essuyer

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See also: êssuyer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French essuier, from Latin exsūcāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.sɥi.je/
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Verb

essuyer

  1. to wipe, to wipe down
  2. (figuratively) to soak up
    A peine nommé, il a essuyé un tweet raciste d’un autre élu.
    He had barely been appointed when he was the target of a racist tweet by another representative.

Conjugation

This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.

Conjugation of essuyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple essuyer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple essuyant
/e.sɥi.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle essuyé
/e.sɥi.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present essuie
/e.sɥi/ 		essuies
/e.sɥi/ 		essuie
/e.sɥi/ 		essuyons
/e.sɥi.jɔ̃/ 		essuyez
/e.sɥi.je/ 		essuient
/e.sɥi/
imperfect essuyais
/e.sɥi.jɛ/ 		essuyais
/e.sɥi.jɛ/ 		essuyait
/e.sɥi.jɛ/ 		essuyions
/e.sɥij.jɔ̃/ 		essuyiez
/e.sɥij.je/ 		essuyaient
/e.sɥi.jɛ/
past historic2 essuyai
/e.sɥi.je/ 		essuyas
/e.sɥi.ja/ 		essuya
/e.sɥi.ja/ 		essuyâmes
/e.sɥi.jam/ 		essuyâtes
/e.sɥi.jat/ 		essuyèrent
/e.sɥi.jɛʁ/
future essuierai
/e.sɥi.ʁe/ 		essuieras
/e.sɥi.ʁa/ 		essuiera
/e.sɥi.ʁa/ 		essuierons
/e.sɥi.ʁɔ̃/ 		essuierez
/e.sɥi.ʁe/ 		essuieront
/e.sɥi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional essuierais
/e.sɥi.ʁɛ/ 		essuierais
/e.sɥi.ʁɛ/ 		essuierait
/e.sɥi.ʁɛ/ 		essuierions
/e.sɥi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		essuieriez
/e.sɥi.ʁje/ 		essuieraient
/e.sɥi.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 essuie
/e.sɥi/ 		essuies
/e.sɥi/ 		essuie
/e.sɥi/ 		essuyions
/e.sɥij.jɔ̃/ 		essuyiez
/e.sɥij.je/ 		essuient
/e.sɥi/
imperfect2 essuyasse
/e.sɥi.jas/ 		essuyasses
/e.sɥi.jas/ 		essuyât
/e.sɥi.ja/ 		essuyassions
/e.sɥi.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		essuyassiez
/e.sɥi.ja.sje/ 		essuyassent
/e.sɥi.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — essuie
/e.sɥi/ 		— essuyons
/e.sɥi.jɔ̃/ 		essuyez
/e.sɥi.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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