démarrer

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French

Etymology

From dé- +‎ amarrer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.ma.ʁe/
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Verb

démarrer

  1. (transitive, causative) to start, to get started, to start up (especially a vehicle)
    Démarre la voiture ! (transitive) ― Get the car started!
    Fais démarrer la voiture ! (causative) ― Get the car started!
  2. (transitive, causative) to start up, to turn on (a computer)
    Synonyms: allumer, mettre en marche, mettre en route
    Démarrez l’ordinateur. (transitive) ― Turn on the computer.
    Faites démarrer l’ordinateur. (causative) ― Turn on the computer.
  3. (intransitive, especially of a vehicle) to start, to get started, to start up
    La voiture démarre. ― The car starts.
  4. (intransitive, of a car or its driver) to drive off, to pull away
  5. (intransitive, of a computer) to start up, to turn on, to begin to operate
    Synonyms: s’allumer, se mettre en marche, se mettre en route
  6. (intransitive) to untie

Conjugation

Conjugation of démarrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple démarrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple démarrant
/de.ma.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle démarré
/de.ma.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present démarre
/de.maʁ/ 		démarres
/de.maʁ/ 		démarre
/de.maʁ/ 		démarrons
/de.ma.ʁɔ̃/ 		démarrez
/de.ma.ʁe/ 		démarrent
/de.maʁ/
imperfect démarrais
/de.ma.ʁɛ/ 		démarrais
/de.ma.ʁɛ/ 		démarrait
/de.ma.ʁɛ/ 		démarrions
/de.ma.ʁjɔ̃/ 		démarriez
/de.ma.ʁje/ 		démarraient
/de.ma.ʁɛ/
past historic2 démarrai
/de.ma.ʁe/ 		démarras
/de.ma.ʁa/ 		démarra
/de.ma.ʁa/ 		démarrâmes
/de.ma.ʁam/ 		démarrâtes
/de.ma.ʁat/ 		démarrèrent
/de.ma.ʁɛʁ/
future démarrerai
/de.ma.ʁə.ʁe/ 		démarreras
/de.ma.ʁə.ʁa/ 		démarrera
/de.ma.ʁə.ʁa/ 		démarrerons
/de.ma.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		démarrerez
/de.ma.ʁə.ʁe/ 		démarreront
/de.ma.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional démarrerais
/de.ma.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		démarrerais
/de.ma.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		démarrerait
/de.ma.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		démarrerions
/de.ma.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		démarreriez
/de.ma.ʁə.ʁje/ 		démarreraient
/de.ma.ʁə.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 démarre
/de.maʁ/ 		démarres
/de.maʁ/ 		démarre
/de.maʁ/ 		démarrions
/de.ma.ʁjɔ̃/ 		démarriez
/de.ma.ʁje/ 		démarrent
/de.maʁ/
imperfect2 démarrasse
/de.ma.ʁas/ 		démarrasses
/de.ma.ʁas/ 		démarrât
/de.ma.ʁa/ 		démarrassions
/de.ma.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		démarrassiez
/de.ma.ʁa.sje/ 		démarrassent
/de.ma.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — démarre
/de.maʁ/ 		— démarrons
/de.ma.ʁɔ̃/ 		démarrez
/de.ma.ʁe/ 		—
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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