écluser

French

Etymology

écluse +‎ -er

Verb

écluser

1. (nautical, of a vessel) to pass through a lock
2. (informal) to drink; to booze

Conjugation

Conjugation of écluser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	écluser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	éclusant /e.kly.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		éclusé /e.kly.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	écluse /e.klyz/	écluses /e.klyz/	écluse /e.klyz/	éclusons /e.kly.zɔ̃/	éclusez /e.kly.ze/	éclusent /e.klyz/
	imperfect	éclusais /e.kly.zɛ/	éclusais /e.kly.zɛ/	éclusait /e.kly.zɛ/	éclusions /e.kly.zjɔ̃/	éclusiez /e.kly.zje/	éclusaient /e.kly.zɛ/
	past historic2	éclusai /e.kly.ze/	éclusas /e.kly.za/	éclusa /e.kly.za/	éclusâmes /e.kly.zam/	éclusâtes /e.kly.zat/	éclusèrent /e.kly.zɛʁ/
	future	écluserai /e.klyz.ʁe/	écluseras /e.klyz.ʁa/	éclusera /e.klyz.ʁa/	écluserons /e.klyz.ʁɔ̃/	écluserez /e.klyz.ʁe/	écluseront /e.klyz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	écluserais /e.klyz.ʁɛ/	écluserais /e.klyz.ʁɛ/	écluserait /e.klyz.ʁɛ/	écluserions /e.kly.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	écluseriez /e.kly.zə.ʁje/	écluseraient /e.klyz.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	écluse /e.klyz/	écluses /e.klyz/	écluse /e.klyz/	éclusions /e.kly.zjɔ̃/	éclusiez /e.kly.zje/	éclusent /e.klyz/
	imperfect2	éclusasse /e.kly.zas/	éclusasses /e.kly.zas/	éclusât /e.kly.za/	éclusassions /e.kly.za.sjɔ̃/	éclusassiez /e.kly.za.sje/	éclusassent /e.kly.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	écluse /e.klyz/	—	éclusons /e.kly.zɔ̃/	éclusez /e.kly.ze/	—
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).