édulcorer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ēdulcōrāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁe/
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Verb

édulcorer

  1. (transitive) to sweeten (medicine)
  2. (transitive) to tone down, to sanitize, to bowdlerize

Conjugation
Conjugation of édulcorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple édulcorer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple édulcorant
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle édulcoré
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present édulcore
/e.dyl.kɔʁ/		 édulcores
/e.dyl.kɔʁ/		 édulcore
/e.dyl.kɔʁ/		 édulcorons
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɔ̃/		 édulcorez
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁe/		 édulcorent
/e.dyl.kɔʁ/
imperfect édulcorais
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɛ/		 édulcorais
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɛ/		 édulcorait
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɛ/		 édulcorions
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁjɔ̃/		 édulcoriez
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁje/		 édulcoraient
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɛ/
past historic2 édulcorai
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁe/		 édulcoras
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁa/		 édulcora
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁa/		 édulcorâmes
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁam/		 édulcorâtes
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁat/		 édulcorèrent
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɛʁ/
future édulcorerai
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁe/		 édulcoreras
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁa/		 édulcorera
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁa/		 édulcorerons
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 édulcorerez
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁe/		 édulcoreront
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional édulcorerais
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 édulcorerais
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 édulcorerait
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 édulcorerions
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 édulcoreriez
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁə.ʁje/		 édulcoreraient
/e.dyl.kɔ.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 édulcore
/e.dyl.kɔʁ/		 édulcores
/e.dyl.kɔʁ/		 édulcore
/e.dyl.kɔʁ/		 édulcorions
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁjɔ̃/		 édulcoriez
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁje/		 édulcorent
/e.dyl.kɔʁ/
imperfect2 édulcorasse
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁas/		 édulcorasses
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁas/		 édulcorât
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁa/		 édulcorassions
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 édulcorassiez
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁa.sje/		 édulcorassent
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — édulcore
/e.dyl.kɔʁ/		 — édulcorons
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɔ̃/		 édulcorez
/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁe/		 —
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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