cadrer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quadrāre. By surface analysis, cadre + -er. Doublet of carrer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.dʁe/ ~ /kɑ.dʁe/
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Verb
cadrer
- to fit (go well together)
- (photography) to frame (put into the field of vision)
Conjugation
Conjugation of cadrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | cadrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | cadrant /ka.dʁɑ̃/ or /kɑ.dʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | cadré /ka.dʁe/ or /kɑ.dʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | cadre /kadʁ/ or /kɑdʁ/ |
cadres /kadʁ/ or /kɑdʁ/ |
cadre /kadʁ/ or /kɑdʁ/ |
cadrons /ka.dʁɔ̃/ or /kɑ.dʁɔ̃/ |
cadrez /ka.dʁe/ or /kɑ.dʁe/ |
cadrent /kadʁ/ or /kɑdʁ/ |
| imperfect | cadrais /ka.dʁɛ/ or /kɑ.dʁɛ/ |
cadrais /ka.dʁɛ/ or /kɑ.dʁɛ/ |
cadrait /ka.dʁɛ/ or /kɑ.dʁɛ/ |
cadrions /ka.dʁi.jɔ̃/ or /kɑ.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
cadriez /ka.dʁi.je/ or /kɑ.dʁi.je/ |
cadraient /ka.dʁɛ/ or /kɑ.dʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | cadrai /ka.dʁe/ or /kɑ.dʁe/ |
cadras /ka.dʁa/ or /kɑ.dʁa/ |
cadra /ka.dʁa/ or /kɑ.dʁa/ |
cadrâmes /ka.dʁam/ or /kɑ.dʁam/ |
cadrâtes /ka.dʁat/ or /kɑ.dʁat/ |
cadrèrent /ka.dʁɛʁ/ or /kɑ.dʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | cadrerai /ka.dʁə.ʁe/ or /kɑ.dʁə.ʁe/ |
cadreras /ka.dʁə.ʁa/ or /kɑ.dʁə.ʁa/ |
cadrera /ka.dʁə.ʁa/ or /kɑ.dʁə.ʁa/ |
cadrerons /ka.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /kɑ.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
cadrerez /ka.dʁə.ʁe/ or /kɑ.dʁə.ʁe/ |
cadreront /ka.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /kɑ.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | cadrerais /ka.dʁə.ʁɛ/ or /kɑ.dʁə.ʁɛ/ |
cadrerais /ka.dʁə.ʁɛ/ or /kɑ.dʁə.ʁɛ/ |
cadrerait /ka.dʁə.ʁɛ/ or /kɑ.dʁə.ʁɛ/ |
cadrerions /ka.dʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.dʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cadreriez /ka.dʁə.ʁje/ or /kɑ.dʁə.ʁje/ |
cadreraient /ka.dʁə.ʁɛ/ or /kɑ.dʁə.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 | cadre /kadʁ/ or /kɑdʁ/ |
cadres /kadʁ/ or /kɑdʁ/ |
cadre /kadʁ/ or /kɑdʁ/ |
cadrions /ka.dʁi.jɔ̃/ or /kɑ.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
cadriez /ka.dʁi.je/ or /kɑ.dʁi.je/ |
cadrent /kadʁ/ or /kɑdʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | cadrasse /ka.dʁas/ or /kɑ.dʁas/ |
cadrasses /ka.dʁas/ or /kɑ.dʁas/ |
cadrât /ka.dʁa/ or /kɑ.dʁa/ |
cadrassions /ka.dʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /kɑ.dʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
cadrassiez /ka.dʁa.sje/ or /kɑ.dʁa.sje/ |
cadrassent /ka.dʁas/ or /kɑ.dʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | cadre /kadʁ/ or /kɑdʁ/ |
— | cadrons /ka.dʁɔ̃/ or /kɑ.dʁɔ̃/ |
cadrez /ka.dʁe/ or /kɑ.dʁe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “cadrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.