séquestrer

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /se.kɛs.tʁe/
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Verb

séquestrer

  1. to sequester, to store away
  2. to detain, to confine (often against one's will)

Conjugation

Conjugation of séquestrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple séquestrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple séquestrant
/se.kɛs.tʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle séquestré
/se.kɛs.tʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present séquestre
/se.kɛstʁ/ 		séquestres
/se.kɛstʁ/ 		séquestre
/se.kɛstʁ/ 		séquestrons
/se.kɛs.tʁɔ̃/ 		séquestrez
/se.kɛs.tʁe/ 		séquestrent
/se.kɛstʁ/
imperfect séquestrais
/se.kɛs.tʁɛ/ 		séquestrais
/se.kɛs.tʁɛ/ 		séquestrait
/se.kɛs.tʁɛ/ 		séquestrions
/se.kɛs.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		séquestriez
/se.kɛs.tʁi.je/ 		séquestraient
/se.kɛs.tʁɛ/
past historic2 séquestrai
/se.kɛs.tʁe/ 		séquestras
/se.kɛs.tʁa/ 		séquestra
/se.kɛs.tʁa/ 		séquestrâmes
/se.kɛs.tʁam/ 		séquestrâtes
/se.kɛs.tʁat/ 		séquestrèrent
/se.kɛs.tʁɛʁ/
future séquestrerai
/se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁe/ 		séquestreras
/se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁa/ 		séquestrera
/se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁa/ 		séquestrerons
/se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		séquestrerez
/se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁe/ 		séquestreront
/se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional séquestrerais
/se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁɛ/ 		séquestrerais
/se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁɛ/ 		séquestrerait
/se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁɛ/ 		séquestrerions
/se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		séquestreriez
/se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁje/ 		séquestreraient
/se.kɛs.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 séquestre
/se.kɛstʁ/ 		séquestres
/se.kɛstʁ/ 		séquestre
/se.kɛstʁ/ 		séquestrions
/se.kɛs.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		séquestriez
/se.kɛs.tʁi.je/ 		séquestrent
/se.kɛstʁ/
imperfect2 séquestrasse
/se.kɛs.tʁas/ 		séquestrasses
/se.kɛs.tʁas/ 		séquestrât
/se.kɛs.tʁa/ 		séquestrassions
/se.kɛs.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		séquestrassiez
/se.kɛs.tʁa.sje/ 		séquestrassent
/se.kɛs.tʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — séquestre
/se.kɛstʁ/ 		— séquestrons
/se.kɛs.tʁɔ̃/ 		séquestrez
/se.kɛs.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).

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