Borrowed from Latin ēlabōrāre. Cognate with Italian elaborare, Spanish elaborar.
élaborer
| infinitive | simple | élaborer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | élaborant /e.la.bɔ.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | élaboré /e.la.bɔ.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | élabore /e.la.bɔʁ/ |
élabores /e.la.bɔʁ/ |
élabore /e.la.bɔʁ/ |
élaborons /e.la.bɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
élaborez /e.la.bɔ.ʁe/ |
élaborent /e.la.bɔʁ/ |
| imperfect | élaborais /e.la.bɔ.ʁɛ/ |
élaborais /e.la.bɔ.ʁɛ/ |
élaborait /e.la.bɔ.ʁɛ/ |
élaborions /e.la.bɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
élaboriez /e.la.bɔ.ʁje/ |
élaboraient /e.la.bɔ.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | élaborai /e.la.bɔ.ʁe/ |
élaboras /e.la.bɔ.ʁa/ |
élabora /e.la.bɔ.ʁa/ |
élaborâmes /e.la.bɔ.ʁam/ |
élaborâtes /e.la.bɔ.ʁat/ |
élaborèrent /e.la.bɔ.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | élaborerai /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
élaboreras /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
élaborera /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
élaborerons /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
élaborerez /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
élaboreront /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | élaborerais /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
élaborerais /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
élaborerait /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
élaborerions /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
élaboreriez /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁje/ |
élaboreraient /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.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 | élabore /e.la.bɔʁ/ |
élabores /e.la.bɔʁ/ |
élabore /e.la.bɔʁ/ |
élaborions /e.la.bɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
élaboriez /e.la.bɔ.ʁje/ |
élaborent /e.la.bɔʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | élaborasse /e.la.bɔ.ʁas/ |
élaborasses /e.la.bɔ.ʁas/ |
élaborât /e.la.bɔ.ʁa/ |
élaborassions /e.la.bɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
élaborassiez /e.la.bɔ.ʁa.sje/ |
élaborassent /e.la.bɔ.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | élabore /e.la.bɔʁ/ |
— | élaborons /e.la.bɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
élaborez /e.la.bɔ.ʁe/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||