remplacer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.pla.se/
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Verb
remplacer
- (transitive) to replace
Conjugation
This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.
Conjugation of remplacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | remplacer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | remplaçant /ʁɑ̃.pla.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | remplacé /ʁɑ̃.pla.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | remplace /ʁɑ̃.plas/ |
remplaces /ʁɑ̃.plas/ |
remplace /ʁɑ̃.plas/ |
remplaçons /ʁɑ̃.pla.sɔ̃/ |
remplacez /ʁɑ̃.pla.se/ |
remplacent /ʁɑ̃.plas/ |
| imperfect | remplaçais /ʁɑ̃.pla.sɛ/ |
remplaçais /ʁɑ̃.pla.sɛ/ |
remplaçait /ʁɑ̃.pla.sɛ/ |
remplacions /ʁɑ̃.pla.sjɔ̃/ |
remplaciez /ʁɑ̃.pla.sje/ |
remplaçaient /ʁɑ̃.pla.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | remplaçai /ʁɑ̃.pla.se/ |
remplaças /ʁɑ̃.pla.sa/ |
remplaça /ʁɑ̃.pla.sa/ |
remplaçâmes /ʁɑ̃.pla.sam/ |
remplaçâtes /ʁɑ̃.pla.sat/ |
remplacèrent /ʁɑ̃.pla.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | remplacerai /ʁɑ̃.pla.sʁe/ |
remplaceras /ʁɑ̃.pla.sʁa/ |
remplacera /ʁɑ̃.pla.sʁa/ |
remplacerons /ʁɑ̃.pla.sʁɔ̃/ |
remplacerez /ʁɑ̃.pla.sʁe/ |
remplaceront /ʁɑ̃.pla.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | remplacerais /ʁɑ̃.pla.sʁɛ/ |
remplacerais /ʁɑ̃.pla.sʁɛ/ |
remplacerait /ʁɑ̃.pla.sʁɛ/ |
remplacerions /ʁɑ̃.pla.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
remplaceriez /ʁɑ̃.pla.sə.ʁje/ |
remplaceraient /ʁɑ̃.pla.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | remplace /ʁɑ̃.plas/ |
remplaces /ʁɑ̃.plas/ |
remplace /ʁɑ̃.plas/ |
remplacions /ʁɑ̃.pla.sjɔ̃/ |
remplaciez /ʁɑ̃.pla.sje/ |
remplacent /ʁɑ̃.plas/ |
| imperfect2 | remplaçasse /ʁɑ̃.pla.sas/ |
remplaçasses /ʁɑ̃.pla.sas/ |
remplaçât /ʁɑ̃.pla.sa/ |
remplaçassions /ʁɑ̃.pla.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
remplaçassiez /ʁɑ̃.pla.sa.sje/ |
remplaçassent /ʁɑ̃.pla.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | remplace /ʁɑ̃.plas/ |
— | remplaçons /ʁɑ̃.pla.sɔ̃/ |
remplacez /ʁɑ̃.pla.se/ |
— | |
| 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
Further reading
- “remplacer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.