subjuguer

French

Etymology

From Middle French subiuguier, borrowed from Latin subiugāre, present active infinitive of subiugō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syb.ʒy.ɡe/

Verb

subjuguer

1. to subjugate
2. to enthrall, captivate

Conjugation

Conjugation of subjuguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	subjuguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	subjuguant /syb.ʒy.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		subjugué /syb.ʒy.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	subjugue /syb.ʒyɡ/	subjugues /syb.ʒyɡ/	subjugue /syb.ʒyɡ/	subjuguons /syb.ʒy.ɡɔ̃/	subjuguez /syb.ʒy.ɡe/	subjuguent /syb.ʒyɡ/
	imperfect	subjuguais /syb.ʒy.ɡɛ/	subjuguais /syb.ʒy.ɡɛ/	subjuguait /syb.ʒy.ɡɛ/	subjuguions /syb.ʒy.ɡjɔ̃/	subjuguiez /syb.ʒy.ɡje/	subjuguaient /syb.ʒy.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	subjuguai /syb.ʒy.ɡe/	subjuguas /syb.ʒy.ɡa/	subjugua /syb.ʒy.ɡa/	subjuguâmes /syb.ʒy.ɡam/	subjuguâtes /syb.ʒy.ɡat/	subjuguèrent /syb.ʒy.ɡɛʁ/
	future	subjuguerai /syb.ʒy.ɡʁe/	subjugueras /syb.ʒy.ɡʁa/	subjuguera /syb.ʒy.ɡʁa/	subjuguerons /syb.ʒy.ɡʁɔ̃/	subjuguerez /syb.ʒy.ɡʁe/	subjugueront /syb.ʒy.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	subjuguerais /syb.ʒy.ɡʁɛ/	subjuguerais /syb.ʒy.ɡʁɛ/	subjuguerait /syb.ʒy.ɡʁɛ/	subjuguerions /syb.ʒy.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	subjugueriez /syb.ʒy.ɡə.ʁje/	subjugueraient /syb.ʒy.ɡʁɛ/
(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	subjugue /syb.ʒyɡ/	subjugues /syb.ʒyɡ/	subjugue /syb.ʒyɡ/	subjuguions /syb.ʒy.ɡjɔ̃/	subjuguiez /syb.ʒy.ɡje/	subjuguent /syb.ʒyɡ/
	imperfect2	subjuguasse /syb.ʒy.ɡas/	subjuguasses /syb.ʒy.ɡas/	subjuguât /syb.ʒy.ɡa/	subjuguassions /syb.ʒy.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	subjuguassiez /syb.ʒy.ɡa.sje/	subjuguassent /syb.ʒy.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	subjugue /syb.ʒyɡ/	—	subjuguons /syb.ʒy.ɡɔ̃/	subjuguez /syb.ʒy.ɡe/	—
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

• joug

Further reading

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