délayer

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See also: delayer

French

Etymology

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin delicāre, from Latin deliquāre, and influenced phonetically by the unrelated Old French delaier (cf. délai).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.lɛ.je/ ~ /de.le.je/
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Verb

délayer

  1. (transitive) to add water to
    1. to thin (paint)
    2. to water down (another liquid)
  2. to pad out (e.g. a speech)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer), the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).

Conjugation of délayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple délayer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple délayant
/de.lɛ.jɑ̃/ or /de.le.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle délayé
/de.lɛ.je/ or /de.le.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present délaye or délaie
/de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ 		délayes or délaies
/de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ 		délaye or délaie
/de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ 		délayons
/de.lɛ.jɔ̃/ or /de.le.jɔ̃/ 		délayez
/de.lɛ.je/ or /de.le.je/ 		délayent or délaient
/de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/
imperfect délayais
/de.lɛ.jɛ/ or /de.le.jɛ/ 		délayais
/de.lɛ.jɛ/ or /de.le.jɛ/ 		délayait
/de.lɛ.jɛ/ or /de.le.jɛ/ 		délayions
/de.lɛj.jɔ̃/ 		délayiez
/de.lɛj.je/ 		délayaient
/de.lɛ.jɛ/ or /de.le.jɛ/
past historic2 délayai
/de.lɛ.je/ or /de.le.je/ 		délayas
/de.lɛ.ja/ or /de.le.ja/ 		délaya
/de.lɛ.ja/ or /de.le.ja/ 		délayâmes
/de.lɛ.jam/ or /de.le.jam/ 		délayâtes
/de.lɛ.jat/ or /de.le.jat/ 		délayèrent
/de.lɛ.jɛʁ/ or /de.le.jɛʁ/
future délayerai or délaierai
/de.lɛj.ʁe/ or /de.lɛ.ʁe/ or /de.le.ʁe/ 		délayeras or délaieras
/de.lɛj.ʁa/ or /de.lɛ.ʁa/ or /de.le.ʁa/ 		délayera or délaiera
/de.lɛj.ʁa/ or /de.lɛ.ʁa/ or /de.le.ʁa/ 		délayerons or délaierons
/de.lɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /de.lɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /de.le.ʁɔ̃/ 		délayerez or délaierez
/de.lɛj.ʁe/ or /de.lɛ.ʁe/ or /de.le.ʁe/ 		délayeront or délaieront
/de.lɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /de.lɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /de.le.ʁɔ̃/
conditional délayerais or délaierais
/de.lɛj.ʁɛ/ or /de.lɛ.ʁɛ/ or /de.le.ʁɛ/ 		délayerais or délaierais
/de.lɛj.ʁɛ/ or /de.lɛ.ʁɛ/ or /de.le.ʁɛ/ 		délayerait or délaierait
/de.lɛj.ʁɛ/ or /de.lɛ.ʁɛ/ or /de.le.ʁɛ/ 		délayerions or délaierions
/de.lɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /de.le.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /de.lɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /de.le.ʁjɔ̃/ 		délayeriez or délaieriez
/de.lɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /de.le.jə.ʁje/ or /de.lɛ.ʁje/ or /de.le.ʁje/ 		délayeraient or délaieraient
/de.lɛj.ʁɛ/ or /de.lɛ.ʁɛ/ or /de.le.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 délaye or délaie
/de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ 		délayes or délaies
/de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ 		délaye or délaie
/de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ 		délayions
/de.lɛj.jɔ̃/ 		délayiez
/de.lɛj.je/ 		délayent or délaient
/de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/
imperfect2 délayasse
/de.lɛ.jas/ or /de.le.jas/ 		délayasses
/de.lɛ.jas/ or /de.le.jas/ 		délayât
/de.lɛ.ja/ or /de.le.ja/ 		délayassions
/de.lɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /de.le.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		délayassiez
/de.lɛ.ja.sje/ or /de.le.ja.sje/ 		délayassent
/de.lɛ.jas/ or /de.le.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — délaye or délaie
/de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ 		— délayons
/de.lɛ.jɔ̃/ or /de.le.jɔ̃/ 		délayez
/de.lɛ.je/ or /de.le.je/ 		—
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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