relâcher

French

Etymology

From Old French relascher (cf. also Latin relaxō), corresponding to Modern French re- +‎ lâcher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.la.ʃe/ ~ /ʁə.lɑ.ʃe/

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Verb

relâcher

1. (transitive) to release

Conjugation

Conjugation of relâcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	relâcher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	relâchant /ʁə.la.ʃɑ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		relâché /ʁə.la.ʃe/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	relâche /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/	relâches /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/	relâche /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/	relâchons /ʁə.la.ʃɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɔ̃/	relâchez /ʁə.la.ʃe/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃe/	relâchent /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/
	imperfect	relâchais /ʁə.la.ʃɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɛ/	relâchais /ʁə.la.ʃɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɛ/	relâchait /ʁə.la.ʃɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɛ/	relâchions /ʁə.la.ʃjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃjɔ̃/	relâchiez /ʁə.la.ʃje/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃje/	relâchaient /ʁə.la.ʃɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	relâchai /ʁə.la.ʃe/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃe/	relâchas /ʁə.la.ʃa/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃa/	relâcha /ʁə.la.ʃa/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃa/	relâchâmes /ʁə.la.ʃam/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃam/	relâchâtes /ʁə.la.ʃat/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃat/	relâchèrent /ʁə.la.ʃɛʁ/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɛʁ/
	future	relâcherai /ʁə.laʃ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁe/	relâcheras /ʁə.laʃ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁa/	relâchera /ʁə.laʃ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁa/	relâcherons /ʁə.laʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/	relâcherez /ʁə.laʃ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁe/	relâcheront /ʁə.laʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	relâcherais /ʁə.laʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁɛ/	relâcherais /ʁə.laʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁɛ/	relâcherait /ʁə.laʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁɛ/	relâcherions /ʁə.la.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	relâcheriez /ʁə.la.ʃə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃə.ʁje/	relâcheraient /ʁə.laʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.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	relâche /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/	relâches /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/	relâche /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/	relâchions /ʁə.la.ʃjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃjɔ̃/	relâchiez /ʁə.la.ʃje/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃje/	relâchent /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/
	imperfect2	relâchasse /ʁə.la.ʃas/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃas/	relâchasses /ʁə.la.ʃas/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃas/	relâchât /ʁə.la.ʃa/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃa/	relâchassions /ʁə.la.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	relâchassiez /ʁə.la.ʃa.sje/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃa.sje/	relâchassent /ʁə.la.ʃas/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	relâche /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/	—	relâchons /ʁə.la.ʃɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɔ̃/	relâchez /ʁə.la.ʃe/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃe/	—
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).

Related terms

• relaxer

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• harceler