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se_dilater
dilater
French
Verb
dilater
- (transitive) to dilate
Conjugation
Conjugation of dilater (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | dilater | avoir dilaté | |||||
| gerund | en dilatant | en ayant dilaté | |||||
| present participle | dilatant /di.la.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | dilaté /di.la.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | dilate /di.lat/ |
dilates /di.lat/ |
dilate /di.lat/ |
dilatons /di.la.tɔ̃/ |
dilatez /di.la.te/ |
dilatent /di.lat/ |
| imperfect | dilatais /di.la.tɛ/ |
dilatais /di.la.tɛ/ |
dilatait /di.la.tɛ/ |
dilations /di.la.tjɔ̃/ |
dilatiez /di.la.tje/ |
dilataient /di.la.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | dilatai /di.la.te/ |
dilatas /di.la.ta/ |
dilata /di.la.ta/ |
dilatâmes /di.la.tam/ |
dilatâtes /di.la.tat/ |
dilatèrent /di.la.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | dilaterai /di.la.tʁe/ |
dilateras /di.la.tʁa/ |
dilatera /di.la.tʁa/ |
dilaterons /di.la.tʁɔ̃/ |
dilaterez /di.la.tʁe/ |
dilateront /di.la.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | dilaterais /di.la.tʁɛ/ |
dilaterais /di.la.tʁɛ/ |
dilaterait /di.la.tʁɛ/ |
dilaterions /di.la.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
dilateriez /di.la.tə.ʁje/ |
dilateraient /di.la.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | dilate /di.lat/ |
dilates /di.lat/ |
dilate /di.lat/ |
dilations /di.la.tjɔ̃/ |
dilatiez /di.la.tje/ |
dilatent /di.lat/ |
| imperfect1 |
dilatasse /di.la.tas/ |
dilatasses /di.la.tas/ |
dilatât /di.la.ta/ |
dilatassions /di.la.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
dilatassiez /di.la.ta.sje/ |
dilatassent /di.la.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | dilate /di.lat/ |
— | dilatons /di.la.tɔ̃/ |
dilatez /di.la.te/ |
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Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
First attested in 1377, borrowing from Latin dīlātō.
Verb
dilater
- (transitive) to spread
- (reflexive, se dilater) to spread out; to cover a larger area than before
- La ou la mer s'espant et se dilate
- In the place where the sea expands and spreads out
- La ou la mer s'espant et se dilate
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of dilater
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | dilater | avoir dilaté | |||||
| gerund | en dilatant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | dilatant | ||||||
| past participle | dilaté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | dilate | dilates | dilate | dilatons | dilatez | dilatent |
| imperfect | dilatois, dilatoys | dilatois, dilatoys | dilatoit, dilatoyt | dilations, dilatyons | dilatiez, dilatyez | dilatoient, dilatoyent | |
| past historic | dilata | dilatas | dilata | dilatasmes | dilatastes | dilaterent | |
| future | dilaterai, dilateray | dilateras | dilatera | dilaterons | dilaterez | dilateront | |
| conditional | dilaterois, dilateroys | dilaterois, dilateroys | dilateroit, dilateroyt | dilaterions, dilateryons | dilateriez, dilateryez | dilateroient, dilateroyent | |
| 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 anterior | 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | dilate | dilates | dilate | dilatons | dilatez | dilatent |
| imperfect | dilatasse | dilatasses | dilatast | dilatassions | dilatassiez | dilatassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | dilate | — | dilatons | dilatez | — | ||