souligner

French

Etymology

From sous +‎ ligne +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.li.ɲe/

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Verb

souligner

1. (transitive) to underscore, to underline (draw a line under)
2. (transitive) to highlight, to emphasize (put emphasis on)

   Synonyms: mettre en relief, mettre en évidence

Conjugation

Conjugation of souligner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	souligner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	soulignant /su.li.ɲɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		souligné /su.li.ɲe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	souligne /su.liɲ/	soulignes /su.liɲ/	souligne /su.liɲ/	soulignons /su.li.ɲɔ̃/	soulignez /su.li.ɲe/	soulignent /su.liɲ/
	imperfect	soulignais /su.li.ɲɛ/	soulignais /su.li.ɲɛ/	soulignait /su.li.ɲɛ/	soulignions /su.li.ɲjɔ̃/	souligniez /su.li.ɲje/	soulignaient /su.li.ɲɛ/
	past historic2	soulignai /su.li.ɲe/	soulignas /su.li.ɲa/	souligna /su.li.ɲa/	soulignâmes /su.li.ɲam/	soulignâtes /su.li.ɲat/	soulignèrent /su.li.ɲɛʁ/
	future	soulignerai /su.li.ɲə.ʁe/	souligneras /su.li.ɲə.ʁa/	soulignera /su.li.ɲə.ʁa/	soulignerons /su.li.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/	soulignerez /su.li.ɲə.ʁe/	souligneront /su.li.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	soulignerais /su.li.ɲə.ʁɛ/	soulignerais /su.li.ɲə.ʁɛ/	soulignerait /su.li.ɲə.ʁɛ/	soulignerions /su.li.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/	souligneriez /su.li.ɲə.ʁje/	souligneraient /su.li.ɲə.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	souligne /su.liɲ/	soulignes /su.liɲ/	souligne /su.liɲ/	soulignions /su.li.ɲjɔ̃/	souligniez /su.li.ɲje/	soulignent /su.liɲ/
	imperfect2	soulignasse /su.li.ɲas/	soulignasses /su.li.ɲas/	soulignât /su.li.ɲa/	soulignassions /su.li.ɲa.sjɔ̃/	soulignassiez /su.li.ɲa.sje/	soulignassent /su.li.ɲas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	souligne /su.liɲ/	—	soulignons /su.li.ɲɔ̃/	soulignez /su.li.ɲe/	—
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).

See also

• surligner

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• lugerions, régulions