relâcher
French
Etymology
From Old French relascher (cf. also Latin relaxō), corresponding to Modern French re- + lâcher.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.la.ʃe/, /ʁə.lɑ.ʃe/
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Verb
relâcher
- (transitive) to release
Conjugation
Conjugation of relâcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | relâcher | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | relâchant /ʁə.la.ʃɑ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | relâché /ʁə.la.ʃe/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | relâche /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/ | relâches /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/ | relâche /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/ | relâchons /ʁə.la.ʃɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɔ̃/ | relâchez /ʁə.la.ʃe/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃe/ | relâchent /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/ |
imperfect | relâchais /ʁə.la.ʃɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɛ/ | relâchais /ʁə.la.ʃɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɛ/ | relâchait /ʁə.la.ʃɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɛ/ | relâchions /ʁə.la.ʃjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ | relâchiez /ʁə.la.ʃje/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃje/ | relâchaient /ʁə.la.ʃɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɛ/ | |
past historic2 | relâchai /ʁə.la.ʃe/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃe/ | relâchas /ʁə.la.ʃa/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃa/ | relâcha /ʁə.la.ʃa/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃa/ | relâchâmes /ʁə.la.ʃam/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃam/ | relâchâtes /ʁə.la.ʃat/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃat/ | relâchèrent /ʁə.la.ʃɛʁ/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
future | relâcherai /ʁə.laʃ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁe/ | relâcheras /ʁə.laʃ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁa/ | relâchera /ʁə.laʃ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁa/ | relâcherons /ʁə.laʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | relâcherez /ʁə.laʃ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁe/ | relâcheront /ʁə.laʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | relâcherais /ʁə.laʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁɛ/ | relâcherais /ʁə.laʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁɛ/ | relâcherait /ʁə.laʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.ʁɛ/ | relâcherions /ʁə.la.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ | relâcheriez /ʁə.la.ʃə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃə.ʁje/ | relâcheraient /ʁə.laʃ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ.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 | relâche /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/ | relâches /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/ | relâche /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/ | relâchions /ʁə.la.ʃjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ | relâchiez /ʁə.la.ʃje/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃje/ | relâchent /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/ |
imperfect2 | relâchasse /ʁə.la.ʃas/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃas/ | relâchasses /ʁə.la.ʃas/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃas/ | relâchât /ʁə.la.ʃa/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃa/ | relâchassions /ʁə.la.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ | relâchassiez /ʁə.la.ʃa.sje/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃa.sje/ | relâchassent /ʁə.la.ʃas/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | relâche /ʁə.laʃ/ or /ʁə.lɑʃ/ | — | relâchons /ʁə.la.ʃɔ̃/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃɔ̃/ | relâchez /ʁə.la.ʃe/ or /ʁə.lɑ.ʃe/ | — | |
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). |
Related terms
- relaxer
Further reading
- “relâcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- harceler