éclore

French

Etymology

é- +‎ clore.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /e.klɔʁ/, X-SAMPA: /e.klOR@/

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Verb

éclore

1. To hatch (for an egg)
2. To bloom (for a flower)
3. (figuratively) To hatch (to start, to begin existence)

Conjugation

This verb is not conjugated in certain tenses.

   Conjugation of éclore (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		éclore			avoir éclos
gerund		en éclosant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		éclosant
past participle		éclos
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	éclos	éclos	éclôt	—	—	éclosent
	imperfect	—	—	—	—	—	—
	past historic1	—	—	—	—	—	—
	future	éclorai	écloras	éclora	éclorons	éclorez	écloront
	conditional	éclorais	éclorais	éclorait	éclorions	écloriez	écloraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	éclose	écloses	éclose	éclosions	éclosiez	éclosent
	imperfect1	—	—	—	—	—	—
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	éclos	—	—	—	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

• éclosion

Related terms

• clore
• déclore

Anagrams

• colère, créole