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éclater
éclater
French
Verb
éclater
- to burst; to break, to shatter
- to boom (make a loud noise)
- (literary) to appear
- (literally or figuratively) to shine
- (reflexive, s'éclater) to party; to have a great time, to have a ball
- (philosophy) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Conjugation
Conjugation of éclater (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | éclater | avoir éclaté | |||||
| gerund | en éclatant | en ayant éclaté | |||||
| present participle | éclatant /e.kla.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | éclaté /e.kla.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | éclate /e.klat/ |
éclates /e.klat/ |
éclate /e.klat/ |
éclatons /e.kla.tɔ̃/ |
éclatez /e.kla.te/ |
éclatent /e.klat/ |
| imperfect | éclatais /e.kla.tɛ/ |
éclatais /e.kla.tɛ/ |
éclatait /e.kla.tɛ/ |
éclations /e.kla.tjɔ̃/ |
éclatiez /e.kla.tje/ |
éclataient /e.kla.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | éclatai /e.kla.te/ |
éclatas /e.kla.ta/ |
éclata /e.kla.ta/ |
éclatâmes /e.kla.tam/ |
éclatâtes /e.kla.tat/ |
éclatèrent /e.kla.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | éclaterai /e.kla.tʁe/ |
éclateras /e.kla.tʁa/ |
éclatera /e.kla.tʁa/ |
éclaterons /e.kla.tʁɔ̃/ |
éclaterez /e.kla.tʁe/ |
éclateront /e.kla.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | éclaterais /e.kla.tʁɛ/ |
éclaterais /e.kla.tʁɛ/ |
éclaterait /e.kla.tʁɛ/ |
éclaterions /e.kla.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
éclateriez /e.kla.tə.ʁje/ |
éclateraient /e.kla.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | éclate /e.klat/ |
éclates /e.klat/ |
éclate /e.klat/ |
éclations /e.kla.tjɔ̃/ |
éclatiez /e.kla.tje/ |
éclatent /e.klat/ |
| imperfect1 |
éclatasse /e.kla.tas/ |
éclatasses /e.kla.tas/ |
éclatât /e.kla.ta/ |
éclatassions /e.kla.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
éclatassiez /e.kla.ta.sje/ |
éclatassent /e.kla.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | éclate /e.klat/ |
— | éclatons /e.kla.tɔ̃/ |
éclatez /e.kla.te/ |
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