réclamer
See also: reclamer
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French reclamer, borrowed from Latin reclāmāre, from clāmō.
Pronunciation
Verb
réclamer
- (transitive) to protest
- (transitive) to object
- (transitive) to claim, reclaim
- (transitive) to demand
Conjugation
Conjugation of réclamer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | réclamer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | réclamant /ʁe.kla.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | réclamé /ʁe.kla.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | réclame /ʁe.klam/ |
réclames /ʁe.klam/ |
réclame /ʁe.klam/ |
réclamons /ʁe.kla.mɔ̃/ |
réclamez /ʁe.kla.me/ |
réclament /ʁe.klam/ |
| imperfect | réclamais /ʁe.kla.mɛ/ |
réclamais /ʁe.kla.mɛ/ |
réclamait /ʁe.kla.mɛ/ |
réclamions /ʁe.kla.mjɔ̃/ |
réclamiez /ʁe.kla.mje/ |
réclamaient /ʁe.kla.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | réclamai /ʁe.kla.me/ |
réclamas /ʁe.kla.ma/ |
réclama /ʁe.kla.ma/ |
réclamâmes /ʁe.kla.mam/ |
réclamâtes /ʁe.kla.mat/ |
réclamèrent /ʁe.kla.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | réclamerai /ʁe.klam.ʁe/ |
réclameras /ʁe.klam.ʁa/ |
réclamera /ʁe.klam.ʁa/ |
réclamerons /ʁe.klam.ʁɔ̃/ |
réclamerez /ʁe.klam.ʁe/ |
réclameront /ʁe.klam.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | réclamerais /ʁe.klam.ʁɛ/ |
réclamerais /ʁe.klam.ʁɛ/ |
réclamerait /ʁe.klam.ʁɛ/ |
réclamerions /ʁe.kla.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
réclameriez /ʁe.kla.mə.ʁje/ |
réclameraient /ʁe.klam.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 | réclame /ʁe.klam/ |
réclames /ʁe.klam/ |
réclame /ʁe.klam/ |
réclamions /ʁe.kla.mjɔ̃/ |
réclamiez /ʁe.kla.mje/ |
réclament /ʁe.klam/ |
| imperfect2 | réclamasse /ʁe.kla.mas/ |
réclamasses /ʁe.kla.mas/ |
réclamât /ʁe.kla.ma/ |
réclamassions /ʁe.kla.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
réclamassiez /ʁe.kla.ma.sje/ |
réclamassent /ʁe.kla.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | réclame /ʁe.klam/ |
— | réclamons /ʁe.kla.mɔ̃/ |
réclamez /ʁe.kla.me/ |
— | |
| 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
- “réclamer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.