élaborer

See also: elaborer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēlabōrāre. Cognate with Italian elaborare, Spanish elaborar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /e.la.bɔ.ʁe/
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Verb

élaborer

  1. to draw up, write up, make up, whip up, put together
    Un compositeur ou une compositrice est une personne musicienne qui élabore de la musique.
    A composer is a musician who writes music.
  2. to process farther, to produce, to develop, to metabolize
    L’embryon élabore une hormone […] ― The embry metabolizes a hormone […]
    Le cœur possède la puissance première d’élaborer le sang. ― The heart has the prime power of processing the blood.
  3. to elaborate, to work out

Conjugation
Conjugation of élaborer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple élaborer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple élaborant
/e.la.bɔ.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle élaboré
/e.la.bɔ.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present élabore
/e.la.bɔʁ/		 élabores
/e.la.bɔʁ/		 élabore
/e.la.bɔʁ/		 élaborons
/e.la.bɔ.ʁɔ̃/		 élaborez
/e.la.bɔ.ʁe/		 élaborent
/e.la.bɔʁ/
imperfect élaborais
/e.la.bɔ.ʁɛ/		 élaborais
/e.la.bɔ.ʁɛ/		 élaborait
/e.la.bɔ.ʁɛ/		 élaborions
/e.la.bɔ.ʁjɔ̃/		 élaboriez
/e.la.bɔ.ʁje/		 élaboraient
/e.la.bɔ.ʁɛ/
past historic2 élaborai
/e.la.bɔ.ʁe/		 élaboras
/e.la.bɔ.ʁa/		 élabora
/e.la.bɔ.ʁa/		 élaborâmes
/e.la.bɔ.ʁam/		 élaborâtes
/e.la.bɔ.ʁat/		 élaborèrent
/e.la.bɔ.ʁɛʁ/
future élaborerai
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁe/		 élaboreras
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁa/		 élaborera
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁa/		 élaborerons
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 élaborerez
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁe/		 élaboreront
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional élaborerais
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 élaborerais
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 élaborerait
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 élaborerions
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 élaboreriez
/e.la.bɔ.ʁə.ʁje/		 élaboreraient
/e.la.bɔ.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 élabore
/e.la.bɔʁ/		 élabores
/e.la.bɔʁ/		 élabore
/e.la.bɔʁ/		 élaborions
/e.la.bɔ.ʁjɔ̃/		 élaboriez
/e.la.bɔ.ʁje/		 élaborent
/e.la.bɔʁ/
imperfect2 élaborasse
/e.la.bɔ.ʁas/		 élaborasses
/e.la.bɔ.ʁas/		 élaborât
/e.la.bɔ.ʁa/		 élaborassions
/e.la.bɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 élaborassiez
/e.la.bɔ.ʁa.sje/		 élaborassent
/e.la.bɔ.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — élabore
/e.la.bɔʁ/		 — élaborons
/e.la.bɔ.ʁɔ̃/		 élaborez
/e.la.bɔ.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).

Descendants
  • → Romanian: elabora

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