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aléser
aléser
French
Alternative forms
- alléser (obsolete)
Verb
aléser
- to ream (a hole)
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written ‘é’) and /ɛ/ (written ‘è’), with the latter being used before mute ‘e’. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written aléser-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written alèser-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.
Conjugation of aléser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | aléser | avoir alésé | |||||
| gerund | en alésant | en ayant alésé | |||||
| present participle | alésant /a.le.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | alésé /a.le.ze/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | alèse /a.lɛz/ |
alèses /a.lɛz/ |
alèse /a.lɛz/ |
alésons /a.le.zɔ̃/ |
alésez /a.le.ze/ |
alèsent /a.lɛz/ |
| imperfect | alésais /a.le.zɛ/ |
alésais /a.le.zɛ/ |
alésait /a.le.zɛ/ |
alésions /a.le.zjɔ̃/ |
alésiez /a.le.zje/ |
alésaient /a.le.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | alésai /a.le.ze/ |
alésas /a.le.za/ |
alésa /a.le.za/ |
alésâmes /a.le.zam/ |
alésâtes /a.le.zat/ |
alésèrent /a.le.zɛʁ/ |
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| future | alèserai or aléserai /a.lɛz.ʁe/ |
alèseras or aléseras /a.lɛz.ʁa/ |
alèsera or alésera /a.lɛz.ʁa/ |
alèserons or aléserons /a.lɛz.ʁɔ̃/ |
alèserez or aléserez /a.lɛz.ʁe/ |
alèseront or aléseront /a.lɛz.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | alèserais or aléserais /a.lɛz.ʁɛ/ |
alèserais or aléserais /a.lɛz.ʁɛ/ |
alèserait or aléserait /a.lɛz.ʁɛ/ |
alèserions or aléserions /a.lɛ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
alèseriez or aléseriez /a.lɛ.zə.ʁje/ |
alèseraient or aléseraient /a.lɛz.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 | alèse /a.lɛz/ |
alèses /a.lɛz/ |
alèse /a.lɛz/ |
alésions /a.le.zjɔ̃/ |
alésiez /a.le.zje/ |
alèsent /a.lɛz/ |
| imperfect1 |
alésasse /a.le.zas/ |
alésasses /a.le.zas/ |
alésât /a.le.za/ |
alésassions /a.le.za.sjɔ̃/ |
alésassiez /a.le.za.sje/ |
alésassent /a.le.zas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | alèse /a.lɛz/ |
— | alésons /a.le.zɔ̃/ |
alésez /a.le.ze/ |
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