majorer
French
Etymology
From Latin majorare (“to augment”), derived from Latin maiōrem.
Pronunciation
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Verb
majorer
- (transitive) to increase
- Synonym: augmenter
- (transitive) to overestimate, to exaggerate
- Synonym: exagérer
Conjugation
Conjugation of majorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | majorer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | majorant /ma.ʒɔ.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | majoré /ma.ʒɔ.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | majore /ma.ʒɔʁ/ |
majores /ma.ʒɔʁ/ |
majore /ma.ʒɔʁ/ |
majorons /ma.ʒɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
majorez /ma.ʒɔ.ʁe/ |
majorent /ma.ʒɔʁ/ |
| imperfect | majorais /ma.ʒɔ.ʁɛ/ |
majorais /ma.ʒɔ.ʁɛ/ |
majorait /ma.ʒɔ.ʁɛ/ |
majorions /ma.ʒɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
majoriez /ma.ʒɔ.ʁje/ |
majoraient /ma.ʒɔ.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | majorai /ma.ʒɔ.ʁe/ |
majoras /ma.ʒɔ.ʁa/ |
majora /ma.ʒɔ.ʁa/ |
majorâmes /ma.ʒɔ.ʁam/ |
majorâtes /ma.ʒɔ.ʁat/ |
majorèrent /ma.ʒɔ.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | majorerai /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
majoreras /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
majorera /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
majorerons /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
majorerez /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
majoreront /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | majorerais /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
majorerais /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
majorerait /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
majorerions /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
majoreriez /ma.ʒɔ.ʁə.ʁje/ |
majoreraient /ma.ʒɔ.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 | majore /ma.ʒɔʁ/ |
majores /ma.ʒɔʁ/ |
majore /ma.ʒɔʁ/ |
majorions /ma.ʒɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
majoriez /ma.ʒɔ.ʁje/ |
majorent /ma.ʒɔʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | majorasse /ma.ʒɔ.ʁas/ |
majorasses /ma.ʒɔ.ʁas/ |
majorât /ma.ʒɔ.ʁa/ |
majorassions /ma.ʒɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
majorassiez /ma.ʒɔ.ʁa.sje/ |
majorassent /ma.ʒɔ.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | majore /ma.ʒɔʁ/ |
— | majorons /ma.ʒɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
majorez /ma.ʒɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “majorer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
Noun
majorer
- indefinite plural of major