soulager
French
Etymology
Alteration of Old French suslegier (probably under the influence of solacier (“to solace”) and soulas) from Vulgar Latin *subleviō, from Latin sublevō (“I lift up, I raise; I lighten”), from sub- (“from under”) + levō (“I raise, I lift up”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su.la.ʒe/
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Verb
soulager
- (transitive) to relieve, soothe
- (Can we date this quote?) Charles Baudelaire, Le Crépuscule du Soir
- C’est le soir qui soulage / Les esprits.
- It’s the evening which soothes the spirits.
- C’est le soir qui soulage / Les esprits.
- (Can we date this quote?) Charles Baudelaire, Le Crépuscule du Soir
- (reflexive) to make oneself feel better, to find relief
- (reflexive, colloquial) to relieve oneself
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written soulage- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of soulager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle | soulageant /su.la.ʒɑ̃/ | ||||||
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past participle | soulagé /su.la.ʒe/ | ||||||
infinitive | |||||||
simple | soulager | ||||||
compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
gerund1 | |||||||
simple | soulageant /su.la.ʒɑ̃/ | ||||||
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 | soulage /su.laʒ/ |
soulages /su.laʒ/ |
soulage /su.laʒ/ |
soulageons /su.la.ʒɔ̃/ |
soulagez /su.la.ʒe/ |
soulagent /su.laʒ/ |
imperfect | soulageais /su.la.ʒɛ/ |
soulageais /su.la.ʒɛ/ |
soulageait /su.la.ʒɛ/ |
soulagions /su.la.ʒjɔ̃/ |
soulagiez /su.la.ʒje/ |
soulageaient /su.la.ʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | soulageai /su.la.ʒe/ |
soulageas /su.la.ʒa/ |
soulagea /su.la.ʒa/ |
soulageâmes /su.la.ʒam/ |
soulageâtes /su.la.ʒat/ |
soulagèrent /su.la.ʒɛʁ/ | |
future | soulagerai /su.laʒ.ʁe/ |
soulageras /su.laʒ.ʁa/ |
soulagera /su.laʒ.ʁa/ |
soulagerons /su.laʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
soulagerez /su.laʒ.ʁe/ |
soulageront /su.laʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | soulagerais /su.laʒ.ʁɛ/ |
soulagerais /su.laʒ.ʁɛ/ |
soulagerait /su.laʒ.ʁɛ/ |
soulagerions /su.la.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
soulageriez /su.la.ʒə.ʁje/ |
soulageraient /su.laʒ.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 | soulage /su.laʒ/ |
soulages /su.laʒ/ |
soulage /su.laʒ/ |
soulagions /su.la.ʒjɔ̃/ |
soulagiez /su.la.ʒje/ |
soulagent /su.laʒ/ |
imperfect2 | soulageasse /su.la.ʒas/ |
soulageasses /su.la.ʒas/ |
soulageât /su.la.ʒa/ |
soulageassions /su.la.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
soulageassiez /su.la.ʒa.sje/ |
soulageassent /su.la.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | soulage /su.laʒ/ |
— | soulageons /su.la.ʒɔ̃/ |
soulagez /su.la.ʒe/ |
— | |
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
- “soulager” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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