solliciter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sollicitāre, present active infinitive of sollicitō. Doublet of soucier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.li.si.te/

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Verb

solliciter

1. to solicit
2. to attract (attention, interest)

Conjugation

Conjugation of solliciter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	solliciter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	sollicitant /sɔ.li.si.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		sollicité /sɔ.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	sollicite /sɔ.li.sit/	sollicites /sɔ.li.sit/	sollicite /sɔ.li.sit/	sollicitons /sɔ.li.si.tɔ̃/	sollicitez /sɔ.li.si.te/	sollicitent /sɔ.li.sit/
	imperfect	sollicitais /sɔ.li.si.tɛ/	sollicitais /sɔ.li.si.tɛ/	sollicitait /sɔ.li.si.tɛ/	sollicitions /sɔ.li.si.tjɔ̃/	sollicitiez /sɔ.li.si.tje/	sollicitaient /sɔ.li.si.tɛ/
	past historic2	sollicitai /sɔ.li.si.te/	sollicitas /sɔ.li.si.ta/	sollicita /sɔ.li.si.ta/	sollicitâmes /sɔ.li.si.tam/	sollicitâtes /sɔ.li.si.tat/	sollicitèrent /sɔ.li.si.tɛʁ/
	future	solliciterai /sɔ.li.si.tʁe/	solliciteras /sɔ.li.si.tʁa/	sollicitera /sɔ.li.si.tʁa/	solliciterons /sɔ.li.si.tʁɔ̃/	solliciterez /sɔ.li.si.tʁe/	solliciteront /sɔ.li.si.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	solliciterais /sɔ.li.si.tʁɛ/	solliciterais /sɔ.li.si.tʁɛ/	solliciterait /sɔ.li.si.tʁɛ/	solliciterions /sɔ.li.si.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	solliciteriez /sɔ.li.si.tə.ʁje/	solliciteraient /sɔ.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	sollicite /sɔ.li.sit/	sollicites /sɔ.li.sit/	sollicite /sɔ.li.sit/	sollicitions /sɔ.li.si.tjɔ̃/	sollicitiez /sɔ.li.si.tje/	sollicitent /sɔ.li.sit/
	imperfect2	sollicitasse /sɔ.li.si.tas/	sollicitasses /sɔ.li.si.tas/	sollicitât /sɔ.li.si.ta/	sollicitassions /sɔ.li.si.ta.sjɔ̃/	sollicitassiez /sɔ.li.si.ta.sje/	sollicitassent /sɔ.li.si.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	sollicite /sɔ.li.sit/	—	sollicitons /sɔ.li.si.tɔ̃/	sollicitez /sɔ.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: 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

• sursolliciter

Further reading

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

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) solliciter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of sollicitō

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Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation 1332, borrowed from Latin sollicitō.

Verb

solliciter

1. to urge (someone to do something)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of solliciter

infinitive	simple	solliciter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	sollicitant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		sollicité
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	sollicite	sollicites	sollicite	sollicitons	sollicitez	sollicitent
	imperfect	sollicitois, sollicitoys	sollicitois, sollicitoys	sollicitoit, sollicitoyt	sollicitions, sollicityons	sollicitiez, sollicityez	sollicitoient, sollicitoyent
	past historic	sollicita	sollicitas	sollicita	sollicitasmes	sollicitastes	solliciterent
	future	solliciterai, solliciteray	solliciteras	sollicitera	solliciterons	solliciterez	solliciteront
	conditional	solliciterois, solliciteroys	solliciterois, solliciteroys	solliciteroit, solliciteroyt	solliciterions, solliciteryons	solliciteriez, solliciteryez	solliciteroient, solliciteroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	sollicite	sollicites	sollicite	sollicitons	sollicitez	sollicitent
	imperfect	sollicitasse	sollicitasses	sollicitast	sollicitassions	sollicitassiez	sollicitassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	sollicite	—	sollicitons	sollicitez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• → English: solicit
• French: solliciter

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (solliciter, supplement)