échouer

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See also: êchouer

French

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.ʃwe/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -we

Verb

échouer

  1. to fail, fall through, miscarry
  2. (informal) to end, wind up
    Ils échouaient criblés de dettes. ― They ended up in mountains of debt.
  3. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) to ground, run aground
  4. (voluntarily) to beach

Conjugation

Conjugation of échouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple échouer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple échouant
/e.ʃwɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle échoué
/e.ʃwe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present échoue
/e.ʃu/ 		échoues
/e.ʃu/ 		échoue
/e.ʃu/ 		échouons
/e.ʃwɔ̃/ 		échouez
/e.ʃwe/ 		échouent
/e.ʃu/
imperfect échouais
/e.ʃwɛ/ 		échouais
/e.ʃwɛ/ 		échouait
/e.ʃwɛ/ 		échouions
/e.ʃu.jɔ̃/ 		échouiez
/e.ʃu.je/ 		échouaient
/e.ʃwɛ/
past historic2 échouai
/e.ʃwe/ 		échouas
/e.ʃwa/ 		échoua
/e.ʃwa/ 		échouâmes
/e.ʃwam/ 		échouâtes
/e.ʃwat/ 		échouèrent
/e.ʃwɛʁ/
future échouerai
/e.ʃu.ʁe/ 		échoueras
/e.ʃu.ʁa/ 		échouera
/e.ʃu.ʁa/ 		échouerons
/e.ʃu.ʁɔ̃/ 		échouerez
/e.ʃu.ʁe/ 		échoueront
/e.ʃu.ʁɔ̃/
conditional échouerais
/e.ʃu.ʁɛ/ 		échouerais
/e.ʃu.ʁɛ/ 		échouerait
/e.ʃu.ʁɛ/ 		échouerions
/e.ʃu.ʁjɔ̃/ 		échoueriez
/e.ʃu.ʁje/ 		échoueraient
/e.ʃu.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present échoue
/e.ʃu/ 		échoues
/e.ʃu/ 		échoue
/e.ʃu/ 		échouions
/e.ʃu.jɔ̃/ 		échouiez
/e.ʃu.je/ 		échouent
/e.ʃu/
imperfect2 échouasse
/e.ʃwas/ 		échouasses
/e.ʃwas/ 		échouât
/e.ʃwa/ 		échouassions
/e.ʃwa.sjɔ̃/ 		échouassiez
/e.ʃwa.sje/ 		échouassent
/e.ʃwas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — échoue
/e.ʃu/ 		— échouons
/e.ʃwɔ̃/ 		échouez
/e.ʃwe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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