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violer
violer
French
Etymology
From Latin violō, violāre (“I treat with violence; I maltreat; I violate, defile, profane”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vjɔ.le/
 
Verb
violer
Conjugation
  Conjugation of violer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | violer | avoir violé | |||||
| gerund | en violant | en ayant violé | |||||
| present participle |  violant /vjɔ.lɑ̃/  | 
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| past participle |  violé /vjɔ.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 |  viole /vjɔl/  | 
 violes /vjɔl/  | 
 viole /vjɔl/  | 
 violons /vjɔ.lɔ̃/  | 
 violez /vjɔ.le/  | 
 violent /vjɔl/  | 
| imperfect |  violais /vjɔ.lɛ/  | 
 violais /vjɔ.lɛ/  | 
 violait /vjɔ.lɛ/  | 
 violions /vjɔ.ljɔ̃/  | 
 violiez /vjɔ.lje/  | 
 violaient /vjɔ.lɛ/  | 
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| past historic1 |  violai /vjɔ.le/  | 
violas /vjɔ.la/  | 
viola /vjɔ.la/  | 
violâmes /vjɔ.lam/  | 
violâtes /vjɔ.lat/  | 
violèrent /vjɔ.lɛʁ/  | 
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| future |  violerai /vjɔl.ʁe/  | 
 violeras /vjɔl.ʁa/  | 
 violera /vjɔl.ʁa/  | 
 violerons /vjɔl.ʁɔ̃/  | 
 violerez /vjɔl.ʁe/  | 
 violeront /vjɔl.ʁɔ̃/  | 
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| conditional |  violerais /vjɔl.ʁɛ/  | 
 violerais /vjɔl.ʁɛ/  | 
 violerait /vjɔl.ʁɛ/  | 
 violerions /vjɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/  | 
 violeriez /vjɔ.lə.ʁje/  | 
 violeraient /vjɔl.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 |  viole /vjɔl/  | 
 violes /vjɔl/  | 
 viole /vjɔl/  | 
 violions /vjɔ.ljɔ̃/  | 
 violiez /vjɔ.lje/  | 
 violent /vjɔl/  | 
| imperfect1 | 
violasse /vjɔ.las/  | 
violasses /vjɔ.las/  | 
violât /vjɔ.la/  | 
violassions /vjɔ.la.sjɔ̃/  | 
violassiez /vjɔ.la.sje/  | 
violassent /vjɔ.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 | – | |
| — |  viole /vjɔl/  | 
— |  violons /vjɔ.lɔ̃/  | 
 violez /vjɔ.le/  | 
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||