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élargir
élargir
French
Verb
élargir
- to enlarge, to make larger
Synonyms
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of élargir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | élargir | avoir élargi | |||||
| gerund | en élargissant | en ayant élargi | |||||
| present participle | élargissant /e.laʁ.ʒi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | élargi /e.laʁ.ʒi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | élargis /e.laʁ.ʒi/ |
élargis /e.laʁ.ʒi/ |
élargit /e.laʁ.ʒi/ |
élargissons /e.laʁ.ʒi.sɔ̃/ |
élargissez /e.laʁ.ʒi.se/ |
élargissent /e.laʁ.ʒis/ |
| imperfect | élargissais /e.laʁ.ʒi.sɛ/ |
élargissais /e.laʁ.ʒi.sɛ/ |
élargissait /e.laʁ.ʒi.sɛ/ |
élargissions /e.laʁ.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
élargissiez /e.laʁ.ʒi.sje/ |
élargissaient /e.laʁ.ʒi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | élargis /e.laʁ.ʒi/ |
élargis /e.laʁ.ʒi/ |
élargit /e.laʁ.ʒi/ |
élargîmes /e.laʁ.ʒim/ |
élargîtes /e.laʁ.ʒit/ |
élargirent /e.laʁ.ʒiʁ/ |
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| future | élargirai /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁe/ |
élargiras /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁa/ |
élargira /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁa/ |
élargirons /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ |
élargirez /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁe/ |
élargiront /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | élargirais /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
élargirais /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
élargirait /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
élargirions /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
élargiriez /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁje/ |
élargiraient /e.laʁ.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | élargisse /e.laʁ.ʒis/ |
élargisses /e.laʁ.ʒis/ |
élargisse /e.laʁ.ʒis/ |
élargissions /e.laʁ.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
élargissiez /e.laʁ.ʒi.sje/ |
élargissent /e.laʁ.ʒis/ |
| imperfect1 |
élargisse /e.laʁ.ʒis/ |
élargisses /e.laʁ.ʒis/ |
élargît /e.laʁ.ʒi/ |
élargissions /e.laʁ.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
élargissiez /e.laʁ.ʒi.sje/ |
élargissent /e.laʁ.ʒis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | élargis /e.laʁ.ʒi/ |
— | élargissons /e.laʁ.ʒi.sɔ̃/ |
élargissez /e.laʁ.ʒi.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||