saluer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French saluer, from Old French saluer, earlier saluder, from Latin salūtāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.lɥe/

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Verb

saluer

1. (transitive) to greet
2. (transitive) to wave to (as a greeting)
3. (transitive) to say goodbye to
4. (military, nautical) to salute
5. (transitive) to salute, pay tribute to; to hail

Conjugation

Conjugation of saluer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	saluer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	saluant /sa.lɥɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		salué /sa.lɥe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	salue /sa.ly/	salues /sa.ly/	salue /sa.ly/	saluons /sa.lɥɔ̃/	saluez /sa.lɥe/	saluent /sa.ly/
	imperfect	saluais /sa.lɥɛ/	saluais /sa.lɥɛ/	saluait /sa.lɥɛ/	saluions /sa.ly.jɔ̃/	saluiez /sa.ly.je/	saluaient /sa.lɥɛ/
	past historic2	saluai /sa.lɥe/	saluas /sa.lɥa/	salua /sa.lɥa/	saluâmes /sa.lɥam/	saluâtes /sa.lɥat/	saluèrent /sa.lɥɛʁ/
	future	saluerai /sa.ly.ʁe/	salueras /sa.ly.ʁa/	saluera /sa.ly.ʁa/	saluerons /sa.ly.ʁɔ̃/	saluerez /sa.ly.ʁe/	salueront /sa.ly.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	saluerais /sa.ly.ʁɛ/	saluerais /sa.ly.ʁɛ/	saluerait /sa.ly.ʁɛ/	saluerions /sa.ly.ʁjɔ̃/	salueriez /sa.ly.ʁje/	salueraient /sa.ly.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	salue /sa.ly/	salues /sa.ly/	salue /sa.ly/	saluions /sa.ly.jɔ̃/	saluiez /sa.ly.je/	saluent /sa.ly/
	imperfect2	saluasse /sa.lɥas/	saluasses /sa.lɥas/	saluât /sa.lɥa/	saluassions /sa.lɥa.sjɔ̃/	saluassiez /sa.lɥa.sje/	saluassent /sa.lɥas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	salue /sa.ly/	—	saluons /sa.lɥɔ̃/	saluez /sa.lɥe/	—
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

• salut

See also

• héler

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• laures, laurés, saleur, salure, saurel

Middle French

Alternative forms

• salluer

Etymology

From Old French saluer, from Latin salūtāre, present active infinitive of salūtō.

Verb

saluer

1. (transitive) to greet

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of saluer

infinitive	simple	saluer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	saluant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		salué
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	salue	salues	salue	saluons	saluez	saluent
	imperfect	saluois, saluoys	saluois, saluoys	saluoit, saluoyt	saluions, saluyons	saluiez, saluyez	saluoient, saluoyent
	past historic	salua	saluas	salua	saluasmes	saluastes	saluerent
	future	saluerai, salueray	salueras	saluera	saluerons	saluerez	salueront
	conditional	saluerois, salueroys	saluerois, salueroys	salueroit, salueroyt	saluerions, salueryons	salueriez, salueryez	salueroient, salueroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	salue	salues	salue	saluons	saluez	saluent
	imperfect	saluasse	saluasses	saluast	saluassions	saluassiez	saluassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	salue	—	saluons	saluez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: saluer

Norman

Etymology

From Old French saluer (“to greet”), from Latin salūtō, salūtāre (“greet, salute”, verb), from salūs (“health, prosperity, wellness”).

Verb

saluer

1. (Jersey) to salute

Old French

Alternative forms

• saluder

Etymology

From earlier saluder, from Latin salūtāre, present active infinitive of salūtō.

Verb

saluer

1. (transitive) to greet

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of saluer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		saluer			avoir salüé
gerund		en saluant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		saluant
past participle		salüé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	salu	salües	salüe	saluons	salüez	salüent
	imperfect	saluoie, salüeie, saluoe, salüeve	saluoies, salüeies, saluoes, salüeves	saluoit, salüeit, saluot, salüeve	saluïiens, saluïens	saluïiez, saluïez	saluoient, salüeient, saluoent, salüevent
	preterite	saluai	saluas	salua	saluames	saluastes	salüerent
	future	salüerai	salüeras	salüera	salüerons	salüeroiz, salüereiz, salüerez	salüeront
	conditional	salüeroie, salüereie	salüeroies, salüereies	salüeroit, salüereit	salüeriiens, salüeriens	salüeriiez, salüeriez	salüeroient, salüereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	salu	salus	salut	saluons	salüez	salüent
	imperfect	saluasse	saluasses	saluast	saluïssons, saluïssiens	saluïssoiz, saluïssez, saluïssiez	saluassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	salüe	—	saluons	salüez	—

Related terms

• salut

Descendants

• Middle French: saluer
  • French: saluer
• Norman: saluer