allonger

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French

Etymology

Most likely from a- +‎ long +‎ -er, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *allongāre, from ad + Late Latin longāre, from Latin longus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.lɔ̃.ʒe/
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Verb

allonger

  1. (transitive) to lay down
  2. (transitive) to lengthen, to make longer, to extend
  3. (transitive) to extend out, to stretch
  4. (intransitive, of days) to lengthen
  5. (reflexive) to grow, to get longer
  6. (reflexive) to stretch out
  7. (reflexive) to lie, to lie down

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written allonge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of allonger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple allonger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple allongeant
/a.lɔ̃.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle allongé
/a.lɔ̃.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present allonge
/a.lɔ̃ʒ/ 		allonges
/a.lɔ̃ʒ/ 		allonge
/a.lɔ̃ʒ/ 		allongeons
/a.lɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/ 		allongez
/a.lɔ̃.ʒe/ 		allongent
/a.lɔ̃ʒ/
imperfect allongeais
/a.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ 		allongeais
/a.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ 		allongeait
/a.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/ 		allongions
/a.lɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ 		allongiez
/a.lɔ̃.ʒje/ 		allongeaient
/a.lɔ̃.ʒɛ/
past historic2 allongeai
/a.lɔ̃.ʒe/ 		allongeas
/a.lɔ̃.ʒa/ 		allongea
/a.lɔ̃.ʒa/ 		allongeâmes
/a.lɔ̃.ʒam/ 		allongeâtes
/a.lɔ̃.ʒat/ 		allongèrent
/a.lɔ̃.ʒɛʁ/
future allongerai
/a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/ 		allongeras
/a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/ 		allongera
/a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/ 		allongerons
/a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		allongerez
/a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/ 		allongeront
/a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional allongerais
/a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ 		allongerais
/a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ 		allongerait
/a.lɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ 		allongerions
/a.lɔ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		allongeriez
/a.lɔ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ 		allongeraient
/a.lɔ̃ʒ.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 allonge
/a.lɔ̃ʒ/ 		allonges
/a.lɔ̃ʒ/ 		allonge
/a.lɔ̃ʒ/ 		allongions
/a.lɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ 		allongiez
/a.lɔ̃.ʒje/ 		allongent
/a.lɔ̃ʒ/
imperfect2 allongeasse
/a.lɔ̃.ʒas/ 		allongeasses
/a.lɔ̃.ʒas/ 		allongeât
/a.lɔ̃.ʒa/ 		allongeassions
/a.lɔ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		allongeassiez
/a.lɔ̃.ʒa.sje/ 		allongeassent
/a.lɔ̃.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — allonge
/a.lɔ̃ʒ/ 		— allongeons
/a.lɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/ 		allongez
/a.lɔ̃.ʒe/ 		—
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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