légitimer
See also: legitimer
French
Etymology
From légitime, or borrowed from Medieval Latin legitimo, legitimare, from Latin legitimus.
Verb
légitimer
- to legitimize
Conjugation
Conjugation of légitimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | légitimer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | légitimant /le.ʒi.ti.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | légitimé /le.ʒi.ti.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | légitime /le.ʒi.tim/ |
légitimes /le.ʒi.tim/ |
légitime /le.ʒi.tim/ |
légitimons /le.ʒi.ti.mɔ̃/ |
légitimez /le.ʒi.ti.me/ |
légitiment /le.ʒi.tim/ |
| imperfect | légitimais /le.ʒi.ti.mɛ/ |
légitimais /le.ʒi.ti.mɛ/ |
légitimait /le.ʒi.ti.mɛ/ |
légitimions /le.ʒi.ti.mjɔ̃/ |
légitimiez /le.ʒi.ti.mje/ |
légitimaient /le.ʒi.ti.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | légitimai /le.ʒi.ti.me/ |
légitimas /le.ʒi.ti.ma/ |
légitima /le.ʒi.ti.ma/ |
légitimâmes /le.ʒi.ti.mam/ |
légitimâtes /le.ʒi.ti.mat/ |
légitimèrent /le.ʒi.ti.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | légitimerai /le.ʒi.tim.ʁe/ |
légitimeras /le.ʒi.tim.ʁa/ |
légitimera /le.ʒi.tim.ʁa/ |
légitimerons /le.ʒi.tim.ʁɔ̃/ |
légitimerez /le.ʒi.tim.ʁe/ |
légitimeront /le.ʒi.tim.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | légitimerais /le.ʒi.tim.ʁɛ/ |
légitimerais /le.ʒi.tim.ʁɛ/ |
légitimerait /le.ʒi.tim.ʁɛ/ |
légitimerions /le.ʒi.ti.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
légitimeriez /le.ʒi.ti.mə.ʁje/ |
légitimeraient /le.ʒi.tim.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 | légitime /le.ʒi.tim/ |
légitimes /le.ʒi.tim/ |
légitime /le.ʒi.tim/ |
légitimions /le.ʒi.ti.mjɔ̃/ |
légitimiez /le.ʒi.ti.mje/ |
légitiment /le.ʒi.tim/ |
| imperfect2 | légitimasse /le.ʒi.ti.mas/ |
légitimasses /le.ʒi.ti.mas/ |
légitimât /le.ʒi.ti.ma/ |
légitimassions /le.ʒi.ti.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
légitimassiez /le.ʒi.ti.ma.sje/ |
légitimassent /le.ʒi.ti.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | légitime /le.ʒi.tim/ |
— | légitimons /le.ʒi.ti.mɔ̃/ |
légitimez /le.ʒi.ti.me/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “légitimer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.