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Alleger
Al-leg′er
,Noun.
One who affirms or declares.
Definition 2024
alléger
alléger
See also: alleger
French
Verb
alléger
- to lighten
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like protéger. It has both the spelling irregularities of other verbs in -ger (such as manger, where a silent ‘e’ is inserted before ‘a’ and ‘o’ endings (to indicate the /ʒ/ sound), and the spelling and pronunciation irregularities of other verbs in -é-er (such as céder), where the last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written ‘é’) and /ɛ/ (written ‘è’).
Conjugation of alléger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | alléger | avoir allégé | |||||
| gerund | en allégeant | en ayant allégé | |||||
| present participle | allégeant /a.le.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | allégé /a.le.ʒe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | allège /a.lɛʒ/ |
allèges /a.lɛʒ/ |
allège /a.lɛʒ/ |
allégeons /a.le.ʒɔ̃/ |
allégez /a.le.ʒe/ |
allègent /a.lɛʒ/ |
| imperfect | allégeais /a.le.ʒɛ/ |
allégeais /a.le.ʒɛ/ |
allégeait /a.le.ʒɛ/ |
allégions /a.le.ʒjɔ̃/ |
allégiez /a.le.ʒje/ |
allégeaient /a.le.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | allégeai /a.le.ʒe/ |
allégeas /a.le.ʒa/ |
allégea /a.le.ʒa/ |
allégeâmes /a.le.ʒam/ |
allégeâtes /a.le.ʒat/ |
allégèrent /a.le.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | allégerai or allègerai /a.lɛʒ.ʁe/ |
allégeras or allègeras /a.lɛʒ.ʁa/ |
allégera or allègera /a.lɛʒ.ʁa/ |
allégerons or allègerons /a.lɛʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
allégerez or allègerez /a.lɛʒ.ʁe/ |
allégeront or allègeront /a.lɛʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | allégerais or allègerais /a.lɛʒ.ʁɛ/ |
allégerais or allègerais /a.lɛʒ.ʁɛ/ |
allégerait or allègerait /a.lɛʒ.ʁɛ/ |
allégerions or allègerions /a.lɛ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
allégeriez or allègeriez /a.lɛ.ʒə.ʁje/ |
allégeraient or allègeraient /a.lɛʒ.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 | allège /a.lɛʒ/ |
allèges /a.lɛʒ/ |
allège /a.lɛʒ/ |
allégions /a.le.ʒjɔ̃/ |
allégiez /a.le.ʒje/ |
allègent /a.lɛʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
allégeasse /a.le.ʒas/ |
allégeasses /a.le.ʒas/ |
allégeât /a.le.ʒa/ |
allégeassions /a.le.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
allégeassiez /a.le.ʒa.sje/ |
allégeassent /a.le.ʒas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | allège /a.lɛʒ/ |
— | allégeons /a.le.ʒɔ̃/ |
allégez /a.le.ʒe/ |
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