élucubrer

See also: elucubrer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēlūcubrāre, present active infinitive of ēlūcubrō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /e.ly.ky.bʁe/
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Verb

élucubrer

  1. (transitive, derogatory) to dream up

Conjugation
Conjugation of élucubrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple élucubrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple élucubrant
/e.ly.ky.bʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle élucubré
/e.ly.ky.bʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present élucubre
/e.ly.kybʁ/		 élucubres
/e.ly.kybʁ/		 élucubre
/e.ly.kybʁ/		 élucubrons
/e.ly.ky.bʁɔ̃/		 élucubrez
/e.ly.ky.bʁe/		 élucubrent
/e.ly.kybʁ/
imperfect élucubrais
/e.ly.ky.bʁɛ/		 élucubrais
/e.ly.ky.bʁɛ/		 élucubrait
/e.ly.ky.bʁɛ/		 élucubrions
/e.ly.ky.bʁi.jɔ̃/		 élucubriez
/e.ly.ky.bʁi.je/		 élucubraient
/e.ly.ky.bʁɛ/
past historic2 élucubrai
/e.ly.ky.bʁe/		 élucubras
/e.ly.ky.bʁa/		 élucubra
/e.ly.ky.bʁa/		 élucubrâmes
/e.ly.ky.bʁam/		 élucubrâtes
/e.ly.ky.bʁat/		 élucubrèrent
/e.ly.ky.bʁɛʁ/
future élucubrerai
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁe/		 élucubreras
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁa/		 élucubrera
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁa/		 élucubrerons
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 élucubrerez
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁe/		 élucubreront
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional élucubrerais
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɛ/		 élucubrerais
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɛ/		 élucubrerait
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɛ/		 élucubrerions
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 élucubreriez
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁje/		 élucubreraient
/e.ly.ky.bʁə.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 élucubre
/e.ly.kybʁ/		 élucubres
/e.ly.kybʁ/		 élucubre
/e.ly.kybʁ/		 élucubrions
/e.ly.ky.bʁi.jɔ̃/		 élucubriez
/e.ly.ky.bʁi.je/		 élucubrent
/e.ly.kybʁ/
imperfect2 élucubrasse
/e.ly.ky.bʁas/		 élucubrasses
/e.ly.ky.bʁas/		 élucubrât
/e.ly.ky.bʁa/		 élucubrassions
/e.ly.ky.bʁa.sjɔ̃/		 élucubrassiez
/e.ly.ky.bʁa.sje/		 élucubrassent
/e.ly.ky.bʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — élucubre
/e.ly.kybʁ/		 — élucubrons
/e.ly.ky.bʁɔ̃/		 élucubrez
/e.ly.ky.bʁe/		 —
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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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