relâcher
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French relascher (cf. also Latin relaxō), corresponding to Modern French re- + lâcher.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.la.ʃe/ ~ /ʁə.lɑ.ʃe/
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Verb
relâcher
- (transitive) to release
Conjugation
Conjugation of relâcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | relâcher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | relâchant /ʁə.la.ʃɑ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | relâché /ʁə.la.ʃe/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | relâche /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/ |
relâches /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/ |
relâche /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/ |
relâchons /ʁə.la.ʃɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɔ̃/ |
relâchez /ʁə.la.ʃe/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃe/ |
relâchent /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/ |
| imperfect | relâchais /ʁə.la.ʃɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɛ/ |
relâchais /ʁə.la.ʃɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɛ/ |
relâchait /ʁə.la.ʃɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɛ/ |
relâchions /ʁə.la.ʃjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
relâchiez /ʁə.la.ʃje/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃje/ |
relâchaient /ʁə.la.ʃɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | relâchai /ʁə.la.ʃe/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃe/ |
relâchas /ʁə.la.ʃa/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃa/ |
relâcha /ʁə.la.ʃa/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃa/ |
relâchâmes /ʁə.la.ʃam/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃam/ |
relâchâtes /ʁə.la.ʃat/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃat/ |
relâchèrent /ʁə.la.ʃɛʁ/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | relâcherai /ʁə.laʃ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁe/ |
relâcheras /ʁə.laʃ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁa/ |
relâchera /ʁə.laʃ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁa/ |
relâcherons /ʁə.laʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
relâcherez /ʁə.laʃ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁe/ |
relâcheront /ʁə.laʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | relâcherais /ʁə.laʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
relâcherais /ʁə.laʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
relâcherait /ʁə.laʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
relâcherions /ʁə.la.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
relâcheriez /ʁə.la.ʃə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃə.ʁje/ |
relâcheraient /ʁə.laʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.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 | relâche /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/ |
relâches /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/ |
relâche /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/ |
relâchions /ʁə.la.ʃjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
relâchiez /ʁə.la.ʃje/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃje/ |
relâchent /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | relâchasse /ʁə.la.ʃas/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃas/ |
relâchasses /ʁə.la.ʃas/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃas/ |
relâchât /ʁə.la.ʃa/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃa/ |
relâchassions /ʁə.la.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
relâchassiez /ʁə.la.ʃa.sje/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃa.sje/ |
relâchassent /ʁə.la.ʃas/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | relâche /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/ |
— | relâchons /ʁə.la.ʃɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɔ̃/ |
relâchez /ʁə.la.ʃe/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “relâcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.