje/	orthographiassent /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	orthographie /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi/	—	orthographions /ɔʁ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fjɔ̃/	orthographiez /ɔʁ.tɔ.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).

Related terms

References

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

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

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

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