élucubrer

See also: elucubrer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēlūcubrāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.ly.ky.bʁe/
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Verb

élucubrer

  1. (transitive, derogatory) to dream up

Conjugation

Conjugation of élucubrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple élucubrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple élucubrant
/e.ly.ky.bʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle élucubré
/e.ly.ky.bʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present élucubre
/e.ly.kybʁ/ 		élucubres
/e.ly.kybʁ/ 		élucubre
/e.ly.kybʁ/ 		élucubrons
/e.ly.ky.bʁɔ̃/ 		élucubrez
/e.ly.ky.bʁe/ 		élucubrent
/e.ly.kybʁ/
imperfect élucubrais
/e.ly.ky.bʁɛ/ 		élucubrais
/e.ly.ky.bʁɛ/ 		élucubrait
/e.ly.ky.bʁɛ/ 		élucubrions
/e.ly.ky.bʁi.jɔ̃/ 		élucubriez
/e.ly.ky.bʁi.je/ 		élucubraient
/e.ly.ky.bʁɛ/
past historic2 élucubrai
/e.ly.ky.bʁe/ 		élucubras
/e.ly.ky.bʁa/ 		élucubra
/e.ly.ky.bʁa/ 		élucubrâmes
/e.ly.ky.bʁam/ 		élucubrâtes
/e.ly.ky.bʁat/ 		élucubrèrent
/e.ly.ky.bʁɛʁ/
future élucubrerai
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁe/ 		élucubreras
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁa/ 		élucubrera
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁa/ 		élucubrerons
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		élucubrerez
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁe/ 		élucubreront
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional élucubrerais
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɛ/ 		élucubrerais
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɛ/ 		élucubrerait
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɛ/ 		élucubrerions
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		élucubreriez
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁje/ 		élucubreraient
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.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 élucubre
/e.ly.kybʁ/ 		élucubres
/e.ly.kybʁ/ 		élucubre
/e.ly.kybʁ/ 		élucubrions
/e.ly.ky.bʁi.jɔ̃/ 		élucubriez
/e.ly.ky.bʁi.je/ 		élucubrent
/e.ly.kybʁ/
imperfect2 élucubrasse
/e.ly.ky.bʁas/ 		élucubrasses
/e.ly.ky.bʁas/ 		élucubrât
/e.ly.ky.bʁa/ 		élucubrassions
/e.ly.ky.bʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		élucubrassiez
/e.ly.ky.bʁa.sje/ 		élucubrassent
/e.ly.ky.bʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — élucubre
/e.ly.kybʁ/ 		— élucubrons
/e.ly.ky.bʁɔ̃/ 		élucubrez
/e.ly.ky.bʁe/ 		—
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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