ériger
See also: eriger
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ērigere. Compare Old French erdre, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.ʁi.ʒe/
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Verb
ériger
- (transitive) to erect
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written érige- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of ériger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ériger | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | érigeant /e.ʁi.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | érigé /e.ʁi.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | érige /e.ʁiʒ/ | ériges /e.ʁiʒ/ | érige /e.ʁiʒ/ | érigeons /e.ʁi.ʒɔ̃/ | érigez /e.ʁi.ʒe/ | érigent /e.ʁiʒ/ |
| imperfect | érigeais /e.ʁi.ʒɛ/ | érigeais /e.ʁi.ʒɛ/ | érigeait /e.ʁi.ʒɛ/ | érigions /e.ʁi.ʒjɔ̃/ | érigiez /e.ʁi.ʒje/ | érigeaient /e.ʁi.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | érigeai /e.ʁi.ʒe/ | érigeas /e.ʁi.ʒa/ | érigea /e.ʁi.ʒa/ | érigeâmes /e.ʁi.ʒam/ | érigeâtes /e.ʁi.ʒat/ | érigèrent /e.ʁi.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | érigerai /e.ʁiʒ.ʁe/ | érigeras /e.ʁiʒ.ʁa/ | érigera /e.ʁiʒ.ʁa/ | érigerons /e.ʁiʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | érigerez /e.ʁiʒ.ʁe/ | érigeront /e.ʁiʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | érigerais /e.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/ | érigerais /e.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/ | érigerait /e.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/ | érigerions /e.ʁi.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | érigeriez /e.ʁi.ʒə.ʁje/ | érigeraient /e.ʁiʒ.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 | érige /e.ʁiʒ/ | ériges /e.ʁiʒ/ | érige /e.ʁiʒ/ | érigions /e.ʁi.ʒjɔ̃/ | érigiez /e.ʁi.ʒje/ | érigent /e.ʁiʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | érigeasse /e.ʁi.ʒas/ | érigeasses /e.ʁi.ʒas/ | érigeât /e.ʁi.ʒa/ | érigeassions /e.ʁi.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | érigeassiez /e.ʁi.ʒa.sje/ | érigeassent /e.ʁi.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | érige /e.ʁiʒ/ | — | érigeons /e.ʁi.ʒɔ̃/ | érigez /e.ʁi.ʒe/ | — | |
| 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
- érection
Further reading
- “ériger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.