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célébrer
célébrer
See also: celebrer
French
Verb
célébrer
- to celebrate
Derived terms
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written ‘é’) and /ɛ/ (written ‘è’), with the latter being used before mute ‘e’. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written célébrer-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written célèbrer-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.
Conjugation of célébrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | célébrer | avoir célébré | |||||
| gerund | en célébrant | en ayant célébré | |||||
| present participle | célébrant /se.le.bʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | célébré /se.le.bʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | célèbre /se.lɛbʁ/ |
célèbres /se.lɛbʁ/ |
célèbre /se.lɛbʁ/ |
célébrons /se.le.bʁɔ̃/ |
célébrez /se.le.bʁe/ |
célèbrent /se.lɛbʁ/ |
| imperfect | célébrais /se.le.bʁɛ/ |
célébrais /se.le.bʁɛ/ |
célébrait /se.le.bʁɛ/ |
célébrions /se.le.bʁi.jɔ̃/ |
célébriez /se.le.bʁi.je/ |
célébraient /se.le.bʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | célébrai /se.le.bʁe/ |
célébras /se.le.bʁa/ |
célébra /se.le.bʁa/ |
célébrâmes /se.le.bʁam/ |
célébrâtes /se.le.bʁat/ |
célébrèrent /se.le.bʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | célèbrerai or célébrerai /se.lɛ.bʁə.ʁe/ |
célèbreras or célébreras /se.lɛ.bʁə.ʁa/ |
célèbrera or célébrera /se.lɛ.bʁə.ʁa/ |
célèbrerons or célébrerons /se.lɛ.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
célèbrerez or célébrerez /se.lɛ.bʁə.ʁe/ |
célèbreront or célébreront /se.lɛ.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | célèbrerais or célébrerais /se.lɛ.bʁə.ʁɛ/ |
célèbrerais or célébrerais /se.lɛ.bʁə.ʁɛ/ |
célèbrerait or célébrerait /se.lɛ.bʁə.ʁɛ/ |
célèbrerions or célébrerions /se.lɛ.bʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
célèbreriez or célébreriez /se.lɛ.bʁə.ʁje/ |
célèbreraient or célébreraient /se.lɛ.bʁə.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 | célèbre /se.lɛbʁ/ |
célèbres /se.lɛbʁ/ |
célèbre /se.lɛbʁ/ |
célébrions /se.le.bʁi.jɔ̃/ |
célébriez /se.le.bʁi.je/ |
célèbrent /se.lɛbʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
célébrasse /se.le.bʁas/ |
célébrasses /se.le.bʁas/ |
célébrât /se.le.bʁa/ |
célébrassions /se.le.bʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
célébrassiez /se.le.bʁa.sje/ |
célébrassent /se.le.bʁas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | célèbre /se.lɛbʁ/ |
— | célébrons /se.le.bʁɔ̃/ |
célébrez /se.le.bʁe/ |
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