liciter
French
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Verb
liciter
- (transitive, law) to auction
Conjugation
Conjugation of liciter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | liciter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | licitant /li.si.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | licité /li.si.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | licite /li.sit/ |
licites /li.sit/ |
licite /li.sit/ |
licitons /li.si.tɔ̃/ |
licitez /li.si.te/ |
licitent /li.sit/ |
| imperfect | licitais /li.si.tɛ/ |
licitais /li.si.tɛ/ |
licitait /li.si.tɛ/ |
licitions /li.si.tjɔ̃/ |
licitiez /li.si.tje/ |
licitaient /li.si.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | licitai /li.si.te/ |
licitas /li.si.ta/ |
licita /li.si.ta/ |
licitâmes /li.si.tam/ |
licitâtes /li.si.tat/ |
licitèrent /li.si.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | liciterai /li.si.tʁe/ |
liciteras /li.si.tʁa/ |
licitera /li.si.tʁa/ |
liciterons /li.si.tʁɔ̃/ |
liciterez /li.si.tʁe/ |
liciteront /li.si.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | liciterais /li.si.tʁɛ/ |
liciterais /li.si.tʁɛ/ |
liciterait /li.si.tʁɛ/ |
liciterions /li.si.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
liciteriez /li.si.tə.ʁje/ |
liciteraient /li.si.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 | licite /li.sit/ |
licites /li.sit/ |
licite /li.sit/ |
licitions /li.si.tjɔ̃/ |
licitiez /li.si.tje/ |
licitent /li.sit/ |
| imperfect2 | licitasse /li.si.tas/ |
licitasses /li.si.tas/ |
licitât /li.si.ta/ |
licitassions /li.si.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
licitassiez /li.si.ta.sje/ |
licitassent /li.si.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | licite /li.sit/ |
— | licitons /li.si.tɔ̃/ |
licitez /li.si.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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “liciter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.