élaborer

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See also: elaborer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēlabōrāre. Cognate with Italian elaborare, Spanish elaborar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.la.bɔ.ʁe/
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Verb

élaborer

  1. to draw up, write up, make up, whip up, put together
    Un compositeur ou une compositrice est une personne musicienne qui élabore de la musique.
    A composer is a musician who writes music.
  2. to process farther, to produce, to develop, to metabolize
    L’embryon élabore une hormone […] ― The embry metabolizes a hormone 
    Le cœur possède la puissance première d’élaborer le sang. ― The heart has the prime power of processing the blood.
  3. to elaborate, to work out

Conjugation

Conjugation of élaborer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple élaborer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple élaborant
/e.la.bɔ.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle élaboré
/e.la.bɔ.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present élabore
/e.la.bɔʁ/ 		élabores
/e.la.bɔʁ/ 		élabore
/e.la.bɔʁ/ 		élaborons
/e.la.bɔ.ʁɔ̃/ 		élaborez
/e.la.bɔ.ʁe/ 		élaborent
/e.la.bɔʁ/
imperfect élaborais
/e.la.bɔ.ʁɛ/ 		élaborais
/e.la.bɔ.ʁɛ/ 		élaborait
/e.la.bɔ.ʁɛ/ 		élaborions
/e.la.bɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ 		élaboriez
/e.la.bɔ.ʁje/ 		élaboraient
/e.la.bɔ.ʁɛ/
past historic2 élaborai
/e.la.bɔ.ʁe/ 		élaboras
/e.la.bɔ.ʁa/ 		élabora
/e.la.bɔ.ʁa/ 		élaborâmes
/e.la.bɔ.ʁam/ 		élaborâtes
/e.la.bɔ.ʁat/ 		élaborèrent
/e.la.bɔ.ʁɛʁ/
future élaborerai
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ 		élaboreras
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ 		élaborera
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ 		élaborerons
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		élaborerez
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ 		élaboreront
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional élaborerais
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		élaborerais
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		élaborerait
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		élaborerions
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		élaboreriez
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁje/ 		élaboreraient
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.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 élabore
/e.la.bɔʁ/ 		élabores
/e.la.bɔʁ/ 		élabore
/e.la.bɔʁ/ 		élaborions
/e.la.bɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ 		élaboriez
/e.la.bɔ.ʁje/ 		élaborent
/e.la.bɔʁ/
imperfect2 élaborasse
/e.la.bɔ.ʁas/ 		élaborasses
/e.la.bɔ.ʁas/ 		élaborât
/e.la.bɔ.ʁa/ 		élaborassions
/e.la.bɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		élaborassiez
/e.la.bɔ.ʁa.sje/ 		élaborassent
/e.la.bɔ.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — élabore
/e.la.bɔʁ/ 		— élaborons
/e.la.bɔ.ʁɔ̃/ 		élaborez
/e.la.bɔ.ʁe/ 		—
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

  • → Romanian: elabora

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