essuyer
See also: êssuyer
French
Etymology
From Old French essuier, from Latin exsūcāre, present active infinitive of exsūcō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.sɥi.je/
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Verb
essuyer
- to wipe, to wipe down
- (figuratively) to soak up
- A peine nommé, il a essuyé un tweet raciste d'un élu républicain.
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Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.
Conjugation of essuyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | essuyer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | essuyant /e.sɥi.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | essuyé /e.sɥi.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | essuie /e.sɥi/ | essuies /e.sɥi/ | essuie /e.sɥi/ | essuyons /e.sɥi.jɔ̃/ | essuyez /e.sɥi.je/ | essuient /e.sɥi/ |
| imperfect | essuyais /e.sɥi.jɛ/ | essuyais /e.sɥi.jɛ/ | essuyait /e.sɥi.jɛ/ | essuyions /e.sɥij.jɔ̃/ | essuyiez /e.sɥij.je/ | essuyaient /e.sɥi.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | essuyai /e.sɥi.je/ | essuyas /e.sɥi.ja/ | essuya /e.sɥi.ja/ | essuyâmes /e.sɥi.jam/ | essuyâtes /e.sɥi.jat/ | essuyèrent /e.sɥi.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | essuierai /e.sɥi.ʁe/ | essuieras /e.sɥi.ʁa/ | essuiera /e.sɥi.ʁa/ | essuierons /e.sɥi.ʁɔ̃/ | essuierez /e.sɥi.ʁe/ | essuieront /e.sɥi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | essuierais /e.sɥi.ʁɛ/ | essuierais /e.sɥi.ʁɛ/ | essuierait /e.sɥi.ʁɛ/ | essuierions /e.sɥi.ʁjɔ̃/ | essuieriez /e.sɥi.ʁje/ | essuieraient /e.sɥi.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 | essuie /e.sɥi/ | essuies /e.sɥi/ | essuie /e.sɥi/ | essuyions /e.sɥij.jɔ̃/ | essuyiez /e.sɥij.je/ | essuient /e.sɥi/ |
| imperfect2 | essuyasse /e.sɥi.jas/ | essuyasses /e.sɥi.jas/ | essuyât /e.sɥi.ja/ | essuyassions /e.sɥi.ja.sjɔ̃/ | essuyassiez /e.sɥi.ja.sje/ | essuyassent /e.sɥi.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | essuie /e.sɥi/ | — | essuyons /e.sɥi.jɔ̃/ | essuyez /e.sɥi.je/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- essuie-glace
- essuie-mains
- essuie-tout
- essuyage
Related terms
- suc
- ressuyer
Paronyms
- essayer
Further reading
- “essuyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- ressuyé