calculer
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kal.ky.le/
calculer (file)
Verb
calculer
- to calculate (all meanings)
Conjugation
Conjugation of calculer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | calculer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | calculant /kal.ky.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | calculé /kal.ky.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | calcule /kal.kyl/ | calcules /kal.kyl/ | calcule /kal.kyl/ | calculons /kal.ky.lɔ̃/ | calculez /kal.ky.le/ | calculent /kal.kyl/ |
| imperfect | calculais /kal.ky.lɛ/ | calculais /kal.ky.lɛ/ | calculait /kal.ky.lɛ/ | calculions /kal.ky.ljɔ̃/ | calculiez /kal.ky.lje/ | calculaient /kal.ky.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | calculai /kal.ky.le/ | calculas /kal.ky.la/ | calcula /kal.ky.la/ | calculâmes /kal.ky.lam/ | calculâtes /kal.ky.lat/ | calculèrent /kal.ky.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | calculerai /kal.kyl.ʁe/ | calculeras /kal.kyl.ʁa/ | calculera /kal.kyl.ʁa/ | calculerons /kal.kyl.ʁɔ̃/ | calculerez /kal.kyl.ʁe/ | calculeront /kal.kyl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | calculerais /kal.kyl.ʁɛ/ | calculerais /kal.kyl.ʁɛ/ | calculerait /kal.kyl.ʁɛ/ | calculerions /kal.ky.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | calculeriez /kal.ky.lə.ʁje/ | calculeraient /kal.kyl.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 | calcule /kal.kyl/ | calcules /kal.kyl/ | calcule /kal.kyl/ | calculions /kal.ky.ljɔ̃/ | calculiez /kal.ky.lje/ | calculent /kal.kyl/ |
| imperfect2 | calculasse /kal.ky.las/ | calculasses /kal.ky.las/ | calculât /kal.ky.la/ | calculassions /kal.ky.la.sjɔ̃/ | calculassiez /kal.ky.la.sje/ | calculassent /kal.ky.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | calcule /kal.kyl/ | — | calculons /kal.ky.lɔ̃/ | calculez /kal.ky.le/ | — | |
| 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
- “calculer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
calculer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of calculō
- "may I be calculated, may I be computed"
- (figuratively) "may I be considered as, may I be esteemed"
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) calcular
Etymology
From Latin calculō, calculāre (“calculate”), from calculus (“pebble”), diminutive of calx (“limestone”), from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).
Verb
calculer
- (Puter) to calculate
Derived terms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) calculader
- (Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) calculatur
- (Surmiran) calculatour