idolâtrer

French

Etymology

idolâtre +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.dɔ.la.tʁe/ ~ /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁe/

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Verb

idolâtrer

1. to idolize; to worship (treat as an idol)

Conjugation

Conjugation of idolâtrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	idolâtrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	idolâtrant /i.dɔ.la.tʁɑ̃/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		idolâtré /i.dɔ.la.tʁe/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	idolâtre /i.dɔ.latʁ/ or /i.dɔ.lɑtʁ/	idolâtres /i.dɔ.latʁ/ or /i.dɔ.lɑtʁ/	idolâtre /i.dɔ.latʁ/ or /i.dɔ.lɑtʁ/	idolâtrons /i.dɔ.la.tʁɔ̃/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁɔ̃/	idolâtrez /i.dɔ.la.tʁe/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁe/	idolâtrent /i.dɔ.latʁ/ or /i.dɔ.lɑtʁ/
	imperfect	idolâtrais /i.dɔ.la.tʁɛ/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁɛ/	idolâtrais /i.dɔ.la.tʁɛ/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁɛ/	idolâtrait /i.dɔ.la.tʁɛ/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁɛ/	idolâtrions /i.dɔ.la.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁi.jɔ̃/	idolâtriez /i.dɔ.la.tʁi.je/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁi.je/	idolâtraient /i.dɔ.la.tʁɛ/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁɛ/
	past historic2	idolâtrai /i.dɔ.la.tʁe/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁe/	idolâtras /i.dɔ.la.tʁa/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁa/	idolâtra /i.dɔ.la.tʁa/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁa/	idolâtrâmes /i.dɔ.la.tʁam/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁam/	idolâtrâtes /i.dɔ.la.tʁat/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁat/	idolâtrèrent /i.dɔ.la.tʁɛʁ/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁɛʁ/
	future	idolâtrerai /i.dɔ.la.tʁə.ʁe/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁe/	idolâtreras /i.dɔ.la.tʁə.ʁa/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁa/	idolâtrera /i.dɔ.la.tʁə.ʁa/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁa/	idolâtrerons /i.dɔ.la.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/	idolâtrerez /i.dɔ.la.tʁə.ʁe/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁe/	idolâtreront /i.dɔ.la.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	idolâtrerais /i.dɔ.la.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/	idolâtrerais /i.dɔ.la.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/	idolâtrerait /i.dɔ.la.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/	idolâtrerions /i.dɔ.la.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	idolâtreriez /i.dɔ.la.tʁə.ʁje/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁə.ʁje/	idolâtreraient /i.dɔ.la.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁə.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	idolâtre /i.dɔ.latʁ/ or /i.dɔ.lɑtʁ/	idolâtres /i.dɔ.latʁ/ or /i.dɔ.lɑtʁ/	idolâtre /i.dɔ.latʁ/ or /i.dɔ.lɑtʁ/	idolâtrions /i.dɔ.la.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁi.jɔ̃/	idolâtriez /i.dɔ.la.tʁi.je/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁi.je/	idolâtrent /i.dɔ.latʁ/ or /i.dɔ.lɑtʁ/
	imperfect2	idolâtrasse /i.dɔ.la.tʁas/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁas/	idolâtrasses /i.dɔ.la.tʁas/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁas/	idolâtrât /i.dɔ.la.tʁa/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁa/	idolâtrassions /i.dɔ.la.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁa.sjɔ̃/	idolâtrassiez /i.dɔ.la.tʁa.sje/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁa.sje/	idolâtrassent /i.dɔ.la.tʁas/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	idolâtre /i.dɔ.latʁ/ or /i.dɔ.lɑtʁ/	—	idolâtrons /i.dɔ.la.tʁɔ̃/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁɔ̃/	idolâtrez /i.dɔ.la.tʁe/ or /i.dɔ.lɑ.tʁe/	—
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

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