aggraver
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aggravāre. By surface analysis, a- + grave + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ɡʁa.ve/
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Verb
aggraver
- to worsen (make worse)
Conjugation
Conjugation of aggraver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | aggraver | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | aggravant /a.ɡʁa.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | aggravé /a.ɡʁa.ve/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | aggrave /a.ɡʁav/ |
aggraves /a.ɡʁav/ |
aggrave /a.ɡʁav/ |
aggravons /a.ɡʁa.vɔ̃/ |
aggravez /a.ɡʁa.ve/ |
aggravent /a.ɡʁav/ |
| imperfect | aggravais /a.ɡʁa.vɛ/ |
aggravais /a.ɡʁa.vɛ/ |
aggravait /a.ɡʁa.vɛ/ |
aggravions /a.ɡʁa.vjɔ̃/ |
aggraviez /a.ɡʁa.vje/ |
aggravaient /a.ɡʁa.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | aggravai /a.ɡʁa.ve/ |
aggravas /a.ɡʁa.va/ |
aggrava /a.ɡʁa.va/ |
aggravâmes /a.ɡʁa.vam/ |
aggravâtes /a.ɡʁa.vat/ |
aggravèrent /a.ɡʁa.vɛʁ/ | |
| future | aggraverai /a.ɡʁa.vʁe/ |
aggraveras /a.ɡʁa.vʁa/ |
aggravera /a.ɡʁa.vʁa/ |
aggraverons /a.ɡʁa.vʁɔ̃/ |
aggraverez /a.ɡʁa.vʁe/ |
aggraveront /a.ɡʁa.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | aggraverais /a.ɡʁa.vʁɛ/ |
aggraverais /a.ɡʁa.vʁɛ/ |
aggraverait /a.ɡʁa.vʁɛ/ |
aggraverions /a.ɡʁa.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
aggraveriez /a.ɡʁa.və.ʁje/ |
aggraveraient /a.ɡʁa.vʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | aggrave /a.ɡʁav/ |
aggraves /a.ɡʁav/ |
aggrave /a.ɡʁav/ |
aggravions /a.ɡʁa.vjɔ̃/ |
aggraviez /a.ɡʁa.vje/ |
aggravent /a.ɡʁav/ |
| imperfect2 | aggravasse /a.ɡʁa.vas/ |
aggravasses /a.ɡʁa.vas/ |
aggravât /a.ɡʁa.va/ |
aggravassions /a.ɡʁa.va.sjɔ̃/ |
aggravassiez /a.ɡʁa.va.sje/ |
aggravassent /a.ɡʁa.vas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | aggrave /a.ɡʁav/ |
— | aggravons /a.ɡʁa.vɔ̃/ |
aggravez /a.ɡʁa.ve/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “aggraver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
aggraver
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of aggravō