exiger

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word exiger. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word exiger, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say exiger in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word exiger you have here. The definition of the word exiger will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofexiger, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛɡ.zi.ʒe/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

exiger

  1. to demand, require
    une tâche qui exige des compétences
    a task which requires skill

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written exige- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of exiger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple exiger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple exigeant
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle exigé
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present exige
/ɛɡ.ziʒ/ 		exiges
/ɛɡ.ziʒ/ 		exige
/ɛɡ.ziʒ/ 		exigeons
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒɔ̃/ 		exigez
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒe/ 		exigent
/ɛɡ.ziʒ/
imperfect exigeais
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒɛ/ 		exigeais
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒɛ/ 		exigeait
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒɛ/ 		exigions
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒjɔ̃/ 		exigiez
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒje/ 		exigeaient
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒɛ/
past historic2 exigeai
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒe/ 		exigeas
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒa/ 		exigea
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒa/ 		exigeâmes
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒam/ 		exigeâtes
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒat/ 		exigèrent
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒɛʁ/
future exigerai
/ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁe/ 		exigeras
/ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁa/ 		exigera
/ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁa/ 		exigerons
/ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		exigerez
/ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁe/ 		exigeront
/ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional exigerais
/ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁɛ/ 		exigerais
/ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁɛ/ 		exigerait
/ɛɡ.ziʒ.ʁɛ/ 		exigerions
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		exigeriez
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒə.ʁje/ 		exigeraient
/ɛɡ.ziʒ.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 exige
/ɛɡ.ziʒ/ 		exiges
/ɛɡ.ziʒ/ 		exige
/ɛɡ.ziʒ/ 		exigions
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒjɔ̃/ 		exigiez
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒje/ 		exigent
/ɛɡ.ziʒ/
imperfect2 exigeasse
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒas/ 		exigeasses
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒas/ 		exigeât
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒa/ 		exigeassions
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		exigeassiez
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒa.sje/ 		exigeassent
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — exige
/ɛɡ.ziʒ/ 		— exigeons
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒɔ̃/ 		exigez
/ɛɡ.zi.ʒe/ 		—
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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia