élaborer

See also: elaborer

French

Etymology

From Latin ēlabōrāre. Cognate with Italian elaborare, Spanish elaborar.

Verb

élaborer

1. to draw up, write up, make up, whip up, put together
2. 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.

3. to elaborate, to work out

Conjugation

Conjugation of élaborer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	élaborer
	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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: 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).

See also

• élaboration

Further reading

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