élaguer

French

Etymology

Probably of Germanic origin, compare Old Norse laga (“to prepare”) as well as Dutch lalten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.la.ɡe/

Verb

élaguer

1. to prune (trim a tree or shrub)

   Synonym: émonder

Conjugation

Conjugation of élaguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	élaguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	élaguant /e.la.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		élagué /e.la.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	élague /e.laɡ/	élagues /e.laɡ/	élague /e.laɡ/	élaguons /e.la.ɡɔ̃/	élaguez /e.la.ɡe/	élaguent /e.laɡ/
	imperfect	élaguais /e.la.ɡɛ/	élaguais /e.la.ɡɛ/	élaguait /e.la.ɡɛ/	élaguions /e.la.ɡjɔ̃/	élaguiez /e.la.ɡje/	élaguaient /e.la.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	élaguai /e.la.ɡe/	élaguas /e.la.ɡa/	élagua /e.la.ɡa/	élaguâmes /e.la.ɡam/	élaguâtes /e.la.ɡat/	élaguèrent /e.la.ɡɛʁ/
	future	élaguerai /e.la.ɡʁe/	élagueras /e.la.ɡʁa/	élaguera /e.la.ɡʁa/	élaguerons /e.la.ɡʁɔ̃/	élaguerez /e.la.ɡʁe/	élagueront /e.la.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	élaguerais /e.la.ɡʁɛ/	élaguerais /e.la.ɡʁɛ/	élaguerait /e.la.ɡʁɛ/	élaguerions /e.la.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	élagueriez /e.la.ɡə.ʁje/	élagueraient /e.la.ɡʁɛ/
(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	élague /e.laɡ/	élagues /e.laɡ/	élague /e.laɡ/	élaguions /e.la.ɡjɔ̃/	élaguiez /e.la.ɡje/	élaguent /e.laɡ/
	imperfect2	élaguasse /e.la.ɡas/	élaguasses /e.la.ɡas/	élaguât /e.la.ɡa/	élaguassions /e.la.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	élaguassiez /e.la.ɡa.sje/	élaguassent /e.la.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	élague /e.laɡ/	—	élaguons /e.la.ɡɔ̃/	élaguez /e.la.ɡe/	—
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).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• léguera