éliminer

See also: eliminer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēlīmināre.

Pronunciation

Verb

éliminer

  1. to eliminate; to phase out

Conjugation

Conjugation of éliminer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple éliminer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple éliminant
/e.li.mi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle éliminé
/e.li.mi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present élimine
/e.li.min/ 		élimines
/e.li.min/ 		élimine
/e.li.min/ 		éliminons
/e.li.mi.nɔ̃/ 		éliminez
/e.li.mi.ne/ 		éliminent
/e.li.min/
imperfect éliminais
/e.li.mi.nɛ/ 		éliminais
/e.li.mi.nɛ/ 		éliminait
/e.li.mi.nɛ/ 		éliminions
/e.li.mi.njɔ̃/ 		éliminiez
/e.li.mi.nje/ 		éliminaient
/e.li.mi.nɛ/
past historic2 éliminai
/e.li.mi.ne/ 		éliminas
/e.li.mi.na/ 		élimina
/e.li.mi.na/ 		éliminâmes
/e.li.mi.nam/ 		éliminâtes
/e.li.mi.nat/ 		éliminèrent
/e.li.mi.nɛʁ/
future éliminerai
/e.li.min.ʁe/ 		élimineras
/e.li.min.ʁa/ 		éliminera
/e.li.min.ʁa/ 		éliminerons
/e.li.min.ʁɔ̃/ 		éliminerez
/e.li.min.ʁe/ 		élimineront
/e.li.min.ʁɔ̃/
conditional éliminerais
/e.li.min.ʁɛ/ 		éliminerais
/e.li.min.ʁɛ/ 		éliminerait
/e.li.min.ʁɛ/ 		éliminerions
/e.li.mi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		élimineriez
/e.li.mi.nə.ʁje/ 		élimineraient
/e.li.min.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 élimine
/e.li.min/ 		élimines
/e.li.min/ 		élimine
/e.li.min/ 		éliminions
/e.li.mi.njɔ̃/ 		éliminiez
/e.li.mi.nje/ 		éliminent
/e.li.min/
imperfect2 éliminasse
/e.li.mi.nas/ 		éliminasses
/e.li.mi.nas/ 		éliminât
/e.li.mi.na/ 		éliminassions
/e.li.mi.na.sjɔ̃/ 		éliminassiez
/e.li.mi.na.sje/ 		éliminassent
/e.li.mi.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — élimine
/e.li.min/ 		— éliminons
/e.li.mi.nɔ̃/ 		éliminez
/e.li.mi.ne/ 		—
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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