parachever

French

Etymology

From par- +‎ achever.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁaʃ.ve/

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Verb

parachever

1. (transitive) to complete, finalize, perfect

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il parachève and the third-person singular future indicative il parachèvera.

Conjugation of parachever (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	parachever
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	parachevant /pa.ʁaʃ.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		parachevé /pa.ʁaʃ.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	parachève /pa.ʁa.ʃɛv/	parachèves /pa.ʁa.ʃɛv/	parachève /pa.ʁa.ʃɛv/	parachevons /pa.ʁaʃ.vɔ̃/	parachevez /pa.ʁaʃ.ve/	parachèvent /pa.ʁa.ʃɛv/
	imperfect	parachevais /pa.ʁaʃ.vɛ/	parachevais /pa.ʁaʃ.vɛ/	parachevait /pa.ʁaʃ.vɛ/	parachevions /pa.ʁa.ʃə.vjɔ̃/	paracheviez /pa.ʁa.ʃə.vje/	parachevaient /pa.ʁaʃ.vɛ/
	past historic2	parachevai /pa.ʁaʃ.ve/	parachevas /pa.ʁaʃ.va/	paracheva /pa.ʁaʃ.va/	parachevâmes /pa.ʁaʃ.vam/	parachevâtes /pa.ʁaʃ.vat/	parachevèrent /pa.ʁaʃ.vɛʁ/
	future	parachèverai /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.vʁe/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.vʁe/	parachèveras /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.vʁa/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.vʁa/	parachèvera /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.vʁa/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.vʁa/	parachèverons /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.vʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.vʁɔ̃/	parachèverez /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.vʁe/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.vʁe/	parachèveront /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.vʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	parachèverais /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.vʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.vʁɛ/	parachèverais /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.vʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.vʁɛ/	parachèverait /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.vʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.vʁɛ/	parachèverions /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.və.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.və.ʁjɔ̃/	parachèveriez /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.və.ʁje/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.və.ʁje/	parachèveraient /pa.ʁa.ʃɛ.vʁɛ/ or /pa.ʁa.ʃe.vʁɛ/
(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	parachève /pa.ʁa.ʃɛv/	parachèves /pa.ʁa.ʃɛv/	parachève /pa.ʁa.ʃɛv/	parachevions /pa.ʁa.ʃə.vjɔ̃/	paracheviez /pa.ʁa.ʃə.vje/	parachèvent /pa.ʁa.ʃɛv/
	imperfect2	parachevasse /pa.ʁaʃ.vas/	parachevasses /pa.ʁaʃ.vas/	parachevât /pa.ʁaʃ.va/	parachevassions /pa.ʁaʃ.va.sjɔ̃/	parachevassiez /pa.ʁaʃ.va.sje/	parachevassent /pa.ʁaʃ.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	parachève /pa.ʁa.ʃɛv/	—	parachevons /pa.ʁaʃ.vɔ̃/	parachevez /pa.ʁaʃ.ve/	—
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).

Derived terms

• parachèvement

Further reading

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