surélever

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French

Etymology

From sur- +‎ élever.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sy.ʁel.ve/ ~ /sy.ʁɛl.ve/
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Verb

surélever

  1. to increase the height of, raise
    Synonym: hausser

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il surélève and the third-person singular future indicative il surélèvera.

Conjugation of surélever (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple surélever
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple surélevant
/sy.ʁel.vɑ̃/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle surélevé
/sy.ʁel.ve/ or /sy.ʁɛl.ve/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present surélève
/sy.ʁe.lɛv/ 		surélèves
/sy.ʁe.lɛv/ 		surélève
/sy.ʁe.lɛv/ 		surélevons
/sy.ʁel.vɔ̃/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vɔ̃/ 		surélevez
/sy.ʁel.ve/ or /sy.ʁɛl.ve/ 		surélèvent
/sy.ʁe.lɛv/
imperfect surélevais
/sy.ʁel.vɛ/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vɛ/ 		surélevais
/sy.ʁel.vɛ/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vɛ/ 		surélevait
/sy.ʁel.vɛ/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vɛ/ 		surélevions
/sy.ʁe.lə.vjɔ̃/ 		suréleviez
/sy.ʁe.lə.vje/ 		surélevaient
/sy.ʁel.vɛ/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vɛ/
past historic2 surélevai
/sy.ʁel.ve/ or /sy.ʁɛl.ve/ 		surélevas
/sy.ʁel.va/ or /sy.ʁɛl.va/ 		suréleva
/sy.ʁel.va/ or /sy.ʁɛl.va/ 		surélevâmes
/sy.ʁel.vam/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vam/ 		surélevâtes
/sy.ʁel.vat/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vat/ 		surélevèrent
/sy.ʁel.vɛʁ/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vɛʁ/
future surélèverai
/sy.ʁe.lɛ.vʁe/ or /sy.ʁe.le.vʁe/ 		surélèveras
/sy.ʁe.lɛ.vʁa/ or /sy.ʁe.le.vʁa/ 		surélèvera
/sy.ʁe.lɛ.vʁa/ or /sy.ʁe.le.vʁa/ 		surélèverons
/sy.ʁe.lɛ.vʁɔ̃/ or /sy.ʁe.le.vʁɔ̃/ 		surélèverez
/sy.ʁe.lɛ.vʁe/ or /sy.ʁe.le.vʁe/ 		surélèveront
/sy.ʁe.lɛ.vʁɔ̃/ or /sy.ʁe.le.vʁɔ̃/
conditional surélèverais
/sy.ʁe.lɛ.vʁɛ/ or /sy.ʁe.le.vʁɛ/ 		surélèverais
/sy.ʁe.lɛ.vʁɛ/ or /sy.ʁe.le.vʁɛ/ 		surélèverait
/sy.ʁe.lɛ.vʁɛ/ or /sy.ʁe.le.vʁɛ/ 		surélèverions
/sy.ʁe.lɛ.və.ʁjɔ̃/ or /sy.ʁe.le.və.ʁjɔ̃/ 		surélèveriez
/sy.ʁe.lɛ.və.ʁje/ or /sy.ʁe.le.və.ʁje/ 		surélèveraient
/sy.ʁe.lɛ.vʁɛ/ or /sy.ʁe.le.vʁɛ/
(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 surélève
/sy.ʁe.lɛv/ 		surélèves
/sy.ʁe.lɛv/ 		surélève
/sy.ʁe.lɛv/ 		surélevions
/sy.ʁe.lə.vjɔ̃/ 		suréleviez
/sy.ʁe.lə.vje/ 		surélèvent
/sy.ʁe.lɛv/
imperfect2 surélevasse
/sy.ʁel.vas/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vas/ 		surélevasses
/sy.ʁel.vas/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vas/ 		surélevât
/sy.ʁel.va/ or /sy.ʁɛl.va/ 		surélevassions
/sy.ʁel.va.sjɔ̃/ or /sy.ʁɛl.va.sjɔ̃/ 		surélevassiez
/sy.ʁel.va.sje/ or /sy.ʁɛl.va.sje/ 		surélevassent
/sy.ʁel.vas/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — surélève
/sy.ʁe.lɛv/ 		— surélevons
/sy.ʁel.vɔ̃/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vɔ̃/ 		surélevez
/sy.ʁel.ve/ or /sy.ʁɛl.ve/ 		—
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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