cloîtrer

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See also: cloitrer

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested 1623, from cloître +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klwa.tʁe/ ~ /klwɑ.tʁe/
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Verb

cloîtrer

  1. to cloister (confine to a cloister)

Conjugation

Conjugation of cloîtrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cloîtrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cloîtrant
/klwa.tʁɑ̃/ or /klwɑ.tʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cloîtré
/klwa.tʁe/ or /klwɑ.tʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present cloître
/klwatʁ/ or /klwɑtʁ/ 		cloîtres
/klwatʁ/ or /klwɑtʁ/ 		cloître
/klwatʁ/ or /klwɑtʁ/ 		cloîtrons
/klwa.tʁɔ̃/ or /klwɑ.tʁɔ̃/ 		cloîtrez
/klwa.tʁe/ or /klwɑ.tʁe/ 		cloîtrent
/klwatʁ/ or /klwɑtʁ/
imperfect cloîtrais
/klwa.tʁɛ/ or /klwɑ.tʁɛ/ 		cloîtrais
/klwa.tʁɛ/ or /klwɑ.tʁɛ/ 		cloîtrait
/klwa.tʁɛ/ or /klwɑ.tʁɛ/ 		cloîtrions
/klwa.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /klwɑ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		cloîtriez
/klwa.tʁi.je/ or /klwɑ.tʁi.je/ 		cloîtraient
/klwa.tʁɛ/ or /klwɑ.tʁɛ/
past historic2 cloîtrai
/klwa.tʁe/ or /klwɑ.tʁe/ 		cloîtras
/klwa.tʁa/ or /klwɑ.tʁa/ 		cloîtra
/klwa.tʁa/ or /klwɑ.tʁa/ 		cloîtrâmes
/klwa.tʁam/ or /klwɑ.tʁam/ 		cloîtrâtes
/klwa.tʁat/ or /klwɑ.tʁat/ 		cloîtrèrent
/klwa.tʁɛʁ/ or /klwɑ.tʁɛʁ/
future cloîtrerai
/klwa.tʁə.ʁe/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.ʁe/ 		cloîtreras
/klwa.tʁə.ʁa/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.ʁa/ 		cloîtrera
/klwa.tʁə.ʁa/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.ʁa/ 		cloîtrerons
/klwa.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		cloîtrerez
/klwa.tʁə.ʁe/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.ʁe/ 		cloîtreront
/klwa.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional cloîtrerais
/klwa.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ 		cloîtrerais
/klwa.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ 		cloîtrerait
/klwa.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ 		cloîtrerions
/klwa.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		cloîtreriez
/klwa.tʁə.ʁje/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.ʁje/ 		cloîtreraient
/klwa.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.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 cloître
/klwatʁ/ or /klwɑtʁ/ 		cloîtres
/klwatʁ/ or /klwɑtʁ/ 		cloître
/klwatʁ/ or /klwɑtʁ/ 		cloîtrions
/klwa.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /klwɑ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		cloîtriez
/klwa.tʁi.je/ or /klwɑ.tʁi.je/ 		cloîtrent
/klwatʁ/ or /klwɑtʁ/
imperfect2 cloîtrasse
/klwa.tʁas/ or /klwɑ.tʁas/ 		cloîtrasses
/klwa.tʁas/ or /klwɑ.tʁas/ 		cloîtrât
/klwa.tʁa/ or /klwɑ.tʁa/ 		cloîtrassions
/klwa.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /klwɑ.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		cloîtrassiez
/klwa.tʁa.sje/ or /klwɑ.tʁa.sje/ 		cloîtrassent
/klwa.tʁas/ or /klwɑ.tʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cloître
/klwatʁ/ or /klwɑtʁ/ 		— cloîtrons
/klwa.tʁɔ̃/ or /klwɑ.tʁɔ̃/ 		cloîtrez
/klwa.tʁe/ or /klwɑ.tʁe/ 		—
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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