élucubrer
See also: elucubrer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ēlūcubrāre, present active infinitive of ēlūcubrō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.ly.ky.bʁe/
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Verb
élucubrer
- (transitive, derogatory) to dream up
Conjugation
Conjugation of élucubrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | élucubrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | élucubrant /e.ly.ky.bʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | élucubré /e.ly.ky.bʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | élucubre /e.ly.kybʁ/ | élucubres /e.ly.kybʁ/ | élucubre /e.ly.kybʁ/ | élucubrons /e.ly.ky.bʁɔ̃/ | élucubrez /e.ly.ky.bʁe/ | élucubrent /e.ly.kybʁ/ |
| imperfect | élucubrais /e.ly.ky.bʁɛ/ | élucubrais /e.ly.ky.bʁɛ/ | élucubrait /e.ly.ky.bʁɛ/ | élucubrions /e.ly.ky.bʁi.jɔ̃/ | élucubriez /e.ly.ky.bʁi.je/ | élucubraient /e.ly.ky.bʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | élucubrai /e.ly.ky.bʁe/ | élucubras /e.ly.ky.bʁa/ | élucubra /e.ly.ky.bʁa/ | élucubrâmes /e.ly.ky.bʁam/ | élucubrâtes /e.ly.ky.bʁat/ | élucubrèrent /e.ly.ky.bʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | élucubrerai /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁe/ | élucubreras /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁa/ | élucubrera /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁa/ | élucubrerons /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | élucubrerez /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁe/ | élucubreront /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | élucubrerais /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɛ/ | élucubrerais /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɛ/ | élucubrerait /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɛ/ | élucubrerions /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | élucubreriez /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁje/ | élucubreraient /e.ly.ky.bʁə.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 | élucubre /e.ly.kybʁ/ | élucubres /e.ly.kybʁ/ | élucubre /e.ly.kybʁ/ | élucubrions /e.ly.ky.bʁi.jɔ̃/ | élucubriez /e.ly.ky.bʁi.je/ | élucubrent /e.ly.kybʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | élucubrasse /e.ly.ky.bʁas/ | élucubrasses /e.ly.ky.bʁas/ | élucubrât /e.ly.ky.bʁa/ | élucubrassions /e.ly.ky.bʁa.sjɔ̃/ | élucubrassiez /e.ly.ky.bʁa.sje/ | élucubrassent /e.ly.ky.bʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | élucubre /e.ly.kybʁ/ | — | élucubrons /e.ly.ky.bʁɔ̃/ | élucubrez /e.ly.ky.bʁe/ | — | |
| 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
- “élucubrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.