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Definition 2024
éclairer
éclairer
French
Verb
éclairer
- to light up; to brighten
- Le soleil éclaire la terre.
- The sun lights up the Earth.
- Le soleil éclaire la terre.
- (figuratively) to shed light on; to enlighten
- to scout
Derived terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of éclairer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | éclairer | avoir éclairé | |||||
| gerund | en éclairant | en ayant éclairé | |||||
| present participle | éclairant /e.klɛ.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | éclairé /e.klɛ.ʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | éclaire /e.klɛʁ/ |
éclaires /e.klɛʁ/ |
éclaire /e.klɛʁ/ |
éclairons /e.klɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
éclairez /e.klɛ.ʁe/ |
éclairent /e.klɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | éclairais /e.klɛ.ʁɛ/ |
éclairais /e.klɛ.ʁɛ/ |
éclairait /e.klɛ.ʁɛ/ |
éclairions /e.klɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
éclairiez /e.klɛ.ʁje/ |
éclairaient /e.klɛ.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | éclairai /e.klɛ.ʁe/ |
éclairas /e.klɛ.ʁa/ |
éclaira /e.klɛ.ʁa/ |
éclairâmes /e.klɛ.ʁam/ |
éclairâtes /e.klɛ.ʁat/ |
éclairèrent /e.klɛ.ʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | éclairerai /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
éclaireras /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
éclairera /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
éclairerons /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
éclairerez /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
éclaireront /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | éclairerais /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
éclairerais /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
éclairerait /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
éclairerions /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
éclaireriez /e.klɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ |
éclaireraient /e.klɛ.ʁə.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 | éclaire /e.klɛʁ/ |
éclaires /e.klɛʁ/ |
éclaire /e.klɛʁ/ |
éclairions /e.klɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
éclairiez /e.klɛ.ʁje/ |
éclairent /e.klɛʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
éclairasse /e.klɛ.ʁas/ |
éclairasses /e.klɛ.ʁas/ |
éclairât /e.klɛ.ʁa/ |
éclairassions /e.klɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
éclairassiez /e.klɛ.ʁa.sje/ |
éclairassent /e.klɛ.ʁas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | éclaire /e.klɛʁ/ |
— | éclairons /e.klɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
éclairez /e.klɛ.ʁe/ |
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