conclure

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French conclure, borrowed from Latin conclūdere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.klyʁ/

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Verb

conclure

1. to conclude
2. (transitive) to attain, to reach

   La ville et la province ont conclu une entente. ― The city and the province have reached an agreement.

3. (intransitive, informal) to score, to get it on (to have sex) [with avec ‘with someone’]

Conjugation

Conjugation of conclure (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	conclure
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	concluant /kɔ̃.kly.ɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		conclu /kɔ̃.kly/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	conclus /kɔ̃.kly/	conclus /kɔ̃.kly/	conclut /kɔ̃.kly/	concluons /kɔ̃.kly.ɔ̃/	concluez /kɔ̃.kly.e/	concluent /kɔ̃.kly/
	imperfect	concluais /kɔ̃.kly.ɛ/	concluais /kɔ̃.kly.ɛ/	concluait /kɔ̃.kly.ɛ/	concluions /kɔ̃.kly.jɔ̃/	concluiez /kɔ̃.kly.je/	concluaient /kɔ̃.kly.ɛ/
	past historic2	conclus /kɔ̃.kly/	conclus /kɔ̃.kly/	conclut /kɔ̃.kly/	conclûmes /kɔ̃.klym/	conclûtes /kɔ̃.klyt/	conclurent /kɔ̃.klyʁ/
	future	conclurai /kɔ̃.kly.ʁe/	concluras /kɔ̃.kly.ʁa/	conclura /kɔ̃.kly.ʁa/	conclurons /kɔ̃.kly.ʁɔ̃/	conclurez /kɔ̃.kly.ʁe/	concluront /kɔ̃.kly.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	conclurais /kɔ̃.kly.ʁɛ/	conclurais /kɔ̃.kly.ʁɛ/	conclurait /kɔ̃.kly.ʁɛ/	conclurions /kɔ̃.kly.ʁjɔ̃/	concluriez /kɔ̃.kly.ʁje/	concluraient /kɔ̃.kly.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	conclue /kɔ̃.kly/	conclues /kɔ̃.kly/	conclue /kɔ̃.kly/	concluions /kɔ̃.kly.jɔ̃/	concluiez /kɔ̃.kly.je/	concluent /kɔ̃.kly/
	imperfect2	conclusse /kɔ̃.klys/	conclusses /kɔ̃.klys/	conclût /kɔ̃.kly/	conclussions /kɔ̃.kly.sjɔ̃/	conclussiez /kɔ̃.kly.sje/	conclussent /kɔ̃.klys/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	conclus /kɔ̃.kly/	—	concluons /kɔ̃.kly.ɔ̃/	concluez /kɔ̃.kly.e/	—
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).

Related terms

• conclusion
• inclure
• occlure

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conclūdere.

Verb

conclure

1. to conclude

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of conclure (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		conclure			avoir conclus
gerund		en concluant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		concluant
past participle		conclus
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	conclu	concluz	conclut	concluons	conclüez	conclüent
	imperfect	concluoie, conclüeie	concluoies, conclüeies	concluoit, conclüeit	concluïiens, concluïens	concluïiez, concluïez	concluoient, conclüeient
	preterite	conclus	concluṣis	conclust	concluṣimes	concluṣistes	conclusdrent
	future	conclurai, conclurrai	concluras, conclurras	conclura, conclurra	conclurons, conclurrons	concluroiz, conclureiz, conclurez, conclurroiz, conclurreiz, conclurrez	concluront, conclurront
	conditional	concluroie, conclureie, conclurroie, conclurreie	concluroies, conclureies, conclurroies, conclurreies	concluroit, conclureit, conclurroit, conclurreit	concluriiens, concluriens, conclurriiens, conclurriens	concluriiez, concluriez, conclurriiez, conclurriez	concluroient, conclureient, conclurroient, conclurreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	conclüe	conclües	conclüe	concluons	conclüez	conclüent
	imperfect	concluṣisse	concluṣisses	concluṣist	concluṣissons, concluṣissiens	concluṣissoiz, concluṣissez, concluṣissiez	concluṣissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	conclu	—	concluons	conclüez	—

Descendants

• French: conclure

Further reading

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (conclure, supplement)