soulever

French

Etymology

From sou- +‎ lever, or Latin sublevāre. Compare Spanish solevar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sul.ve/
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Verb

soulever

  1. to raise, to lift up, to pick up
    • 2018, Zaz, Plume:
      Et quand je tombe, je rêve que l’air chaud me soulève.
      And when I fall, I dream that the warm air will lift me up.
  2. to stir up (emotions), to rouse (interest)
  3. (reflexive) to revolt, to rise up (against)

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il soulève and the third-person singular future indicative il soulèvera.

Conjugation of soulever (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple soulever
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple soulevant
/sul.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle soulevé
/sul.ve/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present soulève
/su.lɛv/		 soulèves
/su.lɛv/		 soulève
/su.lɛv/		 soulevons
/sul.vɔ̃/		 soulevez
/sul.ve/		 soulèvent
/su.lɛv/
imperfect soulevais
/sul.vɛ/		 soulevais
/sul.vɛ/		 soulevait
/sul.vɛ/		 soulevions
/su.lə.vjɔ̃/		 souleviez
/su.lə.vje/		 soulevaient
/sul.vɛ/
past historic2 soulevai
/sul.ve/		 soulevas
/sul.va/		 souleva
/sul.va/		 soulevâmes
/sul.vam/		 soulevâtes
/sul.vat/		 soulevèrent
/sul.vɛʁ/
future soulèverai
/su.lɛ.vʁe/ or /su.le.vʁe/		 soulèveras
/su.lɛ.vʁa/ or /su.le.vʁa/		 soulèvera
/su.lɛ.vʁa/ or /su.le.vʁa/		 soulèverons
/su.lɛ.vʁɔ̃/ or /su.le.vʁɔ̃/		 soulèverez
/su.lɛ.vʁe/ or /su.le.vʁe/		 soulèveront
/su.lɛ.vʁɔ̃/ or /su.le.vʁɔ̃/
conditional soulèverais
/su.lɛ.vʁɛ/ or /su.le.vʁɛ/		 soulèverais
/su.lɛ.vʁɛ/ or /su.le.vʁɛ/		 soulèverait
/su.lɛ.vʁɛ/ or /su.le.vʁɛ/		 soulèverions
/su.lɛ.və.ʁjɔ̃/ or /su.le.və.ʁjɔ̃/		 soulèveriez
/su.lɛ.və.ʁje/ or /su.le.və.ʁje/		 soulèveraient
/su.lɛ.vʁɛ/ or /su.le.vʁɛ/
(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 soulève
/su.lɛv/		 soulèves
/su.lɛv/		 soulève
/su.lɛv/		 soulevions
/su.lə.vjɔ̃/		 souleviez
/su.lə.vje/		 soulèvent
/su.lɛv/
imperfect2 soulevasse
/sul.vas/		 soulevasses
/sul.vas/		 soulevât
/sul.va/		 soulevassions
/sul.va.sjɔ̃/		 soulevassiez
/sul.va.sje/		 soulevassent
/sul.vas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — soulève
/su.lɛv/		 — soulevons
/sul.vɔ̃/		 soulevez
/sul.ve/		 —
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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