éloigner
See also: eloigner
French
Etymology
From Middle French esloigner, from Old French esloignier, itself probably from loing, or alternatively from Vulgar Latin *exlongō, exlongāre, from Latin longe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.lwa.ɲe/
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Verb
éloigner
- to remove
- to distance, to draw or pull away from
- (reflexive, s'éloigner) to distance oneself, to pull oneself away from
Conjugation
Conjugation of éloigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | éloigner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | éloignant /e.lwa.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | éloigné /e.lwa.ɲe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | éloigne /e.lwaɲ/ | éloignes /e.lwaɲ/ | éloigne /e.lwaɲ/ | éloignons /e.lwa.ɲɔ̃/ | éloignez /e.lwa.ɲe/ | éloignent /e.lwaɲ/ |
| imperfect | éloignais /e.lwa.ɲɛ/ | éloignais /e.lwa.ɲɛ/ | éloignait /e.lwa.ɲɛ/ | éloignions /e.lwa.ɲjɔ̃/ | éloigniez /e.lwa.ɲje/ | éloignaient /e.lwa.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | éloignai /e.lwa.ɲe/ | éloignas /e.lwa.ɲa/ | éloigna /e.lwa.ɲa/ | éloignâmes /e.lwa.ɲam/ | éloignâtes /e.lwa.ɲat/ | éloignèrent /e.lwa.ɲɛʁ/ | |
| future | éloignerai /e.lwa.ɲə.ʁe/ | éloigneras /e.lwa.ɲə.ʁa/ | éloignera /e.lwa.ɲə.ʁa/ | éloignerons /e.lwa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | éloignerez /e.lwa.ɲə.ʁe/ | éloigneront /e.lwa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | éloignerais /e.lwa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | éloignerais /e.lwa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | éloignerait /e.lwa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | éloignerions /e.lwa.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ | éloigneriez /e.lwa.ɲə.ʁje/ | éloigneraient /e.lwa.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 | éloigne /e.lwaɲ/ | éloignes /e.lwaɲ/ | éloigne /e.lwaɲ/ | éloignions /e.lwa.ɲjɔ̃/ | éloigniez /e.lwa.ɲje/ | éloignent /e.lwaɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | éloignasse /e.lwa.ɲas/ | éloignasses /e.lwa.ɲas/ | éloignât /e.lwa.ɲa/ | éloignassions /e.lwa.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ | éloignassiez /e.lwa.ɲa.sje/ | éloignassent /e.lwa.ɲas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | éloigne /e.lwaɲ/ | — | éloignons /e.lwa.ɲɔ̃/ | éloignez /e.lwa.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). | |||||||
Related terms
- loin
- lointain
Further reading
- “éloigner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- onglerie