légitimer

See also: legitimer

French

Etymology

From légitime, or borrowed from Medieval Latin legitimāre, from Latin legitimus.

Pronunciation
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Verb

légitimer

  1. to legitimize

Conjugation
Conjugation of légitimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple légitimer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple légitimant
/le.ʒi.ti.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle légitimé
/le.ʒi.ti.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present légitime
/le.ʒi.tim/		 légitimes
/le.ʒi.tim/		 légitime
/le.ʒi.tim/		 légitimons
/le.ʒi.ti.mɔ̃/		 légitimez
/le.ʒi.ti.me/		 légitiment
/le.ʒi.tim/
imperfect légitimais
/le.ʒi.ti.mɛ/		 légitimais
/le.ʒi.ti.mɛ/		 légitimait
/le.ʒi.ti.mɛ/		 légitimions
/le.ʒi.ti.mjɔ̃/		 légitimiez
/le.ʒi.ti.mje/		 légitimaient
/le.ʒi.ti.mɛ/
past historic2 légitimai
/le.ʒi.ti.me/		 légitimas
/le.ʒi.ti.ma/		 légitima
/le.ʒi.ti.ma/		 légitimâmes
/le.ʒi.ti.mam/		 légitimâtes
/le.ʒi.ti.mat/		 légitimèrent
/le.ʒi.ti.mɛʁ/
future légitimerai
/le.ʒi.tim.ʁe/		 légitimeras
/le.ʒi.tim.ʁa/		 légitimera
/le.ʒi.tim.ʁa/		 légitimerons
/le.ʒi.tim.ʁɔ̃/		 légitimerez
/le.ʒi.tim.ʁe/		 légitimeront
/le.ʒi.tim.ʁɔ̃/
conditional légitimerais
/le.ʒi.tim.ʁɛ/		 légitimerais
/le.ʒi.tim.ʁɛ/		 légitimerait
/le.ʒi.tim.ʁɛ/		 légitimerions
/le.ʒi.ti.mə.ʁjɔ̃/		 légitimeriez
/le.ʒi.ti.mə.ʁje/		 légitimeraient
/le.ʒi.tim.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 légitime
/le.ʒi.tim/		 légitimes
/le.ʒi.tim/		 légitime
/le.ʒi.tim/		 légitimions
/le.ʒi.ti.mjɔ̃/		 légitimiez
/le.ʒi.ti.mje/		 légitiment
/le.ʒi.tim/
imperfect2 légitimasse
/le.ʒi.ti.mas/		 légitimasses
/le.ʒi.ti.mas/		 légitimât
/le.ʒi.ti.ma/		 légitimassions
/le.ʒi.ti.ma.sjɔ̃/		 légitimassiez
/le.ʒi.ti.ma.sje/		 légitimassent
/le.ʒi.ti.mas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — légitime
/le.ʒi.tim/		 — légitimons
/le.ʒi.ti.mɔ̃/		 légitimez
/le.ʒi.ti.me/		 —
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).

Descendants
  • → Dutch: legitimeren

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