échelonner

French

Etymology

From échelon +‎ -er. Originally military.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eʃ.lɔ.ne/, /ɛʃ.lɔ.ne/
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Verb

échelonner

  1. (transitive, military) to position (people, objects, etc.) at intervals
  2. (transitive) to space (something) out
  3. (transitive) to spread, stagger (payments, etc.)

Conjugation
Conjugation of échelonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple échelonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple échelonnant
/eʃ.lɔ.nɑ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle échelonné
/eʃ.lɔ.ne/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present échelonne
/eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/		 échelonnes
/eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/		 échelonne
/eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/		 échelonnons
/eʃ.lɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɔ̃/		 échelonnez
/eʃ.lɔ.ne/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.ne/		 échelonnent
/eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/
imperfect échelonnais
/eʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɛ/		 échelonnais
/eʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɛ/		 échelonnait
/eʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɛ/		 échelonnions
/eʃ.lɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.njɔ̃/		 échelonniez
/eʃ.lɔ.nje/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nje/		 échelonnaient
/eʃ.lɔ.nɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 échelonnai
/eʃ.lɔ.ne/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.ne/		 échelonnas
/eʃ.lɔ.na/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.na/		 échelonna
/eʃ.lɔ.na/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.na/		 échelonnâmes
/eʃ.lɔ.nam/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nam/		 échelonnâtes
/eʃ.lɔ.nat/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nat/		 échelonnèrent
/eʃ.lɔ.nɛʁ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɛʁ/
future échelonnerai
/eʃ.lɔn.ʁe/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁe/		 échelonneras
/eʃ.lɔn.ʁa/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁa/		 échelonnera
/eʃ.lɔn.ʁa/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁa/		 échelonnerons
/eʃ.lɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁɔ̃/		 échelonnerez
/eʃ.lɔn.ʁe/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁe/		 échelonneront
/eʃ.lɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional échelonnerais
/eʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/		 échelonnerais
/eʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/		 échelonnerait
/eʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/		 échelonnerions
/eʃ.lɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 échelonneriez
/eʃ.lɔ.nə.ʁje/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nə.ʁje/		 échelonneraient
/eʃ.lɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn.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 échelonne
/eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/		 échelonnes
/eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/		 échelonne
/eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/		 échelonnions
/eʃ.lɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.njɔ̃/		 échelonniez
/eʃ.lɔ.nje/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nje/		 échelonnent
/eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/
imperfect2 échelonnasse
/eʃ.lɔ.nas/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nas/		 échelonnasses
/eʃ.lɔ.nas/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nas/		 échelonnât
/eʃ.lɔ.na/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.na/		 échelonnassions
/eʃ.lɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.na.sjɔ̃/		 échelonnassiez
/eʃ.lɔ.na.sje/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.na.sje/		 échelonnassent
/eʃ.lɔ.nas/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — échelonne
/eʃ.lɔn/ or /ɛʃ.lɔn/		 — échelonnons
/eʃ.lɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.nɔ̃/		 échelonnez
/eʃ.lɔ.ne/ or /ɛʃ.lɔ.ne/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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