silhouetter
French
Etymology
silhouette + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.lwɛ.te/, /si.lwe.te/
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Verb
silhouetter
- (transitive) to silhouette, outline
Conjugation
Conjugation of silhouetter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | silhouetter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | silhouettant /si.lwɛ.tɑ̃/ or /si.lwe.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | silhouetté /si.lwɛ.te/ or /si.lwe.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | silhouette /si.lwɛt/ | silhouettes /si.lwɛt/ | silhouette /si.lwɛt/ | silhouettons /si.lwɛ.tɔ̃/ or /si.lwe.tɔ̃/ | silhouettez /si.lwɛ.te/ or /si.lwe.te/ | silhouettent /si.lwɛt/ |
imperfect | silhouettais /si.lwɛ.tɛ/ or /si.lwe.tɛ/ | silhouettais /si.lwɛ.tɛ/ or /si.lwe.tɛ/ | silhouettait /si.lwɛ.tɛ/ or /si.lwe.tɛ/ | silhouettions /si.lwɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /si.lwe.tjɔ̃/ | silhouettiez /si.lwɛ.tje/ or /si.lwe.tje/ | silhouettaient /si.lwɛ.tɛ/ or /si.lwe.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | silhouettai /si.lwɛ.te/ or /si.lwe.te/ | silhouettas /si.lwɛ.ta/ or /si.lwe.ta/ | silhouetta /si.lwɛ.ta/ or /si.lwe.ta/ | silhouettâmes /si.lwɛ.tam/ or /si.lwe.tam/ | silhouettâtes /si.lwɛ.tat/ or /si.lwe.tat/ | silhouettèrent /si.lwɛ.tɛʁ/ or /si.lwe.tɛʁ/ | |
future | silhouetterai /si.lwɛ.tʁe/ or /si.lwe.tʁe/ | silhouetteras /si.lwɛ.tʁa/ or /si.lwe.tʁa/ | silhouettera /si.lwɛ.tʁa/ or /si.lwe.tʁa/ | silhouetterons /si.lwɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /si.lwe.tʁɔ̃/ | silhouetterez /si.lwɛ.tʁe/ or /si.lwe.tʁe/ | silhouetteront /si.lwɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /si.lwe.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | silhouetterais /si.lwɛ.tʁɛ/ or /si.lwe.tʁɛ/ | silhouetterais /si.lwɛ.tʁɛ/ or /si.lwe.tʁɛ/ | silhouetterait /si.lwɛ.tʁɛ/ or /si.lwe.tʁɛ/ | silhouetterions /si.lwɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /si.lwe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | silhouetteriez /si.lwɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /si.lwe.tə.ʁje/ | silhouetteraient /si.lwɛ.tʁɛ/ or /si.lwe.tʁɛ/ | |
(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 | silhouette /si.lwɛt/ | silhouettes /si.lwɛt/ | silhouette /si.lwɛt/ | silhouettions /si.lwɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /si.lwe.tjɔ̃/ | silhouettiez /si.lwɛ.tje/ or /si.lwe.tje/ | silhouettent /si.lwɛt/ |
imperfect2 | silhouettasse /si.lwɛ.tas/ or /si.lwe.tas/ | silhouettasses /si.lwɛ.tas/ or /si.lwe.tas/ | silhouettât /si.lwɛ.ta/ or /si.lwe.ta/ | silhouettassions /si.lwɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /si.lwe.ta.sjɔ̃/ | silhouettassiez /si.lwɛ.ta.sje/ or /si.lwe.ta.sje/ | silhouettassent /si.lwɛ.tas/ or /si.lwe.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | silhouette /si.lwɛt/ | — | silhouettons /si.lwɛ.tɔ̃/ or /si.lwe.tɔ̃/ | silhouettez /si.lwɛ.te/ or /si.lwe.te/ | — | |
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). |
Further reading
- “silhouetter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.