délivrer

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin dēlīberāre, dēlīberō (“to set free”) (unrelated to the Classical Latin dēlīberō (“to weigh, to ponder”), which was borrowed in French as délibérer). By surface analysis, dé- +‎ livrer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.li.vʁe/
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Verb

délivrer

  1. to set free
  2. to deliver (a message)
  3. (Louisiana) to deliver a child

Conjugation

Conjugation of délivrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple délivrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple délivrant
/de.li.vʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle délivré
/de.li.vʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present délivre
/de.livʁ/ 		délivres
/de.livʁ/ 		délivre
/de.livʁ/ 		délivrons
/de.li.vʁɔ̃/ 		délivrez
/de.li.vʁe/ 		délivrent
/de.livʁ/
imperfect délivrais
/de.li.vʁɛ/ 		délivrais
/de.li.vʁɛ/ 		délivrait
/de.li.vʁɛ/ 		délivrions
/de.li.vʁi.jɔ̃/ 		délivriez
/de.li.vʁi.je/ 		délivraient
/de.li.vʁɛ/
past historic2 délivrai
/de.li.vʁe/ 		délivras
/de.li.vʁa/ 		délivra
/de.li.vʁa/ 		délivrâmes
/de.li.vʁam/ 		délivrâtes
/de.li.vʁat/ 		délivrèrent
/de.li.vʁɛʁ/
future délivrerai
/de.li.vʁə.ʁe/ 		délivreras
/de.li.vʁə.ʁa/ 		délivrera
/de.li.vʁə.ʁa/ 		délivrerons
/de.li.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		délivrerez
/de.li.vʁə.ʁe/ 		délivreront
/de.li.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional délivrerais
/de.li.vʁə.ʁɛ/ 		délivrerais
/de.li.vʁə.ʁɛ/ 		délivrerait
/de.li.vʁə.ʁɛ/ 		délivrerions
/de.li.vʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		délivreriez
/de.li.vʁə.ʁje/ 		délivreraient
/de.li.vʁə.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 délivre
/de.livʁ/ 		délivres
/de.livʁ/ 		délivre
/de.livʁ/ 		délivrions
/de.li.vʁi.jɔ̃/ 		délivriez
/de.li.vʁi.je/ 		délivrent
/de.livʁ/
imperfect2 délivrasse
/de.li.vʁas/ 		délivrasses
/de.li.vʁas/ 		délivrât
/de.li.vʁa/ 		délivrassions
/de.li.vʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		délivrassiez
/de.li.vʁa.sje/ 		délivrassent
/de.li.vʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — délivre
/de.livʁ/ 		— délivrons
/de.li.vʁɔ̃/ 		délivrez
/de.li.vʁe/ 		—
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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