solliciter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sollicitāre. Doublet of soucier.

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

solliciter

  1. to solicit
  2. to attract (attention, interest)

Conjugation
Conjugation of solliciter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple solliciter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple sollicitant
/sɔ.li.si.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle sollicité
/sɔ.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 sollicite
/sɔ.li.sit/		 sollicites
/sɔ.li.sit/		 sollicite
/sɔ.li.sit/		 sollicitons
/sɔ.li.si.tɔ̃/		 sollicitez
/sɔ.li.si.te/		 sollicitent
/sɔ.li.sit/
imperfect sollicitais
/sɔ.li.si.tɛ/		 sollicitais
/sɔ.li.si.tɛ/		 sollicitait
/sɔ.li.si.tɛ/		 sollicitions
/sɔ.li.si.tjɔ̃/		 sollicitiez
/sɔ.li.si.tje/		 sollicitaient
/sɔ.li.si.tɛ/
past historic2 sollicitai
/sɔ.li.si.te/		 sollicitas
/sɔ.li.si.ta/		 sollicita
/sɔ.li.si.ta/		 sollicitâmes
/sɔ.li.si.tam/		 sollicitâtes
/sɔ.li.si.tat/		 sollicitèrent
/sɔ.li.si.tɛʁ/
future solliciterai
/sɔ.li.si.tʁe/		 solliciteras
/sɔ.li.si.tʁa/		 sollicitera
/sɔ.li.si.tʁa/		 solliciterons
/sɔ.li.si.tʁɔ̃/		 solliciterez
/sɔ.li.si.tʁe/		 solliciteront
/sɔ.li.si.tʁɔ̃/
conditional solliciterais
/sɔ.li.si.tʁɛ/		 solliciterais
/sɔ.li.si.tʁɛ/		 solliciterait
/sɔ.li.si.tʁɛ/		 solliciterions
/sɔ.li.si.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 solliciteriez
/sɔ.li.si.tə.ʁje/		 solliciteraient
/sɔ.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 sollicite
/sɔ.li.sit/		 sollicites
/sɔ.li.sit/		 sollicite
/sɔ.li.sit/		 sollicitions
/sɔ.li.si.tjɔ̃/		 sollicitiez
/sɔ.li.si.tje/		 sollicitent
/sɔ.li.sit/
imperfect2 sollicitasse
/sɔ.li.si.tas/		 sollicitasses
/sɔ.li.si.tas/		 sollicitât
/sɔ.li.si.ta/		 sollicitassions
/sɔ.li.si.ta.sjɔ̃/		 sollicitassiez
/sɔ.li.si.ta.sje/		 sollicitassent
/sɔ.li.si.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — sollicite
/sɔ.li.sit/		 — sollicitons
/sɔ.li.si.tɔ̃/		 sollicitez
/sɔ.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
  • → Romanian: solicita

Further reading

Latin

Verb

solliciter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of sollicitō

Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation 1332,[1] borrowed from Latin sollicitō.

Verb

solliciter

  1. to urge (someone to do something)

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of solliciter
infinitive simple solliciter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple sollicitant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle sollicité
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present sollicite sollicites sollicite sollicitons sollicitez sollicitent
imperfect sollicitois, sollicitoys sollicitois, sollicitoys sollicitoit, sollicitoyt sollicitions, sollicityons sollicitiez, sollicityez sollicitoient, sollicitoyent
past historic sollicita sollicitas sollicita sollicitasmes sollicitastes solliciterent
future solliciterai, solliciteray solliciteras sollicitera solliciterons solliciterez solliciteront
conditional solliciterois, solliciteroys solliciterois, solliciteroys solliciteroit, solliciteroyt solliciterions, solliciteryons solliciteriez, solliciteryez solliciteroient, solliciteroyent
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present sollicite sollicites sollicite sollicitons sollicitez sollicitent
imperfect sollicitasse sollicitasses sollicitast sollicitassions sollicitassiez sollicitassent
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — sollicite — sollicitons sollicitez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

References
  1. Etymology and history of “solliciter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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