délayer
See also: delayer
French
Etymology
Perhaps from Vulgar Latin delicāre, present active infinitive of delicō, from Latin deliquāre, present active infinitive of deliquō, and influenced phonetically by the unrelated Old French delaier (cf. délai).
Pronunciation
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Verb
délayer
- (transitive) to add water to
- to thin (paint)
- to water down (another liquid)
- to pad out (e.g. a speech)
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to both groups, according to the writer's preference).
Conjugation of délayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | délayant /de.lɛ.jɑ̃/ or /de.le.jɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | délayé /de.lɛ.je/ or /de.le.je/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | délayer | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | délayant /de.lɛ.jɑ̃/ or /de.le.jɑ̃/ | ||||||
| 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 | délaye or délaie /de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ |
délayes or délaies /de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ |
délaye or délaie /de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ |
délayons /de.lɛ.jɔ̃/ or /de.le.jɔ̃/ |
délayez /de.lɛ.je/ or /de.le.je/ |
délayent or délaient /de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ |
| imperfect | délayais /de.lɛ.jɛ/ or /de.le.jɛ/ |
délayais /de.lɛ.jɛ/ or /de.le.jɛ/ |
délayait /de.lɛ.jɛ/ or /de.le.jɛ/ |
délayions /de.lɛj.jɔ̃/ or /de.lej.jɔ̃/ |
délayiez /de.lɛj.je/ or /de.lej.je/ |
délayaient /de.lɛ.jɛ/ or /de.le.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | délayai /de.lɛ.je/ or /de.le.je/ |
délayas /de.lɛ.ja/ or /de.le.ja/ |
délaya /de.lɛ.ja/ or /de.le.ja/ |
délayâmes /de.lɛ.jam/ or /de.le.jam/ |
délayâtes /de.lɛ.jat/ or /de.le.jat/ |
délayèrent /de.lɛ.jɛʁ/ or /de.le.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | délayerai or délaierai /de.lɛj.ʁe/ or /de.lɛ.ʁe/ |
délayeras or délaieras /de.lɛj.ʁa/ or /de.lɛ.ʁa/ |
délayera or délaiera /de.lɛj.ʁa/ or /de.lɛ.ʁa/ |
délayerons or délaierons /de.lɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /de.lɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
délayerez or délaierez /de.lɛj.ʁe/ or /de.lɛ.ʁe/ |
délayeront or délaieront /de.lɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /de.lɛ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | délayerais or délaierais /de.lɛj.ʁɛ/ or /de.lɛ.ʁɛ/ |
délayerais or délaierais /de.lɛj.ʁɛ/ or /de.lɛ.ʁɛ/ |
délayerait or délaierait /de.lɛj.ʁɛ/ or /de.lɛ.ʁɛ/ |
délayerions or délaierions /de.lɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /de.lɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
délayeriez or délaieriez /de.lɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /de.lɛ.ʁje/ |
délayeraient or délaieraient /de.lɛj.ʁɛ/ or /de.lɛ.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 | délaye or délaie /de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ |
délayes or délaies /de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ |
délaye or délaie /de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ |
délayions /de.lɛj.jɔ̃/ or /de.lej.jɔ̃/ |
délayiez /de.lɛj.je/ or /de.lej.je/ |
délayent or délaient /de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ |
| imperfect2 | délayasse /de.lɛ.jas/ or /de.le.jas/ |
délayasses /de.lɛ.jas/ or /de.le.jas/ |
délayât /de.lɛ.ja/ or /de.le.ja/ |
délayassions /de.lɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /de.le.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
délayassiez /de.lɛ.ja.sje/ or /de.le.ja.sje/ |
délayassent /de.lɛ.jas/ or /de.le.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | délaye or délaie /de.lɛj/ or /de.lɛ/ |
— | délayons /de.lɛ.jɔ̃/ or /de.le.jɔ̃/ |
délayez /de.lɛ.je/ or /de.le.je/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “délayer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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