corriger

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corrigēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/, /ko.ʁi.ʒe/

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Verb

corriger

1. to correct

   Quelqu'un doit corriger son erreur.

   Someone must correct her error.

2. (school); to grade (US), to mark (UK)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written corrige- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of corriger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	corriger
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	corrigeant /kɔ.ʁi.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		corrigé /kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	corrige /kɔ.ʁiʒ/	corriges /kɔ.ʁiʒ/	corrige /kɔ.ʁiʒ/	corrigeons /kɔ.ʁi.ʒɔ̃/	corrigez /kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/	corrigent /kɔ.ʁiʒ/
	imperfect	corrigeais /kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛ/	corrigeais /kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛ/	corrigeait /kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛ/	corrigions /kɔ.ʁi.ʒjɔ̃/	corrigiez /kɔ.ʁi.ʒje/	corrigeaient /kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	corrigeai /kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/	corrigeas /kɔ.ʁi.ʒa/	corrigea /kɔ.ʁi.ʒa/	corrigeâmes /kɔ.ʁi.ʒam/	corrigeâtes /kɔ.ʁi.ʒat/	corrigèrent /kɔ.ʁi.ʒɛʁ/
	future	corrigerai /kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁe/	corrigeras /kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁa/	corrigera /kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁa/	corrigerons /kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɔ̃/	corrigerez /kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁe/	corrigeront /kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	corrigerais /kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/	corrigerais /kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/	corrigerait /kɔ.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/	corrigerions /kɔ.ʁi.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	corrigeriez /kɔ.ʁi.ʒə.ʁje/	corrigeraient /kɔ.ʁiʒ.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	corrige /kɔ.ʁiʒ/	corriges /kɔ.ʁiʒ/	corrige /kɔ.ʁiʒ/	corrigions /kɔ.ʁi.ʒjɔ̃/	corrigiez /kɔ.ʁi.ʒje/	corrigent /kɔ.ʁiʒ/
	imperfect2	corrigeasse /kɔ.ʁi.ʒas/	corrigeasses /kɔ.ʁi.ʒas/	corrigeât /kɔ.ʁi.ʒa/	corrigeassions /kɔ.ʁi.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	corrigeassiez /kɔ.ʁi.ʒa.sje/	corrigeassent /kɔ.ʁi.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	corrige /kɔ.ʁiʒ/	—	corrigeons /kɔ.ʁi.ʒɔ̃/	corrigez /kɔ.ʁi.ʒe/	—
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).

Derived terms

• corriger le tir
• corrigible
• incorrigible

Related terms

• correct
• correctif
• correction
• incorrect

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Verb

corriger

1. to correct

Conjugation

    Conjugation of corriger

infinitive		corriger
participle		present	perfect
		corrigente	corrigite
active		simple	perfect
	present	corrige	ha corrigite
	past	corrigeva	habeva corrigite
	future	corrigera	habera corrigite
	conditional	corrigerea	haberea corrigite
	imperative	corrige	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es corrigite	ha essite corrigite
	past	esseva corrigite	habeva essite corrigite
	future	essera corrigite	habera essite corrigite
	conditional	esserea corrigite	haberea essite corrigite
	imperative	sia corrigite	—