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exonérer
exonérer
See also: exonerer
French
Verb
exonérer
- to exonerate
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 exonérer-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written exonèrer-, 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 exonérer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | exonérer | avoir exonéré | |||||
| gerund | en exonérant | en ayant exonéré | |||||
| present participle | exonérant /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | exonéré /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | exonère /ɛɡ.zɔ.nɛʁ/ |
exonères /ɛɡ.zɔ.nɛʁ/ |
exonère /ɛɡ.zɔ.nɛʁ/ |
exonérons /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁɔ̃/ |
exonérez /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁe/ |
exonèrent /ɛɡ.zɔ.nɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | exonérais /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁɛ/ |
exonérais /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁɛ/ |
exonérait /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁɛ/ |
exonérions /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁjɔ̃/ |
exonériez /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁje/ |
exonéraient /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | exonérai /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁe/ |
exonéras /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁa/ |
exonéra /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁa/ |
exonérâmes /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁam/ |
exonérâtes /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁat/ |
exonérèrent /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | exonèrerai or exonérerai /ɛɡ.zɔ.nɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
exonèreras or exonéreras /ɛɡ.zɔ.nɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
exonèrera or exonérera /ɛɡ.zɔ.nɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
exonèrerons or exonérerons /ɛɡ.zɔ.nɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
exonèrerez or exonérerez /ɛɡ.zɔ.nɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
exonèreront or exonéreront /ɛɡ.zɔ.nɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | exonèrerais or exonérerais /ɛɡ.zɔ.nɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
exonèrerais or exonérerais /ɛɡ.zɔ.nɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
exonèrerait or exonérerait /ɛɡ.zɔ.nɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
exonèrerions or exonérerions /ɛɡ.zɔ.nɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
exonèreriez or exonéreriez /ɛɡ.zɔ.nɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ |
exonèreraient or exonéreraient /ɛɡ.zɔ.nɛ.ʁə.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 | exonère /ɛɡ.zɔ.nɛʁ/ |
exonères /ɛɡ.zɔ.nɛʁ/ |
exonère /ɛɡ.zɔ.nɛʁ/ |
exonérions /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁjɔ̃/ |
exonériez /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁje/ |
exonèrent /ɛɡ.zɔ.nɛʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
exonérasse /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁas/ |
exonérasses /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁas/ |
exonérât /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁa/ |
exonérassions /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
exonérassiez /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁa.sje/ |
exonérassent /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | exonère /ɛɡ.zɔ.nɛʁ/ |
— | exonérons /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁɔ̃/ |
exonérez /ɛɡ.zɔ.ne.ʁe/ |
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