enlever
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃l.ve/
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Verb
enlever
- (transitive) to remove, take off, take away, clear
- (transitive) to take off, remove (clothes)
- Antonym: mettre
- Elle enleva ses lunettes et j’aperçus sa beauté.
- She took off her glasses and I glimpsed her beauty.
- (transitive) to kidnap, abduct
- (transitive) to win, capture, carry off
- (reflexive) to come out, wash off
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il enlève and the third-person singular future indicative il enlèvera.
Conjugation of enlever (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | enlever | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | enlevant /ɑ̃l.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | enlevé /ɑ̃l.ve/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | enlève /ɑ̃.lɛv/ |
enlèves /ɑ̃.lɛv/ |
enlève /ɑ̃.lɛv/ |
enlevons /ɑ̃l.vɔ̃/ |
enlevez /ɑ̃l.ve/ |
enlèvent /ɑ̃.lɛv/ |
| imperfect | enlevais /ɑ̃l.vɛ/ |
enlevais /ɑ̃l.vɛ/ |
enlevait /ɑ̃l.vɛ/ |
enlevions /ɑ̃.lə.vjɔ̃/ |
enleviez /ɑ̃.lə.vje/ |
enlevaient /ɑ̃l.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | enlevai /ɑ̃l.ve/ |
enlevas /ɑ̃l.va/ |
enleva /ɑ̃l.va/ |
enlevâmes /ɑ̃l.vam/ |
enlevâtes /ɑ̃l.vat/ |
enlevèrent /ɑ̃l.vɛʁ/ | |
| future | enlèverai /ɑ̃.lɛ.vʁe/ or /ɑ̃.le.vʁe/ |
enlèveras /ɑ̃.lɛ.vʁa/ or /ɑ̃.le.vʁa/ |
enlèvera /ɑ̃.lɛ.vʁa/ or /ɑ̃.le.vʁa/ |
enlèverons /ɑ̃.lɛ.vʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.le.vʁɔ̃/ |
enlèverez /ɑ̃.lɛ.vʁe/ or /ɑ̃.le.vʁe/ |
enlèveront /ɑ̃.lɛ.vʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.le.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | enlèverais /ɑ̃.lɛ.vʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.le.vʁɛ/ |
enlèverais /ɑ̃.lɛ.vʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.le.vʁɛ/ |
enlèverait /ɑ̃.lɛ.vʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.le.vʁɛ/ |
enlèverions /ɑ̃.lɛ.və.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.le.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enlèveriez /ɑ̃.lɛ.və.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.le.və.ʁje/ |
enlèveraient /ɑ̃.lɛ.vʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.le.vʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | enlève /ɑ̃.lɛv/ |
enlèves /ɑ̃.lɛv/ |
enlève /ɑ̃.lɛv/ |
enlevions /ɑ̃.lə.vjɔ̃/ |
enleviez /ɑ̃.lə.vje/ |
enlèvent /ɑ̃.lɛv/ |
| imperfect2 | enlevasse /ɑ̃l.vas/ |
enlevasses /ɑ̃l.vas/ |
enlevât /ɑ̃l.va/ |
enlevassions /ɑ̃l.va.sjɔ̃/ |
enlevassiez /ɑ̃l.va.sje/ |
enlevassent /ɑ̃l.vas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | enlève /ɑ̃.lɛv/ |
— | enlevons /ɑ̃l.vɔ̃/ |
enlevez /ɑ̃l.ve/ |
— | |
| 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
- enlèvement
- enlever la poussière
- enlève ta soutadère que je te monte
- enlever une épine du pied
Further reading
- “enlever”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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