éployer

French

Etymology

From Middle French esployer (16th c.). By surface analysis, é- +‎ ployer, respectively from Latin ex and plicāre. Hence a doublet of expliquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.plwa.je/

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Verb

éployer

1. (literary) to spread (out), unfurl

Conjugation

This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.

Conjugation of éployer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	éployer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	éployant /e.plwa.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		éployé /e.plwa.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	éploie /e.plwa/	éploies /e.plwa/	éploie /e.plwa/	éployons /e.plwa.jɔ̃/	éployez /e.plwa.je/	éploient /e.plwa/
	imperfect	éployais /e.plwa.jɛ/	éployais /e.plwa.jɛ/	éployait /e.plwa.jɛ/	éployions /e.plwaj.jɔ̃/	éployiez /e.plwaj.je/	éployaient /e.plwa.jɛ/
	past historic2	éployai /e.plwa.je/	éployas /e.plwa.ja/	éploya /e.plwa.ja/	éployâmes /e.plwa.jam/	éployâtes /e.plwa.jat/	éployèrent /e.plwa.jɛʁ/
	future	éploierai /e.plwa.ʁe/	éploieras /e.plwa.ʁa/	éploiera /e.plwa.ʁa/	éploierons /e.plwa.ʁɔ̃/	éploierez /e.plwa.ʁe/	éploieront /e.plwa.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	éploierais /e.plwa.ʁɛ/	éploierais /e.plwa.ʁɛ/	éploierait /e.plwa.ʁɛ/	éploierions /e.plwa.ʁjɔ̃/	éploieriez /e.plwa.ʁje/	éploieraient /e.plwa.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	éploie /e.plwa/	éploies /e.plwa/	éploie /e.plwa/	éployions /e.plwaj.jɔ̃/	éployiez /e.plwaj.je/	éploient /e.plwa/
	imperfect2	éployasse /e.plwa.jas/	éployasses /e.plwa.jas/	éployât /e.plwa.ja/	éployassions /e.plwa.ja.sjɔ̃/	éployassiez /e.plwa.ja.sje/	éployassent /e.plwa.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	éploie /e.plwa/	—	éployons /e.plwa.jɔ̃/	éployez /e.plwa.je/	—
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

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