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lessiver
lessiver
French
Verb
lessiver
- (transitive) to launder, to wash some clothes with some some washing powder
- J'ai lessivé ma couette au lavomatique.
- I've washed my duvet at the launderette.
- J'ai lessivé ma couette au lavomatique.
- (intransitive, figuratively) to tire out
- Je suis lessivé.
- I'm tired out.
- Je suis lessivé.
Conjugation
Conjugation of lessiver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | lessiver | avoir lessivé | |||||
| gerund | en lessivant | en ayant lessivé | |||||
| present participle | lessivant /lɛ.si.vɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | lessivé /lɛ.si.ve/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | lessive /lɛ.siv/ |
lessives /lɛ.siv/ |
lessive /lɛ.siv/ |
lessivons /lɛ.si.vɔ̃/ |
lessivez /lɛ.si.ve/ |
lessivent /lɛ.siv/ |
| imperfect | lessivais /lɛ.si.vɛ/ |
lessivais /lɛ.si.vɛ/ |
lessivait /lɛ.si.vɛ/ |
lessivions /lɛ.si.vjɔ̃/ |
lessiviez /lɛ.si.vje/ |
lessivaient /lɛ.si.vɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | lessivai /lɛ.si.ve/ |
lessivas /lɛ.si.va/ |
lessiva /lɛ.si.va/ |
lessivâmes /lɛ.si.vam/ |
lessivâtes /lɛ.si.vat/ |
lessivèrent /lɛ.si.vɛʁ/ |
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| future | lessiverai /lɛ.si.vʁe/ |
lessiveras /lɛ.si.vʁa/ |
lessivera /lɛ.si.vʁa/ |
lessiverons /lɛ.si.vʁɔ̃/ |
lessiverez /lɛ.si.vʁe/ |
lessiveront /lɛ.si.vʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | lessiverais /lɛ.si.vʁɛ/ |
lessiverais /lɛ.si.vʁɛ/ |
lessiverait /lɛ.si.vʁɛ/ |
lessiverions /lɛ.si.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
lessiveriez /lɛ.si.və.ʁje/ |
lessiveraient /lɛ.si.vʁɛ/ |
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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 | lessive /lɛ.siv/ |
lessives /lɛ.siv/ |
lessive /lɛ.siv/ |
lessivions /lɛ.si.vjɔ̃/ |
lessiviez /lɛ.si.vje/ |
lessivent /lɛ.siv/ |
| imperfect1 |
lessivasse /lɛ.si.vas/ |
lessivasses /lɛ.si.vas/ |
lessivât /lɛ.si.va/ |
lessivassions /lɛ.si.va.sjɔ̃/ |
lessivassiez /lɛ.si.va.sje/ |
lessivassent /lɛ.si.vas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | lessive /lɛ.siv/ |
— | lessivons /lɛ.si.vɔ̃/ |
lessivez /lɛ.si.ve/ |
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