remplacer

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ en- +‎ placer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɑ̃.pla.se/

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Verb

remplacer

1. (transitive) to replace

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

Conjugation of remplacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	remplacer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	remplaçant /ʁɑ̃.pla.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		remplacé /ʁɑ̃.pla.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	remplace /ʁɑ̃.plas/	remplaces /ʁɑ̃.plas/	remplace /ʁɑ̃.plas/	remplaçons /ʁɑ̃.pla.sɔ̃/	remplacez /ʁɑ̃.pla.se/	remplacent /ʁɑ̃.plas/
	imperfect	remplaçais /ʁɑ̃.pla.sɛ/	remplaçais /ʁɑ̃.pla.sɛ/	remplaçait /ʁɑ̃.pla.sɛ/	remplacions /ʁɑ̃.pla.sjɔ̃/	remplaciez /ʁɑ̃.pla.sje/	remplaçaient /ʁɑ̃.pla.sɛ/
	past historic2	remplaçai /ʁɑ̃.pla.se/	remplaças /ʁɑ̃.pla.sa/	remplaça /ʁɑ̃.pla.sa/	remplaçâmes /ʁɑ̃.pla.sam/	remplaçâtes /ʁɑ̃.pla.sat/	remplacèrent /ʁɑ̃.pla.sɛʁ/
	future	remplacerai /ʁɑ̃.pla.sʁe/	remplaceras /ʁɑ̃.pla.sʁa/	remplacera /ʁɑ̃.pla.sʁa/	remplacerons /ʁɑ̃.pla.sʁɔ̃/	remplacerez /ʁɑ̃.pla.sʁe/	remplaceront /ʁɑ̃.pla.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	remplacerais /ʁɑ̃.pla.sʁɛ/	remplacerais /ʁɑ̃.pla.sʁɛ/	remplacerait /ʁɑ̃.pla.sʁɛ/	remplacerions /ʁɑ̃.pla.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	remplaceriez /ʁɑ̃.pla.sə.ʁje/	remplaceraient /ʁɑ̃.pla.sʁɛ/
(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	remplace /ʁɑ̃.plas/	remplaces /ʁɑ̃.plas/	remplace /ʁɑ̃.plas/	remplacions /ʁɑ̃.pla.sjɔ̃/	remplaciez /ʁɑ̃.pla.sje/	remplacent /ʁɑ̃.plas/
	imperfect2	remplaçasse /ʁɑ̃.pla.sas/	remplaçasses /ʁɑ̃.pla.sas/	remplaçât /ʁɑ̃.pla.sa/	remplaçassions /ʁɑ̃.pla.sa.sjɔ̃/	remplaçassiez /ʁɑ̃.pla.sa.sje/	remplaçassent /ʁɑ̃.pla.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	remplace /ʁɑ̃.plas/	—	remplaçons /ʁɑ̃.pla.sɔ̃/	remplacez /ʁɑ̃.pla.se/	—
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

• remplaçable
  • irremplaçable
• remplaçant
• remplacement

Further reading

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