écluser

French

Etymology

From écluse +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

écluser

  1. (nautical, of a vessel) to pass through a lock
  2. (informal) to drink; to booze

Conjugation

Conjugation of écluser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple écluser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple éclusant
/e.kly.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle éclusé
/e.kly.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present écluse
/e.klyz/ 		écluses
/e.klyz/ 		écluse
/e.klyz/ 		éclusons
/e.kly.zɔ̃/ 		éclusez
/e.kly.ze/ 		éclusent
/e.klyz/
imperfect éclusais
/e.kly.zɛ/ 		éclusais
/e.kly.zɛ/ 		éclusait
/e.kly.zɛ/ 		éclusions
/e.kly.zjɔ̃/ 		éclusiez
/e.kly.zje/ 		éclusaient
/e.kly.zɛ/
past historic2 éclusai
/e.kly.ze/ 		éclusas
/e.kly.za/ 		éclusa
/e.kly.za/ 		éclusâmes
/e.kly.zam/ 		éclusâtes
/e.kly.zat/ 		éclusèrent
/e.kly.zɛʁ/
future écluserai
/e.klyz.ʁe/ 		écluseras
/e.klyz.ʁa/ 		éclusera
/e.klyz.ʁa/ 		écluserons
/e.klyz.ʁɔ̃/ 		écluserez
/e.klyz.ʁe/ 		écluseront
/e.klyz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional écluserais
/e.klyz.ʁɛ/ 		écluserais
/e.klyz.ʁɛ/ 		écluserait
/e.klyz.ʁɛ/ 		écluserions
/e.kly.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		écluseriez
/e.kly.zə.ʁje/ 		écluseraient
/e.klyz.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 écluse
/e.klyz/ 		écluses
/e.klyz/ 		écluse
/e.klyz/ 		éclusions
/e.kly.zjɔ̃/ 		éclusiez
/e.kly.zje/ 		éclusent
/e.klyz/
imperfect2 éclusasse
/e.kly.zas/ 		éclusasses
/e.kly.zas/ 		éclusât
/e.kly.za/ 		éclusassions
/e.kly.za.sjɔ̃/ 		éclusassiez
/e.kly.za.sje/ 		éclusassent
/e.kly.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — écluse
/e.klyz/ 		— éclusons
/e.kly.zɔ̃/ 		éclusez
/e.kly.ze/ 		—
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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