calculer
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kal.ky.le/
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Verb
calculer
- to calculate (all meanings)
Conjugation
Conjugation of calculer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | calculer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | calculant /kal.ky.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | calculé /kal.ky.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | calcule /kal.kyl/ |
calcules /kal.kyl/ |
calcule /kal.kyl/ |
calculons /kal.ky.lɔ̃/ |
calculez /kal.ky.le/ |
calculent /kal.kyl/ |
| imperfect | calculais /kal.ky.lɛ/ |
calculais /kal.ky.lɛ/ |
calculait /kal.ky.lɛ/ |
calculions /kal.ky.ljɔ̃/ |
calculiez /kal.ky.lje/ |
calculaient /kal.ky.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | calculai /kal.ky.le/ |
calculas /kal.ky.la/ |
calcula /kal.ky.la/ |
calculâmes /kal.ky.lam/ |
calculâtes /kal.ky.lat/ |
calculèrent /kal.ky.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | calculerai /kal.kyl.ʁe/ |
calculeras /kal.kyl.ʁa/ |
calculera /kal.kyl.ʁa/ |
calculerons /kal.kyl.ʁɔ̃/ |
calculerez /kal.kyl.ʁe/ |
calculeront /kal.kyl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | calculerais /kal.kyl.ʁɛ/ |
calculerais /kal.kyl.ʁɛ/ |
calculerait /kal.kyl.ʁɛ/ |
calculerions /kal.ky.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
calculeriez /kal.ky.lə.ʁje/ |
calculeraient /kal.kyl.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 | calcule /kal.kyl/ |
calcules /kal.kyl/ |
calcule /kal.kyl/ |
calculions /kal.ky.ljɔ̃/ |
calculiez /kal.ky.lje/ |
calculent /kal.kyl/ |
| imperfect2 | calculasse /kal.ky.las/ |
calculasses /kal.ky.las/ |
calculât /kal.ky.la/ |
calculassions /kal.ky.la.sjɔ̃/ |
calculassiez /kal.ky.la.sje/ |
calculassent /kal.ky.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | calcule /kal.kyl/ |
— | calculons /kal.ky.lɔ̃/ |
calculez /kal.ky.le/ |
— | |
| 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
- “calculer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
calculer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of calculō
- "may I be calculated, may I be computed"
- (figuratively) "may I be considered as, may I be esteemed"
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin calculō, calculāre (“calculate”), from calculus (“pebble”), diminutive of calx (“limestone”), from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).
Verb
calculer
Derived terms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) calculader
- (Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) calculatur
- (Surmiran) calculatour