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essuyer
essuyer
See also: êssuyer
French
Verb
essuyer
- to wipe, to wipe down
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ before a silent ‘e’.
Conjugation of essuyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | essuyer | avoir essuyé | |||||
| gerund | en essuyant | en ayant essuyé | |||||
| present participle | essuyant /e.sɥi.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | essuyé /e.sɥi.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 | essuie /e.sɥi/ |
essuies /e.sɥi/ |
essuie /e.sɥi/ |
essuyons /e.sɥi.jɔ̃/ |
essuyez /e.sɥi.je/ |
essuient /e.sɥi/ |
| imperfect | essuyais /e.sɥi.jɛ/ |
essuyais /e.sɥi.jɛ/ |
essuyait /e.sɥi.jɛ/ |
essuyions /e.sɥij.jɔ̃/ |
essuyiez /e.sɥij.je/ |
essuyaient /e.sɥi.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | essuyai /e.sɥi.je/ |
essuyas /e.sɥi.ja/ |
essuya /e.sɥi.ja/ |
essuyâmes /e.sɥi.jam/ |
essuyâtes /e.sɥi.jat/ |
essuyèrent /e.sɥi.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | essuierai /e.sɥi.ʁe/ |
essuieras /e.sɥi.ʁa/ |
essuiera /e.sɥi.ʁa/ |
essuierons /e.sɥi.ʁɔ̃/ |
essuierez /e.sɥi.ʁe/ |
essuieront /e.sɥi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | essuierais /e.sɥi.ʁɛ/ |
essuierais /e.sɥi.ʁɛ/ |
essuierait /e.sɥi.ʁɛ/ |
essuierions /e.sɥi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
essuieriez /e.sɥi.ʁje/ |
essuieraient /e.sɥi.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 | essuie /e.sɥi/ |
essuies /e.sɥi/ |
essuie /e.sɥi/ |
essuyions /e.sɥij.jɔ̃/ |
essuyiez /e.sɥij.je/ |
essuient /e.sɥi/ |
| imperfect1 |
essuyasse /e.sɥi.jas/ |
essuyasses /e.sɥi.jas/ |
essuyât /e.sɥi.ja/ |
essuyassions /e.sɥi.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
essuyassiez /e.sɥi.ja.sje/ |
essuyassent /e.sɥi.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 | – | |
| — | essuie /e.sɥi/ |
— | essuyons /e.sɥi.jɔ̃/ |
essuyez /e.sɥi.je/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
- essuie-glace
- essuyage