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Webster 1913 Edition
Delayer
De-lay′er
,Noun.
One who delays; one who lingers.
Webster 1828 Edition
Delayer
DELAYER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
délayer
délayer
See also: delayer
French
Verb
délayer
- (transitive) to add water to
- to thin (paint)
- to water down (another liquid)
- to pad out (e.g. a speech)
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to both groups, according to the writer's preference).
Conjugation of délayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | délayer | avoir délayé | |||||
| gerund | en délayant | en ayant délayé | |||||
| present participle | délayant /de.lɛ.jɑ̃/ or /de.le.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | délayé /de.lɛ.je/ or /de.le.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | délaye or délaie /de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ |
délayes or délaies /de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ |
délaye or délaie /de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ |
délayons /de.lɛ.jɔ̃/ or /de.le.jɔ̃/ |
délayez /de.lɛ.je/ or /de.le.je/ |
délayent or délaient /de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ |
| imperfect | délayais /de.lɛ.jɛ/ or /de.le.jɛ/ |
délayais /de.lɛ.jɛ/ or /de.le.jɛ/ |
délayait /de.lɛ.jɛ/ or /de.le.jɛ/ |
délayions /de.lɛj.jɔ̃/ or /de.lej.jɔ̃/ |
délayiez /de.lɛj.je/ or /de.lej.je/ |
délayaient /de.lɛ.jɛ/ or /de.le.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | délayai /de.lɛ.je/ or /de.le.je/ |
délayas /de.lɛ.ja/ or /de.le.ja/ |
délaya /de.lɛ.ja/ or /de.le.ja/ |
délayâmes /de.lɛ.jam/ or /de.le.jam/ |
délayâtes /de.lɛ.jat/ or /de.le.jat/ |
délayèrent /de.lɛ.jɛʁ/ or /de.le.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | délayerai or délaierai /de.lɛj.ʁe/ or /de.lɛ.ʁe/ |
délayeras or délaieras /de.lɛj.ʁa/ or /de.lɛ.ʁa/ |
délayera or délaiera /de.lɛj.ʁa/ or /de.lɛ.ʁa/ |
délayerons or délaierons /de.lɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /de.lɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
délayerez or délaierez /de.lɛj.ʁe/ or /de.lɛ.ʁe/ |
délayeront or délaieront /de.lɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /de.lɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | délayerais or délaierais /de.lɛj.ʁɛ/ or /de.lɛ.ʁɛ/ |
délayerais or délaierais /de.lɛj.ʁɛ/ or /de.lɛ.ʁɛ/ |
délayerait or délaierait /de.lɛj.ʁɛ/ or /de.lɛ.ʁɛ/ |
délayerions or délaierions /de.lɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /de.lɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
délayeriez or délaieriez /de.lɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /de.lɛ.ʁje/ |
délayeraient or délaieraient /de.lɛj.ʁɛ/ or /de.lɛ.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 | délaye or délaie /de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ |
délayes or délaies /de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ |
délaye or délaie /de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ |
délayions /de.lɛj.jɔ̃/ or /de.lej.jɔ̃/ |
délayiez /de.lɛj.je/ or /de.lej.je/ |
délayent or délaient /de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ |
| imperfect1 |
délayasse /de.lɛ.jas/ or /de.le.jas/ |
délayasses /de.lɛ.jas/ or /de.le.jas/ |
délayât /de.lɛ.ja/ or /de.le.ja/ |
délayassions /de.lɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /de.le.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
délayassiez /de.lɛ.ja.sje/ or /de.le.ja.sje/ |
délayassent /de.lɛ.jas/ or /de.le.jas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | délaye or délaie /de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ |
— | délayons /de.lɛ.jɔ̃/ or /de.le.jɔ̃/ |
délayez /de.lɛ.je/ or /de.le.je/ |
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