surligner

French

Etymology

From sur- +‎ ligne +‎ -er, on the model of souligner (“to underscore”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /syʁ.li.ɲe/
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Verb

surligner

  1. (of text) to highlight (make more obvious)

Conjugation

Conjugation of surligner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple surligner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple surlignant
/syʁ.li.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle surligné
/syʁ.li.ɲe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present surligne
/syʁ.liɲ/ 		surlignes
/syʁ.liɲ/ 		surligne
/syʁ.liɲ/ 		surlignons
/syʁ.li.ɲɔ̃/ 		surlignez
/syʁ.li.ɲe/ 		surlignent
/syʁ.liɲ/
imperfect surlignais
/syʁ.li.ɲɛ/ 		surlignais
/syʁ.li.ɲɛ/ 		surlignait
/syʁ.li.ɲɛ/ 		surlignions
/syʁ.li.ɲjɔ̃/ 		surligniez
/syʁ.li.ɲje/ 		surlignaient
/syʁ.li.ɲɛ/
past historic2 surlignai
/syʁ.li.ɲe/ 		surlignas
/syʁ.li.ɲa/ 		surligna
/syʁ.li.ɲa/ 		surlignâmes
/syʁ.li.ɲam/ 		surlignâtes
/syʁ.li.ɲat/ 		surlignèrent
/syʁ.li.ɲɛʁ/
future surlignerai
/syʁ.li.ɲə.ʁe/ 		surligneras
/syʁ.li.ɲə.ʁa/ 		surlignera
/syʁ.li.ɲə.ʁa/ 		surlignerons
/syʁ.li.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ 		surlignerez
/syʁ.li.ɲə.ʁe/ 		surligneront
/syʁ.li.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional surlignerais
/syʁ.li.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		surlignerais
/syʁ.li.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		surlignerait
/syʁ.li.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		surlignerions
/syʁ.li.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		surligneriez
/syʁ.li.ɲə.ʁje/ 		surligneraient
/syʁ.li.ɲə.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 surligne
/syʁ.liɲ/ 		surlignes
/syʁ.liɲ/ 		surligne
/syʁ.liɲ/ 		surlignions
/syʁ.li.ɲjɔ̃/ 		surligniez
/syʁ.li.ɲje/ 		surlignent
/syʁ.liɲ/
imperfect2 surlignasse
/syʁ.li.ɲas/ 		surlignasses
/syʁ.li.ɲas/ 		surlignât
/syʁ.li.ɲa/ 		surlignassions
/syʁ.li.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ 		surlignassiez
/syʁ.li.ɲa.sje/ 		surlignassent
/syʁ.li.ɲas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — surligne
/syʁ.liɲ/ 		— surlignons
/syʁ.li.ɲɔ̃/ 		surlignez
/syʁ.li.ɲe/ 		—
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:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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