souligner
French
Etymology
From sous + ligne + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su.li.ɲe/
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Verb
souligner
- (transitive) to underscore, to underline (draw a line under)
- (transitive) to highlight, to emphasize (put emphasis on)
- Synonyms: mettre en relief, mettre en évidence
Conjugation
Conjugation of souligner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | souligner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | soulignant /su.li.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | souligné /su.li.ɲe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | souligne /su.liɲ/ | soulignes /su.liɲ/ | souligne /su.liɲ/ | soulignons /su.li.ɲɔ̃/ | soulignez /su.li.ɲe/ | soulignent /su.liɲ/ |
| imperfect | soulignais /su.li.ɲɛ/ | soulignais /su.li.ɲɛ/ | soulignait /su.li.ɲɛ/ | soulignions /su.li.ɲjɔ̃/ | souligniez /su.li.ɲje/ | soulignaient /su.li.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | soulignai /su.li.ɲe/ | soulignas /su.li.ɲa/ | souligna /su.li.ɲa/ | soulignâmes /su.li.ɲam/ | soulignâtes /su.li.ɲat/ | soulignèrent /su.li.ɲɛʁ/ | |
| future | soulignerai /su.li.ɲə.ʁe/ | souligneras /su.li.ɲə.ʁa/ | soulignera /su.li.ɲə.ʁa/ | soulignerons /su.li.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | soulignerez /su.li.ɲə.ʁe/ | souligneront /su.li.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | soulignerais /su.li.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | soulignerais /su.li.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | soulignerait /su.li.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | soulignerions /su.li.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ | souligneriez /su.li.ɲə.ʁje/ | souligneraient /su.li.ɲə.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 | souligne /su.liɲ/ | soulignes /su.liɲ/ | souligne /su.liɲ/ | soulignions /su.li.ɲjɔ̃/ | souligniez /su.li.ɲje/ | soulignent /su.liɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | soulignasse /su.li.ɲas/ | soulignasses /su.li.ɲas/ | soulignât /su.li.ɲa/ | soulignassions /su.li.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ | soulignassiez /su.li.ɲa.sje/ | soulignassent /su.li.ɲas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | souligne /su.liɲ/ | — | soulignons /su.li.ɲɔ̃/ | soulignez /su.li.ɲe/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
See also
- surligner
Further reading
- “souligner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- lugerions, régulions