élucubrer
See also: elucubrer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ēlūcubrāre, present active infinitive of ēlūcubrō.
Pronunciation
Verb
élucubrer
- (transitive, derogatory) to dream up
Conjugation
Conjugation of élucubrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | élucubrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | élucubrant /e.ly.ky.bʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | élucubré /e.ly.ky.bʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | élucubre /e.ly.kybʁ/ |
élucubres /e.ly.kybʁ/ |
élucubre /e.ly.kybʁ/ |
élucubrons /e.ly.ky.bʁɔ̃/ |
élucubrez /e.ly.ky.bʁe/ |
élucubrent /e.ly.kybʁ/ |
| imperfect | élucubrais /e.ly.ky.bʁɛ/ |
élucubrais /e.ly.ky.bʁɛ/ |
élucubrait /e.ly.ky.bʁɛ/ |
élucubrions /e.ly.ky.bʁi.jɔ̃/ |
élucubriez /e.ly.ky.bʁi.je/ |
élucubraient /e.ly.ky.bʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | élucubrai /e.ly.ky.bʁe/ |
élucubras /e.ly.ky.bʁa/ |
élucubra /e.ly.ky.bʁa/ |
élucubrâmes /e.ly.ky.bʁam/ |
élucubrâtes /e.ly.ky.bʁat/ |
élucubrèrent /e.ly.ky.bʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | élucubrerai /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁe/ |
élucubreras /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁa/ |
élucubrera /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁa/ |
élucubrerons /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
élucubrerez /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁe/ |
élucubreront /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | élucubrerais /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɛ/ |
élucubrerais /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɛ/ |
élucubrerait /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɛ/ |
élucubrerions /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
élucubreriez /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁje/ |
élucubreraient /e.ly.ky.bʁə.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 | élucubre /e.ly.kybʁ/ |
élucubres /e.ly.kybʁ/ |
élucubre /e.ly.kybʁ/ |
élucubrions /e.ly.ky.bʁi.jɔ̃/ |
élucubriez /e.ly.ky.bʁi.je/ |
élucubrent /e.ly.kybʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | élucubrasse /e.ly.ky.bʁas/ |
élucubrasses /e.ly.ky.bʁas/ |
élucubrât /e.ly.ky.bʁa/ |
élucubrassions /e.ly.ky.bʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
élucubrassiez /e.ly.ky.bʁa.sje/ |
élucubrassent /e.ly.ky.bʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | élucubre /e.ly.kybʁ/ |
— | élucubrons /e.ly.ky.bʁɔ̃/ |
élucubrez /e.ly.ky.bʁe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “élucubrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.