solliciter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sollicitāre, present active infinitive of sollicitō. Doublet of soucier.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɔ.li.si.te/
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Verb

solliciter

  1. to solicit
  2. to attract (attention, interest)

Conjugation
Conjugation of solliciter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle sollicitant
/sɔ.li.si.tɑ̃/
past participle sollicité
/sɔ.li.si.te/
infinitive
simple solliciter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple sollicitant
/sɔ.li.si.tɑ̃/
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 sollicite
/sɔ.li.sit/		 sollicites
/sɔ.li.sit/		 sollicite
/sɔ.li.sit/		 sollicitons
/sɔ.li.si.tɔ̃/		 sollicitez
/sɔ.li.si.te/		 sollicitent
/sɔ.li.sit/
imperfect sollicitais
/sɔ.li.si.tɛ/		 sollicitais
/sɔ.li.si.tɛ/		 sollicitait
/sɔ.li.si.tɛ/		 sollicitions
/sɔ.li.si.tjɔ̃/		 sollicitiez
/sɔ.li.si.tje/		 sollicitaient
/sɔ.li.si.tɛ/
past historic2 sollicitai
/sɔ.li.si.te/		 sollicitas
/sɔ.li.si.ta/		 sollicita
/sɔ.li.si.ta/		 sollicitâmes
/sɔ.li.si.tam/		 sollicitâtes
/sɔ.li.si.tat/		 sollicitèrent
/sɔ.li.si.tɛʁ/
future solliciterai
/sɔ.li.si.tʁe/		 solliciteras
/sɔ.li.si.tʁa/		 sollicitera
/sɔ.li.si.tʁa/		 solliciterons
/sɔ.li.si.tʁɔ̃/		 solliciterez
/sɔ.li.si.tʁe/		 solliciteront
/sɔ.li.si.tʁɔ̃/
conditional solliciterais
/sɔ.li.si.tʁɛ/		 solliciterais
/sɔ.li.si.tʁɛ/		 solliciterait
/sɔ.li.si.tʁɛ/		 solliciterions
/sɔ.li.si.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 solliciteriez
/sɔ.li.si.tə.ʁje/		 solliciteraient
/sɔ.li.si.tʁɛ/
(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 sollicite
/sɔ.li.sit/		 sollicites
/sɔ.li.sit/		 sollicite
/sɔ.li.sit/		 sollicitions
/sɔ.li.si.tjɔ̃/		 sollicitiez
/sɔ.li.si.tje/		 sollicitent
/sɔ.li.sit/
imperfect2 sollicitasse
/sɔ.li.si.tas/		 sollicitasses
/sɔ.li.si.tas/		 sollicitât
/sɔ.li.si.ta/		 sollicitassions
/sɔ.li.si.ta.sjɔ̃/		 sollicitassiez
/sɔ.li.si.ta.sje/		 sollicitassent
/sɔ.li.si.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — sollicite
/sɔ.li.sit/		 — sollicitons
/sɔ.li.si.tɔ̃/		 sollicitez
/sɔ.li.si.te/		 —
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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Verb

solliciter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of sollicitō

Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation 1332[1], borrowed from Latin sollicitō.

Verb

solliciter

  1. to urge (someone to do something)

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of solliciter
simple compound
infinitive solliciter avoir sollicité
gerund en sollicitant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle sollicitant
past participle sollicité
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 sollicite sollicites sollicite sollicitons sollicitez sollicitent
imperfect sollicitois, sollicitoys sollicitois, sollicitoys sollicitoit, sollicitoyt sollicitions, sollicityons sollicitiez, sollicityez sollicitoient, sollicitoyent
past historic sollicita sollicitas sollicita sollicitasmes sollicitastes solliciterent
future solliciterai, solliciteray solliciteras sollicitera solliciterons solliciterez solliciteront
conditional solliciterois, solliciteroys solliciterois, solliciteroys solliciteroit, solliciteroyt solliciterions, solliciteryons solliciteriez, solliciteryez solliciteroient, solliciteroyent
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 sollicite sollicites sollicite sollicitons sollicitez sollicitent
imperfect sollicitasse sollicitasses sollicitast sollicitassions sollicitassiez sollicitassent
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 –
— sollicite — sollicitons sollicitez —

Descendants

References
  1. “solliciter” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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