éployer
French
Etymology
From Middle French esployer (16th c.). By surface analysis, é- + ployer, respectively from Latin ex and plicāre. Hence a doublet of expliquer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.plwa.je/
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Verb
éployer
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.
Conjugation of éployer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | éployer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | éployant /e.plwa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | éployé /e.plwa.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | éploie /e.plwa/ |
éploies /e.plwa/ |
éploie /e.plwa/ |
éployons /e.plwa.jɔ̃/ |
éployez /e.plwa.je/ |
éploient /e.plwa/ |
| imperfect | éployais /e.plwa.jɛ/ |
éployais /e.plwa.jɛ/ |
éployait /e.plwa.jɛ/ |
éployions /e.plwaj.jɔ̃/ |
éployiez /e.plwaj.je/ |
éployaient /e.plwa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | éployai /e.plwa.je/ |
éployas /e.plwa.ja/ |
éploya /e.plwa.ja/ |
éployâmes /e.plwa.jam/ |
éployâtes /e.plwa.jat/ |
éployèrent /e.plwa.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | éploierai /e.plwa.ʁe/ |
éploieras /e.plwa.ʁa/ |
éploiera /e.plwa.ʁa/ |
éploierons /e.plwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
éploierez /e.plwa.ʁe/ |
éploieront /e.plwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | éploierais /e.plwa.ʁɛ/ |
éploierais /e.plwa.ʁɛ/ |
éploierait /e.plwa.ʁɛ/ |
éploierions /e.plwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
éploieriez /e.plwa.ʁje/ |
éploieraient /e.plwa.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 | éploie /e.plwa/ |
éploies /e.plwa/ |
éploie /e.plwa/ |
éployions /e.plwaj.jɔ̃/ |
éployiez /e.plwaj.je/ |
éploient /e.plwa/ |
| imperfect2 | éployasse /e.plwa.jas/ |
éployasses /e.plwa.jas/ |
éployât /e.plwa.ja/ |
éployassions /e.plwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
éployassiez /e.plwa.ja.sje/ |
éployassent /e.plwa.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | éploie /e.plwa/ |
— | éployons /e.plwa.jɔ̃/ |
éployez /e.plwa.je/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “éployer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.