déclore
French
Etymology
From Old French desclore; equivalent to dé- + clore. May also correspond to Latin discludō, discludere.[1] (through a Vulgar Latin form *disclaudō, disclaudere. Compare Occitan desclaure, Catalan descloure, Italian dischiudere, Romanian deschide.
Pronunciation
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Verb
déclore
- (archaic) to open, reopen (open something which was closed)
- (archaic) to uncover
Conjugation
This verb is not conjugated in certain tenses.
Conjugation of déclore (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | déclore | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | déclosant /de.klo.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | déclos /de.klo/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | déclos /de.klo/ | déclos /de.klo/ | déclôt /de.klo/ | déclosons /de.klo.zɔ̃/ | déclosez /de.klo.ze/ | déclosent /de.kloz/ |
| imperfect | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| past historic2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| future | déclorai /de.klɔ.ʁe/ | décloras /de.klɔ.ʁa/ | déclora /de.klɔ.ʁa/ | déclorons /de.klɔ.ʁɔ̃/ | déclorez /de.klɔ.ʁe/ | décloront /de.klɔ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | déclorais /de.klɔ.ʁɛ/ | déclorais /de.klɔ.ʁɛ/ | déclorait /de.klɔ.ʁɛ/ | déclorions /de.klɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ | décloriez /de.klɔ.ʁje/ | décloraient /de.klɔ.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 | déclose /de.kloz/ | décloses /de.kloz/ | déclose /de.kloz/ | déclosions /de.klo.zjɔ̃/ | déclosiez /de.klo.zje/ | déclosent /de.kloz/ |
| imperfect2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | déclos /de.klo/ | — | déclosons /de.klo.zɔ̃/ | déclosez /de.klo.ze/ | — | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Synonyms
- ouvrir
Related terms
- clore
References
- https://books.google.com/books?id=TlJFAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Further reading
- “déclore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.