prévaloir
See also: prevaloir
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praevalēre. By surface analysis, pré- + valoir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁe.va.lwaʁ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -waʁ
Verb
prévaloir
- (followed by the preposition sur) to prevail
- (reflexive, followed by the preposition de) to boast, to claim, to pride oneself on
Conjugation
Conjugation of prévaloir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | prévaloir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | prévalant /pʁe.va.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | prévalu /pʁe.va.ly/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | prévaux /pʁe.vo/ |
prévaux /pʁe.vo/ |
prévaut /pʁe.vo/ |
prévalons /pʁe.va.lɔ̃/ |
prévalez /pʁe.va.le/ |
prévalent /pʁe.val/ |
| imperfect | prévalais /pʁe.va.lɛ/ |
prévalais /pʁe.va.lɛ/ |
prévalait /pʁe.va.lɛ/ |
prévalions /pʁe.va.ljɔ̃/ |
prévaliez /pʁe.va.lje/ |
prévalaient /pʁe.va.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | prévalus /pʁe.va.ly/ |
prévalus /pʁe.va.ly/ |
prévalut /pʁe.va.ly/ |
prévalûmes /pʁe.va.lym/ |
prévalûtes /pʁe.va.lyt/ |
prévalurent /pʁe.va.lyʁ/ | |
| future | prévaudrai /pʁe.vo.dʁe/ |
prévaudras /pʁe.vo.dʁa/ |
prévaudra /pʁe.vo.dʁa/ |
prévaudrons /pʁe.vo.dʁɔ̃/ |
prévaudrez /pʁe.vo.dʁe/ |
prévaudront /pʁe.vo.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | prévaudrais /pʁe.vo.dʁɛ/ |
prévaudrais /pʁe.vo.dʁɛ/ |
prévaudrait /pʁe.vo.dʁɛ/ |
prévaudrions /pʁe.vo.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
prévaudriez /pʁe.vo.dʁi.je/ |
prévaudraient /pʁe.vo.dʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | prévale /pʁe.val/ |
prévales /pʁe.val/ |
prévale /pʁe.val/ |
prévalions /pʁe.va.ljɔ̃/ |
prévaliez /pʁe.va.lje/ |
prévalent /pʁe.val/ |
| imperfect2 | prévalusse /pʁe.va.lys/ |
prévalusses /pʁe.va.lys/ |
prévalût /pʁe.va.ly/ |
prévalussions /pʁe.va.ly.sjɔ̃/ |
prévalussiez /pʁe.va.ly.sje/ |
prévalussent /pʁe.va.lys/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | prévaus /pʁe.vo/ |
— | prévalons /pʁe.va.lɔ̃/ |
prévalez /pʁe.va.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). | |||||||
Synonyms
Descendants
- → Romanian: prevala
Further reading
- “prévaloir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.