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saluer
saluer
French
Verb
saluer
- (transitive) to greet
- (transitive) to wave to (as a greeting)
- (transitive) to say goodbye to
- (military, nautical) to salute
- (transitive) to salute, pay tribute to; to hail
Related terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of saluer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | saluer | avoir salué | |||||
| gerund | en saluant | en ayant salué | |||||
| present participle | saluant /sa.lɥɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | salué /sa.lɥe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | salue /sa.ly/ |
salues /sa.ly/ |
salue /sa.ly/ |
saluons /sa.lɥɔ̃/ |
saluez /sa.lɥe/ |
saluent /sa.ly/ |
| imperfect | saluais /sa.lɥɛ/ |
saluais /sa.lɥɛ/ |
saluait /sa.lɥɛ/ |
saluions /sa.ly.jɔ̃/ |
saluiez /sa.ly.je/ |
saluaient /sa.lɥɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | saluai /sa.lɥe/ |
saluas /sa.lɥa/ |
salua /sa.lɥa/ |
saluâmes /sa.lɥam/ |
saluâtes /sa.lɥat/ |
saluèrent /sa.lɥɛʁ/ |
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| future | saluerai /sa.ly.ʁe/ |
salueras /sa.ly.ʁa/ |
saluera /sa.ly.ʁa/ |
saluerons /sa.ly.ʁɔ̃/ |
saluerez /sa.ly.ʁe/ |
salueront /sa.ly.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | saluerais /sa.ly.ʁɛ/ |
saluerais /sa.ly.ʁɛ/ |
saluerait /sa.ly.ʁɛ/ |
saluerions /sa.ly.ʁjɔ̃/ |
salueriez /sa.ly.ʁje/ |
salueraient /sa.ly.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 | salue /sa.ly/ |
salues /sa.ly/ |
salue /sa.ly/ |
saluions /sa.ly.jɔ̃/ |
saluiez /sa.ly.je/ |
saluent /sa.ly/ |
| imperfect1 |
saluasse /sa.lɥas/ |
saluasses /sa.lɥas/ |
saluât /sa.lɥa/ |
saluassions /sa.lɥa.sjɔ̃/ |
saluassiez /sa.lɥa.sje/ |
saluassent /sa.lɥas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | salue /sa.ly/ |
— | saluons /sa.lɥɔ̃/ |
saluez /sa.lɥe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle French
Alternative forms
- salluer
Etymology
Latin salūtāre, present active infinitive of salūtō.
Verb
saluer
- (transitive) to greet
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of saluer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | saluer | avoir salué | |||||
| gerund | en saluant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | saluant | ||||||
| past participle | salué | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | salue | salues | salue | saluons | saluez | saluent |
| imperfect | saluois, saluoys | saluois, saluoys | saluoit, saluoyt | saluions, saluyons | saluiez, saluyez | saluoient, saluoyent | |
| past historic | salua | saluas | salua | saluasmes | saluastes | saluerent | |
| future | saluerai, salueray | salueras | saluera | saluerons | saluerez | salueront | |
| conditional | saluerois, salueroys | saluerois, salueroys | salueroit, salueroyt | saluerions, salueryons | salueriez, salueryez | salueroient, salueroyent | |
| 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 anterior | 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | salue | salues | salue | saluons | saluez | saluent |
| imperfect | saluasse | saluasses | saluast | saluassions | saluassiez | saluassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | salue | — | saluons | saluez | — | ||
Norman
Etymology
From Old French saluer (“to greet”), from Latin salūtō, salūtāre (“greet, salute”, verb), from salūs (“health, prosperity, wellness”).
Verb
saluer
Old French
Etymology
Latin salūtāre, present active infinitive of salūtō.
Verb
saluer
- (transitive) to greet
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of saluer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | saluer | avoir salüé | |||||
| gerund | en saluant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | saluant | ||||||
| past participle | salüé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | salu | salües | salüe | saluons | salüez | salüent |
| imperfect | saluoie, salüeie, saluoe, salüeve | saluoies, salüeies, saluoes, salüeves | saluoit, salüeit, saluot, salüeve | saluïiens, saluïens | saluïiez, saluïez | saluoient, salüeient, saluoent, salüevent | |
| preterite | saluai | saluas | salua | saluames | saluastes | salüerent | |
| future | salüerai | salüeras | salüera | salüerons | salüeroiz, salüereiz, salüerez | salüeront | |
| conditional | salüeroie, salüereie | salüeroies, salüereies | salüeroit, salüereit | salüeriiens, salüeriens | salüeriiez, salüeriez | salüeroient, salüereient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | salu | salus | salut | saluons | salüez | salüent |
| imperfect | saluasse | saluasses | saluast | saluïssons, saluïssiens | saluïssoiz, saluïssez, saluïssiez | saluassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | salüe | — | saluons | salüez | — | ||