élaborer

See also: elaborer

French

Etymology

From Latin ēlabōrāre. Cognate with Italian elaborare, Spanish elaborar.

Verb

élaborer

to draw up, write up, make up, whip up, put together
to elaborate

Conjugation

Conjugation of élaborer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive
present participle		élaborant /e.la.bɔ.ʁɑ̃/
past participle		élaboré /e.la.bɔ.ʁe/
simple		élaborer
compound		avoir + past participle
gerund¹
simple		élaborant /e.la.bɔ.ʁɑ̃/
compound		ayant + past participle
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	élabore /e.la.bɔʁ/	élabores /e.la.bɔʁ/	élabore /e.la.bɔʁ/	élaborons /e.la.bɔ.ʁɔ̃/	élaborez /e.la.bɔ.ʁe/	élaborent /e.la.bɔʁ/
	imperfect	élaborais /e.la.bɔ.ʁɛ/	élaborais /e.la.bɔ.ʁɛ/	élaborait /e.la.bɔ.ʁɛ/	élaborions /e.la.bɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	élaboriez /e.la.bɔ.ʁje/	élaboraient /e.la.bɔ.ʁɛ/
	past historic²	élaborai /e.la.bɔ.ʁe/	élaboras /e.la.bɔ.ʁa/	élabora /e.la.bɔ.ʁa/	élaborâmes /e.la.bɔ.ʁam/	élaborâtes /e.la.bɔ.ʁat/	élaborèrent /e.la.bɔ.ʁɛʁ/
	future	élaborerai /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	élaboreras /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	élaborera /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	élaborerons /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	élaborerez /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	élaboreront /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	élaborerais /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	élaborerais /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	élaborerait /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	élaborerions /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	élaboreriez /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁje/	élaboreraient /e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	élabore /e.la.bɔʁ/	élabores /e.la.bɔʁ/	élabore /e.la.bɔʁ/	élaborions /e.la.bɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	élaboriez /e.la.bɔ.ʁje/	élaborent /e.la.bɔʁ/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	élaborasse /e.la.bɔ.ʁas/	élaborasses /e.la.bɔ.ʁas/	élaborât /e.la.bɔ.ʁa/	élaborassions /e.la.bɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	élaborassiez /e.la.bɔ.ʁa.sje/	élaborassent /e.la.bɔ.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	élabore /e.la.bɔʁ/	—	élaborons /e.la.bɔ.ʁɔ̃/	élaborez /e.la.bɔ.ʁe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ Only usable with preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

élaborer

French

Etymology

Verb

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