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reculer
reculer
French
Verb
reculer
- (transitive) to move back, to put back
- (intransitive) to go backwards
- (intransitive) to back down, to concede
- (intransitive) to back off, to draw back, to retreat
- (intransitive) to recede, to gradualy disappear
- (intransitive) to drop, to fall, to decline
- (nautical, intransitive) to go astern
Conjugation
Conjugation of reculer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | reculer | avoir reculé | |||||
| gerund | en reculant | en ayant reculé | |||||
| present participle | reculant /ʁə.ky.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | reculé /ʁə.ky.le/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | recule /ʁə.kyl/ |
recules /ʁə.kyl/ |
recule /ʁə.kyl/ |
reculons /ʁə.ky.lɔ̃/ |
reculez /ʁə.ky.le/ |
reculent /ʁə.kyl/ |
| imperfect | reculais /ʁə.ky.lɛ/ |
reculais /ʁə.ky.lɛ/ |
reculait /ʁə.ky.lɛ/ |
reculions /ʁə.ky.ljɔ̃/ |
reculiez /ʁə.ky.lje/ |
reculaient /ʁə.ky.lɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | reculai /ʁə.ky.le/ |
reculas /ʁə.ky.la/ |
recula /ʁə.ky.la/ |
reculâmes /ʁə.ky.lam/ |
reculâtes /ʁə.ky.lat/ |
reculèrent /ʁə.ky.lɛʁ/ |
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| future | reculerai /ʁə.kyl.ʁe/ |
reculeras /ʁə.kyl.ʁa/ |
reculera /ʁə.kyl.ʁa/ |
reculerons /ʁə.kyl.ʁɔ̃/ |
reculerez /ʁə.kyl.ʁe/ |
reculeront /ʁə.kyl.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | reculerais /ʁə.kyl.ʁɛ/ |
reculerais /ʁə.kyl.ʁɛ/ |
reculerait /ʁə.kyl.ʁɛ/ |
reculerions /ʁə.ky.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
reculeriez /ʁə.ky.lə.ʁje/ |
reculeraient /ʁə.kyl.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 | recule /ʁə.kyl/ |
recules /ʁə.kyl/ |
recule /ʁə.kyl/ |
reculions /ʁə.ky.ljɔ̃/ |
reculiez /ʁə.ky.lje/ |
reculent /ʁə.kyl/ |
| imperfect1 |
reculasse /ʁə.ky.las/ |
reculasses /ʁə.ky.las/ |
reculât /ʁə.ky.la/ |
reculassions /ʁə.ky.la.sjɔ̃/ |
reculassiez /ʁə.ky.la.sje/ |
reculassent /ʁə.ky.las/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | recule /ʁə.kyl/ |
— | reculons /ʁə.ky.lɔ̃/ |
reculez /ʁə.ky.le/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
- culer
- recul
- reculement
- à reculons