élucubrer

See also: elucubrer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēlūcubrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ly.ky.bʁe/

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Verb

élucubrer

1. (transitive, derogatory) to dream up

Conjugation

Conjugation of élucubrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	élucubrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	élucubrant /e.ly.ky.bʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		élucubré /e.ly.ky.bʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	élucubre /e.ly.kybʁ/	élucubres /e.ly.kybʁ/	élucubre /e.ly.kybʁ/	élucubrons /e.ly.ky.bʁɔ̃/	élucubrez /e.ly.ky.bʁe/	élucubrent /e.ly.kybʁ/
	imperfect	élucubrais /e.ly.ky.bʁɛ/	élucubrais /e.ly.ky.bʁɛ/	élucubrait /e.ly.ky.bʁɛ/	élucubrions /e.ly.ky.bʁi.jɔ̃/	élucubriez /e.ly.ky.bʁi.je/	élucubraient /e.ly.ky.bʁɛ/
	past historic2	élucubrai /e.ly.ky.bʁe/	élucubras /e.ly.ky.bʁa/	élucubra /e.ly.ky.bʁa/	élucubrâmes /e.ly.ky.bʁam/	élucubrâtes /e.ly.ky.bʁat/	élucubrèrent /e.ly.ky.bʁɛʁ/
	future	élucubrerai /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁe/	élucubreras /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁa/	élucubrera /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁa/	élucubrerons /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/	élucubrerez /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁe/	élucubreront /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	élucubrerais /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɛ/	élucubrerais /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɛ/	élucubrerait /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁɛ/	élucubrerions /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	élucubreriez /e.ly.ky.bʁə.ʁje/	élucubreraient /e.ly.ky.bʁə.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	élucubre /e.ly.kybʁ/	élucubres /e.ly.kybʁ/	élucubre /e.ly.kybʁ/	élucubrions /e.ly.ky.bʁi.jɔ̃/	élucubriez /e.ly.ky.bʁi.je/	élucubrent /e.ly.kybʁ/
	imperfect2	élucubrasse /e.ly.ky.bʁas/	élucubrasses /e.ly.ky.bʁas/	élucubrât /e.ly.ky.bʁa/	élucubrassions /e.ly.ky.bʁa.sjɔ̃/	élucubrassiez /e.ly.ky.bʁa.sje/	élucubrassent /e.ly.ky.bʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	élucubre /e.ly.kybʁ/	—	élucubrons /e.ly.ky.bʁɔ̃/	élucubrez /e.ly.ky.bʁe/	—
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

• “élucubrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.