éloigner

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French esloigner, from Old French esloignier, itself probably from loing, or alternatively from Vulgar Latin *exlongāre, from Latin longe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.lwa.ɲe/
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Verb

éloigner

  1. to remove
  2. to distance, to draw or pull away from
  3. (reflexive, s'éloigner) to distance oneself, to pull oneself away from

Conjugation

Conjugation of éloigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple éloigner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple éloignant
/e.lwa.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle éloigné
/e.lwa.ɲe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present éloigne
/e.lwaɲ/ 		éloignes
/e.lwaɲ/ 		éloigne
/e.lwaɲ/ 		éloignons
/e.lwa.ɲɔ̃/ 		éloignez
/e.lwa.ɲe/ 		éloignent
/e.lwaɲ/
imperfect éloignais
/e.lwa.ɲɛ/ 		éloignais
/e.lwa.ɲɛ/ 		éloignait
/e.lwa.ɲɛ/ 		éloignions
/e.lwa.ɲjɔ̃/ 		éloigniez
/e.lwa.ɲje/ 		éloignaient
/e.lwa.ɲɛ/
past historic2 éloignai
/e.lwa.ɲe/ 		éloignas
/e.lwa.ɲa/ 		éloigna
/e.lwa.ɲa/ 		éloignâmes
/e.lwa.ɲam/ 		éloignâtes
/e.lwa.ɲat/ 		éloignèrent
/e.lwa.ɲɛʁ/
future éloignerai
/e.lwa.ɲə.ʁe/ 		éloigneras
/e.lwa.ɲə.ʁa/ 		éloignera
/e.lwa.ɲə.ʁa/ 		éloignerons
/e.lwa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ 		éloignerez
/e.lwa.ɲə.ʁe/ 		éloigneront
/e.lwa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional éloignerais
/e.lwa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		éloignerais
/e.lwa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		éloignerait
/e.lwa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		éloignerions
/e.lwa.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		éloigneriez
/e.lwa.ɲə.ʁje/ 		éloigneraient
/e.lwa.ɲə.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 éloigne
/e.lwaɲ/ 		éloignes
/e.lwaɲ/ 		éloigne
/e.lwaɲ/ 		éloignions
/e.lwa.ɲjɔ̃/ 		éloigniez
/e.lwa.ɲje/ 		éloignent
/e.lwaɲ/
imperfect2 éloignasse
/e.lwa.ɲas/ 		éloignasses
/e.lwa.ɲas/ 		éloignât
/e.lwa.ɲa/ 		éloignassions
/e.lwa.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ 		éloignassiez
/e.lwa.ɲa.sje/ 		éloignassent
/e.lwa.ɲas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — éloigne
/e.lwaɲ/ 		— éloignons
/e.lwa.ɲɔ̃/ 		éloignez
/e.lwa.ɲe/ 		—
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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