exfolier

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exfōliāre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

exfolier

  1. (transitive) to exfoliate, strip of leaves
  2. (reflexive) to exfoliate

Conjugation

Conjugation of exfolier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple exfolier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple exfoliant
/ɛks.fɔ.ljɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle exfolié
/ɛks.fɔ.lje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present exfolie
/ɛks.fɔ.li/ 		exfolies
/ɛks.fɔ.li/ 		exfolie
/ɛks.fɔ.li/ 		exfolions
/ɛks.fɔ.ljɔ̃/ 		exfoliez
/ɛks.fɔ.lje/ 		exfolient
/ɛks.fɔ.li/
imperfect exfoliais
/ɛks.fɔ.ljɛ/ 		exfoliais
/ɛks.fɔ.ljɛ/ 		exfoliait
/ɛks.fɔ.ljɛ/ 		exfoliions
/ɛks.fɔ.li.jɔ̃/ 		exfoliiez
/ɛks.fɔ.li.je/ 		exfoliaient
/ɛks.fɔ.ljɛ/
past historic2 exfoliai
/ɛks.fɔ.lje/ 		exfolias
/ɛks.fɔ.lja/ 		exfolia
/ɛks.fɔ.lja/ 		exfoliâmes
/ɛks.fɔ.ljam/ 		exfoliâtes
/ɛks.fɔ.ljat/ 		exfolièrent
/ɛks.fɔ.ljɛʁ/
future exfolierai
/ɛks.fɔ.li.ʁe/ 		exfolieras
/ɛks.fɔ.li.ʁa/ 		exfoliera
/ɛks.fɔ.li.ʁa/ 		exfolierons
/ɛks.fɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/ 		exfolierez
/ɛks.fɔ.li.ʁe/ 		exfolieront
/ɛks.fɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/
conditional exfolierais
/ɛks.fɔ.li.ʁɛ/ 		exfolierais
/ɛks.fɔ.li.ʁɛ/ 		exfolierait
/ɛks.fɔ.li.ʁɛ/ 		exfolierions
/ɛks.fɔ.li.ʁjɔ̃/ 		exfolieriez
/ɛks.fɔ.li.ʁje/ 		exfolieraient
/ɛks.fɔ.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 exfolie
/ɛks.fɔ.li/ 		exfolies
/ɛks.fɔ.li/ 		exfolie
/ɛks.fɔ.li/ 		exfoliions
/ɛks.fɔ.li.jɔ̃/ 		exfoliiez
/ɛks.fɔ.li.je/ 		exfolient
/ɛks.fɔ.li/
imperfect2 exfoliasse
/ɛks.fɔ.ljas/ 		exfoliasses
/ɛks.fɔ.ljas/ 		exfoliât
/ɛks.fɔ.lja/ 		exfoliassions
/ɛks.fɔ.lja.sjɔ̃/ 		exfoliassiez
/ɛks.fɔ.lja.sje/ 		exfoliassent
/ɛks.fɔ.ljas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — exfolie
/ɛks.fɔ.li/ 		— exfolions
/ɛks.fɔ.ljɔ̃/ 		exfoliez
/ɛks.fɔ.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).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

exfolier

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of exfoliō
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