élargir
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French eslargir. By surface analysis, é- + large + -ir.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]élargir
Conjugation
[edit]This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of élargir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | élargir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | élargissant /e.laʁ.ʒi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | élargi /e.laʁ.ʒi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | élargis /e.laʁ.ʒi/ |
élargis /e.laʁ.ʒi/ |
élargit /e.laʁ.ʒi/ |
élargissons /e.laʁ.ʒi.sɔ̃/ |
élargissez /e.laʁ.ʒi.se/ |
élargissent /e.laʁ.ʒis/ |
| imperfect | élargissais /e.laʁ.ʒi.sɛ/ |
élargissais /e.laʁ.ʒi.sɛ/ |
élargissait /e.laʁ.ʒi.sɛ/ |
élargissions /e.laʁ.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
élargissiez /e.laʁ.ʒi.sje/ |
élargissaient /e.laʁ.ʒi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | élargis /e.laʁ.ʒi/ |
élargis /e.laʁ.ʒi/ |
élargit /e.laʁ.ʒi/ |
élargîmes /e.laʁ.ʒim/ |
élargîtes /e.laʁ.ʒit/ |
élargirent /e.laʁ.ʒiʁ/ | |
| future | élargirai /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁe/ |
élargiras /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁa/ |
élargira /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁa/ |
élargirons /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ |
élargirez /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁe/ |
élargiront /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | élargirais /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
élargirais /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
élargirait /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
élargirions /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
élargiriez /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁje/ |
élargiraient /e.laʁ.ʒi.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 | élargisse /e.laʁ.ʒis/ |
élargisses /e.laʁ.ʒis/ |
élargisse /e.laʁ.ʒis/ |
élargissions /e.laʁ.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
élargissiez /e.laʁ.ʒi.sje/ |
élargissent /e.laʁ.ʒis/ |
| imperfect2 | élargisse /e.laʁ.ʒis/ |
élargisses /e.laʁ.ʒis/ |
élargît /e.laʁ.ʒi/ |
élargissions /e.laʁ.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
élargissiez /e.laʁ.ʒi.sje/ |
élargissent /e.laʁ.ʒis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | élargis /e.laʁ.ʒi/ |
— | élargissons /e.laʁ.ʒi.sɔ̃/ |
élargissez /e.laʁ.ʒi.se/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “élargir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.