allier

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French alier, from Latin alligāre. Doublet of the form aloyer, from the Old French variant aloiier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.lje/
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Verb

allier

  1. to ally
  2. to alloy

Conjugation

Conjugation of allier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple allier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple alliant
/a.ljɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle allié
/a.lje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present allie
/a.li/ 		allies
/a.li/ 		allie
/a.li/ 		allions
/a.ljɔ̃/ 		alliez
/a.lje/ 		allient
/a.li/
imperfect alliais
/a.ljɛ/ 		alliais
/a.ljɛ/ 		alliait
/a.ljɛ/ 		alliions
/a.li.jɔ̃/ 		alliiez
/a.li.je/ 		alliaient
/a.ljɛ/
past historic2 alliai
/a.lje/ 		allias
/a.lja/ 		allia
/a.lja/ 		alliâmes
/a.ljam/ 		alliâtes
/a.ljat/ 		allièrent
/a.ljɛʁ/
future allierai
/a.li.ʁe/ 		allieras
/a.li.ʁa/ 		alliera
/a.li.ʁa/ 		allierons
/a.li.ʁɔ̃/ 		allierez
/a.li.ʁe/ 		allieront
/a.li.ʁɔ̃/
conditional allierais
/a.li.ʁɛ/ 		allierais
/a.li.ʁɛ/ 		allierait
/a.li.ʁɛ/ 		allierions
/a.li.ʁjɔ̃/ 		allieriez
/a.li.ʁje/ 		allieraient
/a.li.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 allie
/a.li/ 		allies
/a.li/ 		allie
/a.li/ 		alliions
/a.li.jɔ̃/ 		alliiez
/a.li.je/ 		allient
/a.li/
imperfect2 alliasse
/a.ljas/ 		alliasses
/a.ljas/ 		alliât
/a.lja/ 		alliassions
/a.lja.sjɔ̃/ 		alliassiez
/a.lja.sje/ 		alliassent
/a.ljas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — allie
/a.li/ 		— allions
/a.ljɔ̃/ 		alliez
/a.lje/ 		—
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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allier

  1. imperative of alliere
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