clairer

French

Etymology

From clair +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɛ.ʁe/ ~ /kle.ʁe/

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Verb

clairer

1. (transitive) to enlighten

Conjugation

Conjugation of clairer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	clairer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	clairant /klɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /kle.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		clairé /klɛ.ʁe/ or /kle.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	claire /klɛʁ/	claires /klɛʁ/	claire /klɛʁ/	clairons /klɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁɔ̃/	clairez /klɛ.ʁe/ or /kle.ʁe/	clairent /klɛʁ/
	imperfect	clairais /klɛ.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁɛ/	clairais /klɛ.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁɛ/	clairait /klɛ.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁɛ/	clairions /klɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁjɔ̃/	clairiez /klɛ.ʁje/ or /kle.ʁje/	clairaient /klɛ.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	clairai /klɛ.ʁe/ or /kle.ʁe/	clairas /klɛ.ʁa/ or /kle.ʁa/	claira /klɛ.ʁa/ or /kle.ʁa/	clairâmes /klɛ.ʁam/ or /kle.ʁam/	clairâtes /klɛ.ʁat/ or /kle.ʁat/	clairèrent /klɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /kle.ʁɛʁ/
	future	clairerai /klɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /kle.ʁə.ʁe/	claireras /klɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /kle.ʁə.ʁa/	clairera /klɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /kle.ʁə.ʁa/	clairerons /klɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	clairerez /klɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /kle.ʁə.ʁe/	claireront /klɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	clairerais /klɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁə.ʁɛ/	clairerais /klɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁə.ʁɛ/	clairerait /klɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁə.ʁɛ/	clairerions /klɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	claireriez /klɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /kle.ʁə.ʁje/	claireraient /klɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁə.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	claire /klɛʁ/	claires /klɛʁ/	claire /klɛʁ/	clairions /klɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁjɔ̃/	clairiez /klɛ.ʁje/ or /kle.ʁje/	clairent /klɛʁ/
	imperfect2	clairasse /klɛ.ʁas/ or /kle.ʁas/	clairasses /klɛ.ʁas/ or /kle.ʁas/	clairât /klɛ.ʁa/ or /kle.ʁa/	clairassions /klɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	clairassiez /klɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /kle.ʁa.sje/	clairassent /klɛ.ʁas/ or /kle.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	claire /klɛʁ/	—	clairons /klɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁɔ̃/	clairez /klɛ.ʁe/ or /kle.ʁe/	—
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).