féliciter

See also: feliciter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin fēlicitāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fe.li.si.te/
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Verb

féliciter

  1. to congratulate

Conjugation
Conjugation of féliciter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple féliciter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple félicitant
/fe.li.si.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle félicité
/fe.li.si.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present félicite
/fe.li.sit/		 félicites
/fe.li.sit/		 félicite
/fe.li.sit/		 félicitons
/fe.li.si.tɔ̃/		 félicitez
/fe.li.si.te/		 félicitent
/fe.li.sit/
imperfect félicitais
/fe.li.si.tɛ/		 félicitais
/fe.li.si.tɛ/		 félicitait
/fe.li.si.tɛ/		 félicitions
/fe.li.si.tjɔ̃/		 félicitiez
/fe.li.si.tje/		 félicitaient
/fe.li.si.tɛ/
past historic2 félicitai
/fe.li.si.te/		 félicitas
/fe.li.si.ta/		 félicita
/fe.li.si.ta/		 félicitâmes
/fe.li.si.tam/		 félicitâtes
/fe.li.si.tat/		 félicitèrent
/fe.li.si.tɛʁ/
future féliciterai
/fe.li.si.tʁe/		 féliciteras
/fe.li.si.tʁa/		 félicitera
/fe.li.si.tʁa/		 féliciterons
/fe.li.si.tʁɔ̃/		 féliciterez
/fe.li.si.tʁe/		 féliciteront
/fe.li.si.tʁɔ̃/
conditional féliciterais
/fe.li.si.tʁɛ/		 féliciterais
/fe.li.si.tʁɛ/		 féliciterait
/fe.li.si.tʁɛ/		 féliciterions
/fe.li.si.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 féliciteriez
/fe.li.si.tə.ʁje/		 féliciteraient
/fe.li.si.tʁɛ/
(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 félicite
/fe.li.sit/		 félicites
/fe.li.sit/		 félicite
/fe.li.sit/		 félicitions
/fe.li.si.tjɔ̃/		 félicitiez
/fe.li.si.tje/		 félicitent
/fe.li.sit/
imperfect2 félicitasse
/fe.li.si.tas/		 félicitasses
/fe.li.si.tas/		 félicitât
/fe.li.si.ta/		 félicitassions
/fe.li.si.ta.sjɔ̃/		 félicitassiez
/fe.li.si.ta.sje/		 félicitassent
/fe.li.si.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — félicite
/fe.li.sit/		 — félicitons
/fe.li.si.tɔ̃/		 félicitez
/fe.li.si.te/		 —
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).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Dutch: feliciteren
    • → Aukan: fisiteli
    • → Caribbean Javanese: félisitir
  • → Romanian: felicita

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