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Relier
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Relier
RELI'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
relier
relier
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin re + ligare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.lje/
Verb
relier
- to connect, link, join, relate to
- Ce problème est relié à un produit inférieur.
- This problem is linked to an inferior product.
- Ce problème est relié à un produit inférieur.
- to bind (as a book)
- Mon livre est relié en cuir.
- My book is leather-bound.
- Mon livre est relié en cuir.
- to hoop together (as a barrel)
Conjugation
Conjugation of relier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | relier | avoir relié | |||||
| gerund | en reliant | en ayant relié | |||||
| present participle | reliant /ʁə.ljɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | relié /ʁə.lje/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | relie /ʁə.li/ |
relies /ʁə.li/ |
relie /ʁə.li/ |
relions /ʁə.ljɔ̃/ |
reliez /ʁə.lje/ |
relient /ʁə.li/ |
| imperfect | reliais /ʁə.ljɛ/ |
reliais /ʁə.ljɛ/ |
reliait /ʁə.ljɛ/ |
reliions /ʁə.li.jɔ̃/ |
reliiez /ʁə.li.je/ |
reliaient /ʁə.ljɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | reliai /ʁə.lje/ |
relias /ʁə.lja/ |
relia /ʁə.lja/ |
reliâmes /ʁə.ljam/ |
reliâtes /ʁə.ljat/ |
relièrent /ʁə.ljɛʁ/ |
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| future | relierai /ʁə.li.ʁe/ |
relieras /ʁə.li.ʁa/ |
reliera /ʁə.li.ʁa/ |
relierons /ʁə.li.ʁɔ̃/ |
relierez /ʁə.li.ʁe/ |
relieront /ʁə.li.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | relierais /ʁə.li.ʁɛ/ |
relierais /ʁə.li.ʁɛ/ |
relierait /ʁə.li.ʁɛ/ |
relierions /ʁə.li.ʁjɔ̃/ |
relieriez /ʁə.li.ʁje/ |
relieraient /ʁə.li.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 | relie /ʁə.li/ |
relies /ʁə.li/ |
relie /ʁə.li/ |
reliions /ʁə.li.jɔ̃/ |
reliiez /ʁə.li.je/ |
relient /ʁə.li/ |
| imperfect1 |
reliasse /ʁə.ljas/ |
reliasses /ʁə.ljas/ |
reliât /ʁə.lja/ |
reliassions /ʁə.lja.sjɔ̃/ |
reliassiez /ʁə.lja.sje/ |
reliassent /ʁə.ljas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | relie /ʁə.li/ |
— | relions /ʁə.ljɔ̃/ |
reliez /ʁə.lje/ |
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