édulcorer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ēdulcōrāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁe/
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Verb

édulcorer

  1. (transitive) to sweeten (medicine)
  2. (transitive) to tone down, to sanitize, to bowdlerize

Conjugation

Conjugation of édulcorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple édulcorer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple édulcorant
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle édulcoré
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present édulcore
/e.dyl.kɔʁ/ 		édulcores
/e.dyl.kɔʁ/ 		édulcore
/e.dyl.kɔʁ/ 		édulcorons
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɔ̃/ 		édulcorez
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁe/ 		édulcorent
/e.dyl.kɔʁ/
imperfect édulcorais
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɛ/ 		édulcorais
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɛ/ 		édulcorait
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɛ/ 		édulcorions
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ 		édulcoriez
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁje/ 		édulcoraient
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɛ/
past historic2 édulcorai
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁe/ 		édulcoras
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁa/ 		édulcora
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁa/ 		édulcorâmes
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁam/ 		édulcorâtes
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁat/ 		édulcorèrent
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɛʁ/
future édulcorerai
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ 		édulcoreras
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ 		édulcorera
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ 		édulcorerons
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		édulcorerez
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ 		édulcoreront
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional édulcorerais
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		édulcorerais
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		édulcorerait
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		édulcorerions
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		édulcoreriez
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁje/ 		édulcoreraient
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.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 édulcore
/e.dyl.kɔʁ/ 		édulcores
/e.dyl.kɔʁ/ 		édulcore
/e.dyl.kɔʁ/ 		édulcorions
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ 		édulcoriez
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁje/ 		édulcorent
/e.dyl.kɔʁ/
imperfect2 édulcorasse
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁas/ 		édulcorasses
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁas/ 		édulcorât
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁa/ 		édulcorassions
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		édulcorassiez
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁa.sje/ 		édulcorassent
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — édulcore
/e.dyl.kɔʁ/ 		— édulcorons
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɔ̃/ 		édulcorez
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁe/ 		—
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).

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