éclater
French
Etymology
From Old French esclater, of Germanic origin, from Old High German skleizan or Frankish *slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to tear apart”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.kla.te/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -e
- Homophones: éclatai, éclaté, éclatée, éclatées, éclatés, éclatez
Verb
éclater
- to burst; to break, to shatter
- to boom (make a loud noise)
- (literary) to appear
- (literally or figuratively) to shine
- (informal, reflexive) to party; to have a great time, to have a ball
Conjugation
Conjugation of éclater (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | éclater | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | éclatant /e.kla.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | éclaté /e.kla.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | éclate /e.klat/ |
éclates /e.klat/ |
éclate /e.klat/ |
éclatons /e.kla.tɔ̃/ |
éclatez /e.kla.te/ |
éclatent /e.klat/ |
imperfect | éclatais /e.kla.tɛ/ |
éclatais /e.kla.tɛ/ |
éclatait /e.kla.tɛ/ |
éclations /e.kla.tjɔ̃/ |
éclatiez /e.kla.tje/ |
éclataient /e.kla.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | éclatai /e.kla.te/ |
éclatas /e.kla.ta/ |
éclata /e.kla.ta/ |
éclatâmes /e.kla.tam/ |
éclatâtes /e.kla.tat/ |
éclatèrent /e.kla.tɛʁ/ | |
future | éclaterai /e.kla.tʁe/ |
éclateras /e.kla.tʁa/ |
éclatera /e.kla.tʁa/ |
éclaterons /e.kla.tʁɔ̃/ |
éclaterez /e.kla.tʁe/ |
éclateront /e.kla.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | éclaterais /e.kla.tʁɛ/ |
éclaterais /e.kla.tʁɛ/ |
éclaterait /e.kla.tʁɛ/ |
éclaterions /e.kla.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
éclateriez /e.kla.tə.ʁje/ |
éclateraient /e.kla.tʁɛ/ | |
(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 | éclate /e.klat/ |
éclates /e.klat/ |
éclate /e.klat/ |
éclations /e.kla.tjɔ̃/ |
éclatiez /e.kla.tje/ |
éclatent /e.klat/ |
imperfect2 | éclatasse /e.kla.tas/ |
éclatasses /e.kla.tas/ |
éclatât /e.kla.ta/ |
éclatassions /e.kla.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
éclatassiez /e.kla.ta.sje/ |
éclatassent /e.kla.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | éclate /e.klat/ |
— | éclatons /e.kla.tɔ̃/ |
éclatez /e.kla.te/ |
— | |
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). |
Conjugation of s'éclater (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | s'éclater | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’éclatant /se.kla.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | éclaté /e.kla.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | m’éclate /me.klat/ |
t’éclates /te.klat/ |
s’éclate /se.klat/ |
nous éclatons /nu.z‿e.kla.tɔ̃/ |
vous éclatez /vu.z‿e.kla.te/ |
s’éclatent /se.klat/ |
imperfect | m’éclatais /me.kla.tɛ/ |
t’éclatais /te.kla.tɛ/ |
s’éclatait /se.kla.tɛ/ |
nous éclations /nu.z‿e.kla.tjɔ̃/ |
vous éclatiez /vu.z‿e.kla.tje/ |
s’éclataient /se.kla.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | m’éclatai /me.kla.te/ |
t’éclatas /te.kla.ta/ |
s’éclata /se.kla.ta/ |
nous éclatâmes /nu.z‿e.kla.tam/ |
vous éclatâtes /vu.z‿e.kla.tat/ |
s’éclatèrent /se.kla.tɛʁ/ | |
future | m’éclaterai /me.kla.tʁe/ |
t’éclateras /te.kla.tʁa/ |
s’éclatera /se.kla.tʁa/ |
nous éclaterons /nu.z‿e.kla.tʁɔ̃/ |
vous éclaterez /vu.z‿e.kla.tʁe/ |
s’éclateront /se.kla.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | m’éclaterais /me.kla.tʁɛ/ |
t’éclaterais /te.kla.tʁɛ/ |
s’éclaterait /se.kla.tʁɛ/ |
nous éclaterions /nu.z‿e.kla.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous éclateriez /vu.z‿e.kla.tə.ʁje/ |
s’éclateraient /se.kla.tʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | m’éclate /me.klat/ |
t’éclates /te.klat/ |
s’éclate /se.klat/ |
nous éclations /nu.z‿e.kla.tjɔ̃/ |
vous éclatiez /vu.z‿e.kla.tje/ |
s’éclatent /se.klat/ |
imperfect2 | m’éclatasse /me.kla.tas/ |
t’éclatasses /te.kla.tas/ |
s’éclatât /se.kla.ta/ |
nous éclatassions /nu.z‿e.kla.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
vous éclatassiez /vu.z‿e.kla.ta.sje/ |
s’éclatassent /se.kla.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | éclate-toi /e.klat.twa/ |
— | éclatons-nous /e.kla.tɔ̃.nu/ |
éclatez-vous /e.kla.te.vu/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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
Further reading
- “éclater”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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