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établir
établir
French
Verb
établir
- to make out (a bill), to draw up (a document etc.)
- to establish, to set up (a business, government, camp, reputation etc.)
- to demonstrate, establish (a fact, responsibility)
- (sports) to set (a record)
- to institute (a rule)
- (reflexive) to settle down
- (reflexive, biology) to colonize
- (uncommon) to become part of common usage
Derived terms
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of établir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | établir | avoir établi | |||||
| gerund | en établissant | en ayant établi | |||||
| present participle | établissant /e.ta.bli.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | établi /e.ta.bli/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | établis /e.ta.bli/ |
établis /e.ta.bli/ |
établit /e.ta.bli/ |
établissons /e.ta.bli.sɔ̃/ |
établissez /e.ta.bli.se/ |
établissent /e.ta.blis/ |
| imperfect | établissais /e.ta.bli.sɛ/ |
établissais /e.ta.bli.sɛ/ |
établissait /e.ta.bli.sɛ/ |
établissions /e.ta.bli.sjɔ̃/ |
établissiez /e.ta.bli.sje/ |
établissaient /e.ta.bli.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | établis /e.ta.bli/ |
établis /e.ta.bli/ |
établit /e.ta.bli/ |
établîmes /e.ta.blim/ |
établîtes /e.ta.blit/ |
établirent /e.ta.bliʁ/ |
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| future | établirai /e.ta.bli.ʁe/ |
établiras /e.ta.bli.ʁa/ |
établira /e.ta.bli.ʁa/ |
établirons /e.ta.bli.ʁɔ̃/ |
établirez /e.ta.bli.ʁe/ |
établiront /e.ta.bli.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | établirais /e.ta.bli.ʁɛ/ |
établirais /e.ta.bli.ʁɛ/ |
établirait /e.ta.bli.ʁɛ/ |
établirions /e.ta.bli.ʁjɔ̃/ |
établiriez /e.ta.bli.ʁje/ |
établiraient /e.ta.bli.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 | établisse /e.ta.blis/ |
établisses /e.ta.blis/ |
établisse /e.ta.blis/ |
établissions /e.ta.bli.sjɔ̃/ |
établissiez /e.ta.bli.sje/ |
établissent /e.ta.blis/ |
| imperfect1 |
établisse /e.ta.blis/ |
établisses /e.ta.blis/ |
établît /e.ta.bli/ |
établissions /e.ta.bli.sjɔ̃/ |
établissiez /e.ta.bli.sje/ |
établissent /e.ta.blis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | établis /e.ta.bli/ |
— | établissons /e.ta.bli.sɔ̃/ |
établissez /e.ta.bli.se/ |
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