délier

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See also: delier

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French (and Middle French) deslier, from Vulgar Latin disligāre (attested in the Reichenau Glossary), from Latin dis- + ligō (“tie, bind”). Compare Occitan desligar, Catalan deslligar, Portuguese desligar, Spanish desliar, Friulian disleâ, Italian slegare, Romanian dezlega.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.lje/
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Verb

délier

  1. to untie, loosen, release
    • 2008, “Petite messe solennelle”, in Bijoux & babioles, performed by Juliette:
      Le vin délie la langue, il entrouvre le cœur / Il donnera ce soir le ton et la couleur
      Wine loosens the tongue, it opens up the heart / It will give this evening tone and colour

Conjugation

Conjugation of délier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple délier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple déliant
/de.ljɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle délié
/de.lje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present délie
/de.li/ 		délies
/de.li/ 		délie
/de.li/ 		délions
/de.ljɔ̃/ 		déliez
/de.lje/ 		délient
/de.li/
imperfect déliais
/de.ljɛ/ 		déliais
/de.ljɛ/ 		déliait
/de.ljɛ/ 		déliions
/de.li.jɔ̃/ 		déliiez
/de.li.je/ 		déliaient
/de.ljɛ/
past historic2 déliai
/de.lje/ 		délias
/de.lja/ 		délia
/de.lja/ 		déliâmes
/de.ljam/ 		déliâtes
/de.ljat/ 		délièrent
/de.ljɛʁ/
future délierai
/de.li.ʁe/ 		délieras
/de.li.ʁa/ 		déliera
/de.li.ʁa/ 		délierons
/de.li.ʁɔ̃/ 		délierez
/de.li.ʁe/ 		délieront
/de.li.ʁɔ̃/
conditional délierais
/de.li.ʁɛ/ 		délierais
/de.li.ʁɛ/ 		délierait
/de.li.ʁɛ/ 		délierions
/de.li.ʁjɔ̃/ 		délieriez
/de.li.ʁje/ 		délieraient
/de.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 délie
/de.li/ 		délies
/de.li/ 		délie
/de.li/ 		déliions
/de.li.jɔ̃/ 		déliiez
/de.li.je/ 		délient
/de.li/
imperfect2 déliasse
/de.ljas/ 		déliasses
/de.ljas/ 		déliât
/de.lja/ 		déliassions
/de.lja.sjɔ̃/ 		déliassiez
/de.lja.sje/ 		déliassent
/de.ljas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — délie
/de.li/ 		— délions
/de.ljɔ̃/ 		déliez
/de.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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