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échelonner
échelonner
French
Verb
échelonner
- (transitive, military) to position (people, objects, etc.) at intervals
- (transitive) to space (something) out
- (transitive) to spread, stagger (payments, etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of échelonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | échelonner | avoir échelonné | |||||
| gerund | en échelonnant | en ayant échelonné | |||||
| present participle | échelonnant /eʃ.lɔ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | échelonné /eʃ.lɔ.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | échelonne /eʃ.lɔn/ |
échelonnes /eʃ.lɔn/ |
échelonne /eʃ.lɔn/ |
échelonnons /eʃ.lɔ.nɔ̃/ |
échelonnez /eʃ.lɔ.ne/ |
échelonnent /eʃ.lɔn/ |
| imperfect | échelonnais /eʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ |
échelonnais /eʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ |
échelonnait /eʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ |
échelonnions /eʃ.lɔ.njɔ̃/ |
échelonniez /eʃ.lɔ.nje/ |
échelonnaient /eʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | échelonnai /eʃ.lɔ.ne/ |
échelonnas /eʃ.lɔ.na/ |
échelonna /eʃ.lɔ.na/ |
échelonnâmes /eʃ.lɔ.nam/ |
échelonnâtes /eʃ.lɔ.nat/ |
échelonnèrent /eʃ.lɔ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | échelonnerai /eʃ.lɔn.ʁe/ |
échelonneras /eʃ.lɔn.ʁa/ |
échelonnera /eʃ.lɔn.ʁa/ |
échelonnerons /eʃ.lɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
échelonnerez /eʃ.lɔn.ʁe/ |
échelonneront /eʃ.lɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | échelonnerais /eʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/ |
échelonnerais /eʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/ |
échelonnerait /eʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/ |
échelonnerions /eʃ.lɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
échelonneriez /eʃ.lɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
échelonneraient /eʃ.lɔn.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 | échelonne /eʃ.lɔn/ |
échelonnes /eʃ.lɔn/ |
échelonne /eʃ.lɔn/ |
échelonnions /eʃ.lɔ.njɔ̃/ |
échelonniez /eʃ.lɔ.nje/ |
échelonnent /eʃ.lɔn/ |
| imperfect1 |
échelonnasse /eʃ.lɔ.nas/ |
échelonnasses /eʃ.lɔ.nas/ |
échelonnât /eʃ.lɔ.na/ |
échelonnassions /eʃ.lɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
échelonnassiez /eʃ.lɔ.na.sje/ |
échelonnassent /eʃ.lɔ.nas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | échelonne /eʃ.lɔn/ |
— | échelonnons /eʃ.lɔ.nɔ̃/ |
échelonnez /eʃ.lɔ.ne/ |
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