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cirer
cirer
French
Verb
cirer
- to wax (apply wax to something)
Conjugation
Conjugation of cirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | cirer | avoir ciré | |||||
| gerund | en cirant | en ayant ciré | |||||
| present participle | cirant /si.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | ciré /si.ʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | cire /siʁ/ |
cires /siʁ/ |
cire /siʁ/ |
cirons /si.ʁɔ̃/ |
cirez /si.ʁe/ |
cirent /siʁ/ |
| imperfect | cirais /si.ʁɛ/ |
cirais /si.ʁɛ/ |
cirait /si.ʁɛ/ |
cirions /si.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ciriez /si.ʁje/ |
ciraient /si.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | cirai /si.ʁe/ |
ciras /si.ʁa/ |
cira /si.ʁa/ |
cirâmes /si.ʁam/ |
cirâtes /si.ʁat/ |
cirèrent /si.ʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | cirerai /si.ʁə.ʁe/ |
cireras /si.ʁə.ʁa/ |
cirera /si.ʁə.ʁa/ |
cirerons /si.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
cirerez /si.ʁə.ʁe/ |
cireront /si.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | cirerais /si.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
cirerais /si.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
cirerait /si.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
cirerions /si.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cireriez /si.ʁə.ʁje/ |
cireraient /si.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | cire /siʁ/ |
cires /siʁ/ |
cire /siʁ/ |
cirions /si.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ciriez /si.ʁje/ |
cirent /siʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
cirasse /si.ʁas/ |
cirasses /si.ʁas/ |
cirât /si.ʁa/ |
cirassions /si.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
cirassiez /si.ʁa.sje/ |
cirassent /si.ʁas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | cire /siʁ/ |
— | cirons /si.ʁɔ̃/ |
cirez /si.ʁe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||