silhouetter
French
Etymology
From silhouette + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.lwɛ.te/ ~ /si.lwe.te/
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Verb
silhouetter
- (transitive) to silhouette, outline
Conjugation
Conjugation of silhouetter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | silhouetter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | silhouettant /si.lwɛ.tɑ̃/ or /si.lwe.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | silhouetté /si.lwɛ.te/ or /si.lwe.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | silhouette /si.lwɛt/ |
silhouettes /si.lwɛt/ |
silhouette /si.lwɛt/ |
silhouettons /si.lwɛ.tɔ̃/ or /si.lwe.tɔ̃/ |
silhouettez /si.lwɛ.te/ or /si.lwe.te/ |
silhouettent /si.lwɛt/ |
| imperfect | silhouettais /si.lwɛ.tɛ/ or /si.lwe.tɛ/ |
silhouettais /si.lwɛ.tɛ/ or /si.lwe.tɛ/ |
silhouettait /si.lwɛ.tɛ/ or /si.lwe.tɛ/ |
silhouettions /si.lwɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /si.lwe.tjɔ̃/ |
silhouettiez /si.lwɛ.tje/ or /si.lwe.tje/ |
silhouettaient /si.lwɛ.tɛ/ or /si.lwe.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | silhouettai /si.lwɛ.te/ or /si.lwe.te/ |
silhouettas /si.lwɛ.ta/ or /si.lwe.ta/ |
silhouetta /si.lwɛ.ta/ or /si.lwe.ta/ |
silhouettâmes /si.lwɛ.tam/ or /si.lwe.tam/ |
silhouettâtes /si.lwɛ.tat/ or /si.lwe.tat/ |
silhouettèrent /si.lwɛ.tɛʁ/ or /si.lwe.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | silhouetterai /si.lwɛ.tʁe/ or /si.lwe.tʁe/ |
silhouetteras /si.lwɛ.tʁa/ or /si.lwe.tʁa/ |
silhouettera /si.lwɛ.tʁa/ or /si.lwe.tʁa/ |
silhouetterons /si.lwɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /si.lwe.tʁɔ̃/ |
silhouetterez /si.lwɛ.tʁe/ or /si.lwe.tʁe/ |
silhouetteront /si.lwɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /si.lwe.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | silhouetterais /si.lwɛ.tʁɛ/ or /si.lwe.tʁɛ/ |
silhouetterais /si.lwɛ.tʁɛ/ or /si.lwe.tʁɛ/ |
silhouetterait /si.lwɛ.tʁɛ/ or /si.lwe.tʁɛ/ |
silhouetterions /si.lwɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /si.lwe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
silhouetteriez /si.lwɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /si.lwe.tə.ʁje/ |
silhouetteraient /si.lwɛ.tʁɛ/ or /si.lwe.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | silhouette /si.lwɛt/ |
silhouettes /si.lwɛt/ |
silhouette /si.lwɛt/ |
silhouettions /si.lwɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /si.lwe.tjɔ̃/ |
silhouettiez /si.lwɛ.tje/ or /si.lwe.tje/ |
silhouettent /si.lwɛt/ |
| imperfect2 | silhouettasse /si.lwɛ.tas/ or /si.lwe.tas/ |
silhouettasses /si.lwɛ.tas/ or /si.lwe.tas/ |
silhouettât /si.lwɛ.ta/ or /si.lwe.ta/ |
silhouettassions /si.lwɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /si.lwe.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
silhouettassiez /si.lwɛ.ta.sje/ or /si.lwe.ta.sje/ |
silhouettassent /si.lwɛ.tas/ or /si.lwe.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | silhouette /si.lwɛt/ |
— | silhouettons /si.lwɛ.tɔ̃/ or /si.lwe.tɔ̃/ |
silhouettez /si.lwɛ.te/ or /si.lwe.te/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “silhouetter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.