clairer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klɛ.ʁe/ ~ /kle.ʁe/
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Verb
clairer
- (transitive) to enlighten
Conjugation
Conjugation of clairer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | clairer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | clairant /klɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /kle.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | clairé /klɛ.ʁe/ or /kle.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | claire /klɛʁ/ |
claires /klɛʁ/ |
claire /klɛʁ/ |
clairons /klɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁɔ̃/ |
clairez /klɛ.ʁe/ or /kle.ʁe/ |
clairent /klɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | clairais /klɛ.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁɛ/ |
clairais /klɛ.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁɛ/ |
clairait /klɛ.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁɛ/ |
clairions /klɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁjɔ̃/ |
clairiez /klɛ.ʁje/ or /kle.ʁje/ |
clairaient /klɛ.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | clairai /klɛ.ʁe/ or /kle.ʁe/ |
clairas /klɛ.ʁa/ or /kle.ʁa/ |
claira /klɛ.ʁa/ or /kle.ʁa/ |
clairâmes /klɛ.ʁam/ or /kle.ʁam/ |
clairâtes /klɛ.ʁat/ or /kle.ʁat/ |
clairèrent /klɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /kle.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | clairerai /klɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /kle.ʁə.ʁe/ |
claireras /klɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /kle.ʁə.ʁa/ |
clairera /klɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /kle.ʁə.ʁa/ |
clairerons /klɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
clairerez /klɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /kle.ʁə.ʁe/ |
claireront /klɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | clairerais /klɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
clairerais /klɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
clairerait /klɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
clairerions /klɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
claireriez /klɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /kle.ʁə.ʁje/ |
claireraient /klɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /kle.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 | claire /klɛʁ/ |
claires /klɛʁ/ |
claire /klɛʁ/ |
clairions /klɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁjɔ̃/ |
clairiez /klɛ.ʁje/ or /kle.ʁje/ |
clairent /klɛʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | clairasse /klɛ.ʁas/ or /kle.ʁas/ |
clairasses /klɛ.ʁas/ or /kle.ʁas/ |
clairât /klɛ.ʁa/ or /kle.ʁa/ |
clairassions /klɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
clairassiez /klɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /kle.ʁa.sje/ |
clairassent /klɛ.ʁas/ or /kle.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | claire /klɛʁ/ |
— | clairons /klɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁɔ̃/ |
clairez /klɛ.ʁe/ or /kle.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||