légitimer

See also: legitimer

French

Etymology

From légitime, or borrowed from Medieval Latin legitimāre, from Latin legitimus.

Pronunciation

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Verb

légitimer

  1. to legitimize

Conjugation

Conjugation of légitimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple légitimer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple légitimant
/le.ʒi.ti.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle légitimé
/le.ʒi.ti.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present légitime
/le.ʒi.tim/ 		légitimes
/le.ʒi.tim/ 		légitime
/le.ʒi.tim/ 		légitimons
/le.ʒi.ti.mɔ̃/ 		légitimez
/le.ʒi.ti.me/ 		légitiment
/le.ʒi.tim/
imperfect légitimais
/le.ʒi.ti.mɛ/ 		légitimais
/le.ʒi.ti.mɛ/ 		légitimait
/le.ʒi.ti.mɛ/ 		légitimions
/le.ʒi.ti.mjɔ̃/ 		légitimiez
/le.ʒi.ti.mje/ 		légitimaient
/le.ʒi.ti.mɛ/
past historic2 légitimai
/le.ʒi.ti.me/ 		légitimas
/le.ʒi.ti.ma/ 		légitima
/le.ʒi.ti.ma/ 		légitimâmes
/le.ʒi.ti.mam/ 		légitimâtes
/le.ʒi.ti.mat/ 		légitimèrent
/le.ʒi.ti.mɛʁ/
future légitimerai
/le.ʒi.tim.ʁe/ 		légitimeras
/le.ʒi.tim.ʁa/ 		légitimera
/le.ʒi.tim.ʁa/ 		légitimerons
/le.ʒi.tim.ʁɔ̃/ 		légitimerez
/le.ʒi.tim.ʁe/ 		légitimeront
/le.ʒi.tim.ʁɔ̃/
conditional légitimerais
/le.ʒi.tim.ʁɛ/ 		légitimerais
/le.ʒi.tim.ʁɛ/ 		légitimerait
/le.ʒi.tim.ʁɛ/ 		légitimerions
/le.ʒi.ti.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		légitimeriez
/le.ʒi.ti.mə.ʁje/ 		légitimeraient
/le.ʒi.tim.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 légitime
/le.ʒi.tim/ 		légitimes
/le.ʒi.tim/ 		légitime
/le.ʒi.tim/ 		légitimions
/le.ʒi.ti.mjɔ̃/ 		légitimiez
/le.ʒi.ti.mje/ 		légitiment
/le.ʒi.tim/
imperfect2 légitimasse
/le.ʒi.ti.mas/ 		légitimasses
/le.ʒi.ti.mas/ 		légitimât
/le.ʒi.ti.ma/ 		légitimassions
/le.ʒi.ti.ma.sjɔ̃/ 		légitimassiez
/le.ʒi.ti.ma.sje/ 		légitimassent
/le.ʒi.ti.mas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — légitime
/le.ʒi.tim/ 		— légitimons
/le.ʒi.ti.mɔ̃/ 		légitimez
/le.ʒi.ti.me/ 		—
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

  • → Dutch: legitimeren

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