séquestrer
See also: sequestrer
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se.kɛs.tʁe/
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Verb
séquestrer
- to sequester, to store away
- to detain, to confine (often against one's will)
Conjugation
Conjugation of séquestrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | séquestrer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | séquestrant /se.kɛs.tʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | séquestré /se.kɛs.tʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | séquestre /se.kɛstʁ/ | séquestres /se.kɛstʁ/ | séquestre /se.kɛstʁ/ | séquestrons /se.kɛs.tʁɔ̃/ | séquestrez /se.kɛs.tʁe/ | séquestrent /se.kɛstʁ/ |
imperfect | séquestrais /se.kɛs.tʁɛ/ | séquestrais /se.kɛs.tʁɛ/ | séquestrait /se.kɛs.tʁɛ/ | séquestrions /se.kɛs.tʁi.jɔ̃/ | séquestriez /se.kɛs.tʁi.je/ | séquestraient /se.kɛs.tʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | séquestrai /se.kɛs.tʁe/ | séquestras /se.kɛs.tʁa/ | séquestra /se.kɛs.tʁa/ | séquestrâmes /se.kɛs.tʁam/ | séquestrâtes /se.kɛs.tʁat/ | séquestrèrent /se.kɛs.tʁɛʁ/ | |
future | séquestrerai /se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁe/ | séquestreras /se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁa/ | séquestrera /se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁa/ | séquestrerons /se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | séquestrerez /se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁe/ | séquestreront /se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | séquestrerais /se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | séquestrerais /se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | séquestrerait /se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | séquestrerions /se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | séquestreriez /se.kɛs.tʁə.ʁje/ | séquestreraient /se.kɛs.tʁə.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 | séquestre /se.kɛstʁ/ | séquestres /se.kɛstʁ/ | séquestre /se.kɛstʁ/ | séquestrions /se.kɛs.tʁi.jɔ̃/ | séquestriez /se.kɛs.tʁi.je/ | séquestrent /se.kɛstʁ/ |
imperfect2 | séquestrasse /se.kɛs.tʁas/ | séquestrasses /se.kɛs.tʁas/ | séquestrât /se.kɛs.tʁa/ | séquestrassions /se.kɛs.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ | séquestrassiez /se.kɛs.tʁa.sje/ | séquestrassent /se.kɛs.tʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | séquestre /se.kɛstʁ/ | — | séquestrons /se.kɛs.tʁɔ̃/ | séquestrez /se.kɛs.tʁe/ | — | |
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
- “séquestrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.