expliquer

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French

Etymology

From Middle French expliquer (14th c.), a borrowing from Latin explicāre. Doublet of éployer.

Pronunciation

Verb

expliquer

  1. to explain

Conjugation

Conjugation of expliquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple expliquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple expliquant
/ɛk.spli.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle expliqué
/ɛk.spli.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present explique
/ɛk.splik/ 		expliques
/ɛk.splik/ 		explique
/ɛk.splik/ 		expliquons
/ɛk.spli.kɔ̃/ 		expliquez
/ɛk.spli.ke/ 		expliquent
/ɛk.splik/
imperfect expliquais
/ɛk.spli.kɛ/ 		expliquais
/ɛk.spli.kɛ/ 		expliquait
/ɛk.spli.kɛ/ 		expliquions
/ɛk.spli.kjɔ̃/ 		expliquiez
/ɛk.spli.kje/ 		expliquaient
/ɛk.spli.kɛ/
past historic2 expliquai
/ɛk.spli.ke/ 		expliquas
/ɛk.spli.ka/ 		expliqua
/ɛk.spli.ka/ 		expliquâmes
/ɛk.spli.kam/ 		expliquâtes
/ɛk.spli.kat/ 		expliquèrent
/ɛk.spli.kɛʁ/
future expliquerai
/ɛk.spli.kʁe/ 		expliqueras
/ɛk.spli.kʁa/ 		expliquera
/ɛk.spli.kʁa/ 		expliquerons
/ɛk.spli.kʁɔ̃/ 		expliquerez
/ɛk.spli.kʁe/ 		expliqueront
/ɛk.spli.kʁɔ̃/
conditional expliquerais
/ɛk.spli.kʁɛ/ 		expliquerais
/ɛk.spli.kʁɛ/ 		expliquerait
/ɛk.spli.kʁɛ/ 		expliquerions
/ɛk.spli.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		expliqueriez
/ɛk.spli.kə.ʁje/ 		expliqueraient
/ɛk.spli.kʁɛ/
(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 explique
/ɛk.splik/ 		expliques
/ɛk.splik/ 		explique
/ɛk.splik/ 		expliquions
/ɛk.spli.kjɔ̃/ 		expliquiez
/ɛk.spli.kje/ 		expliquent
/ɛk.splik/
imperfect2 expliquasse
/ɛk.spli.kas/ 		expliquasses
/ɛk.spli.kas/ 		expliquât
/ɛk.spli.ka/ 		expliquassions
/ɛk.spli.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		expliquassiez
/ɛk.spli.ka.sje/ 		expliquassent
/ɛk.spli.kas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — explique
/ɛk.splik/ 		— expliquons
/ɛk.spli.kɔ̃/ 		expliquez
/ɛk.spli.ke/ 		—
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).

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: eksplike
  • Louisiana Creole: expliqué

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