illustrer

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin illūstrāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.lys.tʁe/
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Verb

illustrer

  1. to illustrate

Conjugation

Conjugation of illustrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple illustrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple illustrant
/i.lys.tʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle illustré
/i.lys.tʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present illustre
/i.lystʁ/ 		illustres
/i.lystʁ/ 		illustre
/i.lystʁ/ 		illustrons
/i.lys.tʁɔ̃/ 		illustrez
/i.lys.tʁe/ 		illustrent
/i.lystʁ/
imperfect illustrais
/i.lys.tʁɛ/ 		illustrais
/i.lys.tʁɛ/ 		illustrait
/i.lys.tʁɛ/ 		illustrions
/i.lys.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		illustriez
/i.lys.tʁi.je/ 		illustraient
/i.lys.tʁɛ/
past historic2 illustrai
/i.lys.tʁe/ 		illustras
/i.lys.tʁa/ 		illustra
/i.lys.tʁa/ 		illustrâmes
/i.lys.tʁam/ 		illustrâtes
/i.lys.tʁat/ 		illustrèrent
/i.lys.tʁɛʁ/
future illustrerai
/i.lys.tʁə.ʁe/ 		illustreras
/i.lys.tʁə.ʁa/ 		illustrera
/i.lys.tʁə.ʁa/ 		illustrerons
/i.lys.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		illustrerez
/i.lys.tʁə.ʁe/ 		illustreront
/i.lys.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional illustrerais
/i.lys.tʁə.ʁɛ/ 		illustrerais
/i.lys.tʁə.ʁɛ/ 		illustrerait
/i.lys.tʁə.ʁɛ/ 		illustrerions
/i.lys.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		illustreriez
/i.lys.tʁə.ʁje/ 		illustreraient
/i.lys.tʁə.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 illustre
/i.lystʁ/ 		illustres
/i.lystʁ/ 		illustre
/i.lystʁ/ 		illustrions
/i.lys.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		illustriez
/i.lys.tʁi.je/ 		illustrent
/i.lystʁ/
imperfect2 illustrasse
/i.lys.tʁas/ 		illustrasses
/i.lys.tʁas/ 		illustrât
/i.lys.tʁa/ 		illustrassions
/i.lys.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		illustrassiez
/i.lys.tʁa.sje/ 		illustrassent
/i.lys.tʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — illustre
/i.lystʁ/ 		— illustrons
/i.lys.tʁɔ̃/ 		illustrez
/i.lys.tʁe/ 		—
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

illūstrer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of illūstrō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

illustrer

  1. imperative of illustrere
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