calculer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal.ky.le/

• calculer:

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Verb

calculer

1. to calculate (all meanings)

Conjugation

Conjugation of calculer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	calculer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	calculant /kal.ky.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		calculé /kal.ky.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	calcule /kal.kyl/	calcules /kal.kyl/	calcule /kal.kyl/	calculons /kal.ky.lɔ̃/	calculez /kal.ky.le/	calculent /kal.kyl/
	imperfect	calculais /kal.ky.lɛ/	calculais /kal.ky.lɛ/	calculait /kal.ky.lɛ/	calculions /kal.ky.ljɔ̃/	calculiez /kal.ky.lje/	calculaient /kal.ky.lɛ/
	past historic2	calculai /kal.ky.le/	calculas /kal.ky.la/	calcula /kal.ky.la/	calculâmes /kal.ky.lam/	calculâtes /kal.ky.lat/	calculèrent /kal.ky.lɛʁ/
	future	calculerai /kal.kyl.ʁe/	calculeras /kal.kyl.ʁa/	calculera /kal.kyl.ʁa/	calculerons /kal.kyl.ʁɔ̃/	calculerez /kal.kyl.ʁe/	calculeront /kal.kyl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	calculerais /kal.kyl.ʁɛ/	calculerais /kal.kyl.ʁɛ/	calculerait /kal.kyl.ʁɛ/	calculerions /kal.ky.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	calculeriez /kal.ky.lə.ʁje/	calculeraient /kal.kyl.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	calcule /kal.kyl/	calcules /kal.kyl/	calcule /kal.kyl/	calculions /kal.ky.ljɔ̃/	calculiez /kal.ky.lje/	calculent /kal.kyl/
	imperfect2	calculasse /kal.ky.las/	calculasses /kal.ky.las/	calculât /kal.ky.la/	calculassions /kal.ky.la.sjɔ̃/	calculassiez /kal.ky.la.sje/	calculassent /kal.ky.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	calcule /kal.kyl/	—	calculons /kal.ky.lɔ̃/	calculez /kal.ky.le/	—
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

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

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) calculer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of calculō
   1. "may I be calculated, may I be computed"
   2. (figuratively) "may I be considered as, may I be esteemed"

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) calcular

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin calculō, calculāre (“calculate”), from calculus (“pebble”), diminutive of calx (“limestone”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).

Verb

calculer

1. (Puter) to calculate

Derived terms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) calculader
• (Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) calculatur
• (Surmiran) calculatour