diligenter

French

Etymology

From diligent +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /di.li.ʒɑ̃.te/
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Verb

diligenter

  1. (transitive) to expedite

Conjugation
Conjugation of diligenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple diligenter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple diligentant
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle diligenté
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present diligente
/di.li.ʒɑ̃t/		 diligentes
/di.li.ʒɑ̃t/		 diligente
/di.li.ʒɑ̃t/		 diligentons
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 diligentez
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.te/		 diligentent
/di.li.ʒɑ̃t/
imperfect diligentais
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tɛ/		 diligentais
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tɛ/		 diligentait
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tɛ/		 diligentions
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 diligentiez
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tje/		 diligentaient
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 diligentai
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.te/		 diligentas
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.ta/		 diligenta
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.ta/		 diligentâmes
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tam/		 diligentâtes
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tat/		 diligentèrent
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future diligenterai
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tʁe/		 diligenteras
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tʁa/		 diligentera
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tʁa/		 diligenterons
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/		 diligenterez
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tʁe/		 diligenteront
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional diligenterais
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 diligenterais
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 diligenterait
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 diligenterions
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 diligenteriez
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tə.ʁje/		 diligenteraient
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.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 diligente
/di.li.ʒɑ̃t/		 diligentes
/di.li.ʒɑ̃t/		 diligente
/di.li.ʒɑ̃t/		 diligentions
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 diligentiez
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tje/		 diligentent
/di.li.ʒɑ̃t/
imperfect2 diligentasse
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tas/		 diligentasses
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tas/		 diligentât
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.ta/		 diligentassions
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/		 diligentassiez
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.ta.sje/		 diligentassent
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — diligente
/di.li.ʒɑ̃t/		 — diligentons
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 diligentez
/di.li.ʒɑ̃.te/		 —
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).

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From dīligēns +‎ -ter, from the present active participle of dīligō (“I esteem, I love”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

dīligenter (comparative dīligentius, superlative dīligentissimē)

  1. diligently, carefully

References
  • “diligenter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “diligenter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • diligenter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to take great pains in order to..: studiose (diligenter, enixe, sedulo, maxime) dare operam, ut...
    • to attend carefully: diligenter attendere (aliquid)
    • after mature deliberation: re diligenter considerata, perpensa
    • to polish, finish a work with the greatest care: perpolire, limare diligenter librum, opus
    • a carefully written book: liber accurate, diligenter scriptus
    • to keep the accounts (day-book) carefully: rationem diligenter conficere
  • Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
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