balustrer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Verb
balustrer
- to decorate or surround with a balustrade
Conjugation
Conjugation of balustrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | balustrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | balustrant /ba.lys.tʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | balustré /ba.lys.tʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | balustre /ba.lystʁ/ |
balustres /ba.lystʁ/ |
balustre /ba.lystʁ/ |
balustrons /ba.lys.tʁɔ̃/ |
balustrez /ba.lys.tʁe/ |
balustrent /ba.lystʁ/ |
| imperfect | balustrais /ba.lys.tʁɛ/ |
balustrais /ba.lys.tʁɛ/ |
balustrait /ba.lys.tʁɛ/ |
balustrions /ba.lys.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
balustriez /ba.lys.tʁi.je/ |
balustraient /ba.lys.tʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | balustrai /ba.lys.tʁe/ |
balustras /ba.lys.tʁa/ |
balustra /ba.lys.tʁa/ |
balustrâmes /ba.lys.tʁam/ |
balustrâtes /ba.lys.tʁat/ |
balustrèrent /ba.lys.tʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | balustrerai /ba.lys.tʁə.ʁe/ |
balustreras /ba.lys.tʁə.ʁa/ |
balustrera /ba.lys.tʁə.ʁa/ |
balustrerons /ba.lys.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
balustrerez /ba.lys.tʁə.ʁe/ |
balustreront /ba.lys.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | balustrerais /ba.lys.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
balustrerais /ba.lys.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
balustrerait /ba.lys.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
balustrerions /ba.lys.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
balustreriez /ba.lys.tʁə.ʁje/ |
balustreraient /ba.lys.tʁə.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 | balustre /ba.lystʁ/ |
balustres /ba.lystʁ/ |
balustre /ba.lystʁ/ |
balustrions /ba.lys.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
balustriez /ba.lys.tʁi.je/ |
balustrent /ba.lystʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | balustrasse /ba.lys.tʁas/ |
balustrasses /ba.lys.tʁas/ |
balustrât /ba.lys.tʁa/ |
balustrassions /ba.lys.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
balustrassiez /ba.lys.tʁa.sje/ |
balustrassent /ba.lys.tʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | balustre /ba.lystʁ/ |
— | balustrons /ba.lys.tʁɔ̃/ |
balustrez /ba.lys.tʁe/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “balustrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.