illustrer

French

Etymology

From Latin illūstrō.

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 [1995], 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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