échelonner

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From échelon +‎ -er. Originally military.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /eʃ.lɔ.ne/, /ɛʃ.lɔ.ne/
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Verb[edit]

échelonner

  1. (transitive, military) to position (people, objects, etc.) at intervals
  2. (transitive) to space (something) out
  3. (transitive) to spread, stagger (payments, etc.)

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of échelonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple échelonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple échelonnant
/eʃ.lɔ.nɑ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle échelonné
/eʃ.lɔ.ne/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present échelonne
/eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/ 		échelonnes
/eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/ 		échelonne
/eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/ 		échelonnons
/eʃ.lɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɔ̃/ 		échelonnez
/eʃ.lɔ.ne/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.ne/ 		échelonnent
/eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/
imperfect échelonnais
/eʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ 		échelonnais
/eʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ 		échelonnait
/eʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ 		échelonnions
/eʃ.lɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.njɔ̃/ 		échelonniez
/eʃ.lɔ.nje/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nje/ 		échelonnaient
/eʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 échelonnai
/eʃ.lɔ.ne/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.ne/ 		échelonnas
/eʃ.lɔ.na/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.na/ 		échelonna
/eʃ.lɔ.na/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.na/ 		échelonnâmes
/eʃ.lɔ.nam/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nam/ 		échelonnâtes
/eʃ.lɔ.nat/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nat/ 		échelonnèrent
/eʃ.lɔ.nɛʁ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɛʁ/
future échelonnerai
/eʃ.lɔn.ʁe/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁe/ 		échelonneras
/eʃ.lɔn.ʁa/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁa/ 		échelonnera
/eʃ.lɔn.ʁa/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁa/ 		échelonnerons
/eʃ.lɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁɔ̃/ 		échelonnerez
/eʃ.lɔn.ʁe/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁe/ 		échelonneront
/eʃ.lɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional échelonnerais
/eʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/ 		échelonnerais
/eʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/ 		échelonnerait
/eʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/ 		échelonnerions
/eʃ.lɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		échelonneriez
/eʃ.lɔ.nə.ʁje/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nə.ʁje/ 		échelonneraient
/eʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.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 échelonne
/eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/ 		échelonnes
/eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/ 		échelonne
/eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/ 		échelonnions
/eʃ.lɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.njɔ̃/ 		échelonniez
/eʃ.lɔ.nje/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nje/ 		échelonnent
/eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/
imperfect2 échelonnasse
/eʃ.lɔ.nas/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nas/ 		échelonnasses
/eʃ.lɔ.nas/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nas/ 		échelonnât
/eʃ.lɔ.na/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.na/ 		échelonnassions
/eʃ.lɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		échelonnassiez
/eʃ.lɔ.na.sje/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.na.sje/ 		échelonnassent
/eʃ.lɔ.nas/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — échelonne
/eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/ 		— échelonnons
/eʃ.lɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɔ̃/ 		échelonnez
/eʃ.lɔ.ne/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.ne/ 		—
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).

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