effectuer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.fɛk.tɥe/

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Verb

effectuer

1. to effect
2. to work out (a calculation)
3. to carry out (an experiment)
4. to execute (an operation)
5. to bring about (reconciliation)
6. to hold (a sale)
7. to accomplish
8. to make (a purchase)
9. to run (some tests)

Conjugation

Conjugation of effectuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	effectuer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	effectuant /e.fɛk.tɥɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		effectué /e.fɛk.tɥe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	effectue /e.fɛk.ty/	effectues /e.fɛk.ty/	effectue /e.fɛk.ty/	effectuons /e.fɛk.tɥɔ̃/	effectuez /e.fɛk.tɥe/	effectuent /e.fɛk.ty/
	imperfect	effectuais /e.fɛk.tɥɛ/	effectuais /e.fɛk.tɥɛ/	effectuait /e.fɛk.tɥɛ/	effectuions /e.fɛk.ty.jɔ̃/	effectuiez /e.fɛk.ty.je/	effectuaient /e.fɛk.tɥɛ/
	past historic2	effectuai /e.fɛk.tɥe/	effectuas /e.fɛk.tɥa/	effectua /e.fɛk.tɥa/	effectuâmes /e.fɛk.tɥam/	effectuâtes /e.fɛk.tɥat/	effectuèrent /e.fɛk.tɥɛʁ/
	future	effectuerai /e.fɛk.ty.ʁe/	effectueras /e.fɛk.ty.ʁa/	effectuera /e.fɛk.ty.ʁa/	effectuerons /e.fɛk.ty.ʁɔ̃/	effectuerez /e.fɛk.ty.ʁe/	effectueront /e.fɛk.ty.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	effectuerais /e.fɛk.ty.ʁɛ/	effectuerais /e.fɛk.ty.ʁɛ/	effectuerait /e.fɛk.ty.ʁɛ/	effectuerions /e.fɛk.ty.ʁjɔ̃/	effectueriez /e.fɛk.ty.ʁje/	effectueraient /e.fɛk.ty.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	effectue /e.fɛk.ty/	effectues /e.fɛk.ty/	effectue /e.fɛk.ty/	effectuions /e.fɛk.ty.jɔ̃/	effectuiez /e.fɛk.ty.je/	effectuent /e.fɛk.ty/
	imperfect2	effectuasse /e.fɛk.tɥas/	effectuasses /e.fɛk.tɥas/	effectuât /e.fɛk.tɥa/	effectuassions /e.fɛk.tɥa.sjɔ̃/	effectuassiez /e.fɛk.tɥa.sje/	effectuassent /e.fɛk.tɥas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	effectue /e.fɛk.ty/	—	effectuons /e.fɛk.tɥɔ̃/	effectuez /e.fɛk.tɥe/	—
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

• effectif
• effectivement
• s’effectuer

Further reading

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

Middle French

Verb

effectuer

1. to execute; to cause to happen

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of effectuer

infinitive	simple	effectuer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	effectuant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		effectué
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	effectue	effectues	effectue	effectuons	effectuez	effectuent
	imperfect	effectuois, effectuoys	effectuois, effectuoys	effectuoit, effectuoyt	effectuions, effectuyons	effectuiez, effectuyez	effectuoient, effectuoyent
	past historic	effectua	effectuas	effectua	effectuasmes	effectuastes	effectuerent
	future	effectuerai, effectueray	effectueras	effectuera	effectuerons	effectuerez	effectueront
	conditional	effectuerois, effectueroys	effectuerois, effectueroys	effectueroit, effectueroyt	effectuerions, effectueryons	effectueriez, effectueryez	effectueroient, effectueroyent
(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	effectue	effectues	effectue	effectuons	effectuez	effectuent
	imperfect	effectuasse	effectuasses	effectuast	effectuassions	effectuassiez	effectuassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	effectue	—	effectuons	effectuez	—
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).