conclure

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French conclure, borrowed from Latin conclūdere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.klyʁ/
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Verb

conclure

  1. to conclude
  2. (transitive) to attain, to reach
    La ville et la province ont conclu une entente. ― The city and the province have reached an agreement.
  3. (intransitive, informal) to score, to get it on (to have sex)

Conjugation

Conjugation of conclure (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple conclure
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple concluant
/kɔ̃.kly.ɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle conclu
/kɔ̃.kly/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present conclus
/kɔ̃.kly/ 		conclus
/kɔ̃.kly/ 		conclut
/kɔ̃.kly/ 		concluons
/kɔ̃.kly.ɔ̃/ 		concluez
/kɔ̃.kly.e/ 		concluent
/kɔ̃.kly/
imperfect concluais
/kɔ̃.kly.ɛ/ 		concluais
/kɔ̃.kly.ɛ/ 		concluait
/kɔ̃.kly.ɛ/ 		concluions
/kɔ̃.kly.jɔ̃/ 		concluiez
/kɔ̃.kly.je/ 		concluaient
/kɔ̃.kly.ɛ/
past historic2 conclus
/kɔ̃.kly/ 		conclus
/kɔ̃.kly/ 		conclut
/kɔ̃.kly/ 		conclûmes
/kɔ̃.klym/ 		conclûtes
/kɔ̃.klyt/ 		conclurent
/kɔ̃.klyʁ/
future conclurai
/kɔ̃.kly.ʁe/ 		concluras
/kɔ̃.kly.ʁa/ 		conclura
/kɔ̃.kly.ʁa/ 		conclurons
/kɔ̃.kly.ʁɔ̃/ 		conclurez
/kɔ̃.kly.ʁe/ 		concluront
/kɔ̃.kly.ʁɔ̃/
conditional conclurais
/kɔ̃.kly.ʁɛ/ 		conclurais
/kɔ̃.kly.ʁɛ/ 		conclurait
/kɔ̃.kly.ʁɛ/ 		conclurions
/kɔ̃.kly.ʁjɔ̃/ 		concluriez
/kɔ̃.kly.ʁje/ 		concluraient
/kɔ̃.kly.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 conclue
/kɔ̃.kly/ 		conclues
/kɔ̃.kly/ 		conclue
/kɔ̃.kly/ 		concluions
/kɔ̃.kly.jɔ̃/ 		concluiez
/kɔ̃.kly.je/ 		concluent
/kɔ̃.kly/
imperfect2 conclusse
/kɔ̃.klys/ 		conclusses
/kɔ̃.klys/ 		conclût
/kɔ̃.kly/ 		conclussions
/kɔ̃.kly.sjɔ̃/ 		conclussiez
/kɔ̃.kly.sje/ 		conclussent
/kɔ̃.klys/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — conclus
/kɔ̃.kly/ 		— concluons
/kɔ̃.kly.ɔ̃/ 		concluez
/kɔ̃.kly.e/ 		—
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).

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conclūdere.

Verb

conclure

  1. to conclude

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of conclure (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive conclure avoir conclus
gerund en concluant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle concluant
past participle conclus
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present conclu concluz conclut concluons conclüez conclüent
imperfect concluoie, conclüeie concluoies, conclüeies concluoit, conclüeit concluïiens, concluïens concluïiez, concluïez concluoient, conclüeient
preterite conclus concluṣis conclust concluṣimes concluṣistes conclusdrent
future conclurai, conclurrai concluras, conclurras conclura, conclurra conclurons, conclurrons concluroiz, conclureiz, conclurez, conclurroiz, conclurreiz, conclurrez concluront, conclurront
conditional concluroie, conclureie, conclurroie, conclurreie concluroies, conclureies, conclurroies, conclurreies concluroit, conclureit, conclurroit, conclurreit concluriiens, concluriens, conclurriiens, conclurriens concluriiez, concluriez, conclurriiez, conclurriez concluroient, conclureient, conclurroient, conclurreient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present conclüe conclües conclüe concluons conclüez conclüent
imperfect concluṣisse concluṣisses concluṣist concluṣissons, concluṣissiens concluṣissoiz, concluṣissez, concluṣissiez concluṣissent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— conclu — concluons conclüez —

Descendants

  • French: conclure

Further reading

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (conclure, supplement)
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