élaborer
See also: elaborer
French
Etymology
From Latin ēlabōrāre. Cognate with Italian elaborare, Spanish elaborar.
Verb
élaborer
- to draw up, write up, make up, whip up, put together
- to process farther, to produce, to develop, to metabolize
- Le embryon élabore une hormone […] ― The embry metabolizes a hormone […]
- Le cœur possède la puissance première d’élaborer le sang. ― The heart has the prime power of processing the blood.
- to elaborate, to work out
Conjugation
Conjugation of élaborer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | élaborer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | élaborant /e.la.bɔ.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | élaboré /e.la.bɔ.ʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | élabore /e.la.bɔʁ/ |
élabores /e.la.bɔʁ/ |
élabore /e.la.bɔʁ/ |
élaborons /e.la.bɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
élaborez /e.la.bɔ.ʁe/ |
élaborent /e.la.bɔʁ/ |
imperfect | élaborais /e.la.bɔ.ʁɛ/ |
élaborais /e.la.bɔ.ʁɛ/ |
élaborait /e.la.bɔ.ʁɛ/ |
élaborions /e.la.bɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
élaboriez /e.la.bɔ.ʁje/ |
élaboraient /e.la.bɔ.ʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | élaborai /e.la.bɔ.ʁe/ |
élaboras /e.la.bɔ.ʁa/ |
élabora /e.la.bɔ.ʁa/ |
élaborâmes /e.la.bɔ.ʁam/ |
élaborâtes /e.la.bɔ.ʁat/ |
élaborèrent /e.la.bɔ.ʁɛʁ/ | |
future | élaborerai /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
élaboreras /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
élaborera /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
élaborerons /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
élaborerez /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
élaboreront /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | élaborerais /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
élaborerais /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
élaborerait /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
élaborerions /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
élaboreriez /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁje/ |
élaboreraient /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.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 | élabore /e.la.bɔʁ/ |
élabores /e.la.bɔʁ/ |
élabore /e.la.bɔʁ/ |
élaborions /e.la.bɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
élaboriez /e.la.bɔ.ʁje/ |
élaborent /e.la.bɔʁ/ |
imperfect2 | élaborasse /e.la.bɔ.ʁas/ |
élaborasses /e.la.bɔ.ʁas/ |
élaborât /e.la.bɔ.ʁa/ |
élaborassions /e.la.bɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
élaborassiez /e.la.bɔ.ʁa.sje/ |
élaborassent /e.la.bɔ.ʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | élabore /e.la.bɔʁ/ |
— | élaborons /e.la.bɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
élaborez /e.la.bɔ.ʁe/ |
— | |
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
See also
Further reading
- “élaborer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.