ajuster

French

Etymology

From juste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʒys.te/

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Verb

ajuster

1. (transitive) to adjust; tweak

Conjugation

Conjugation of ajuster (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ajuster
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ajustant /a.ʒys.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ajusté /a.ʒys.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ajuste /a.ʒyst/	ajustes /a.ʒyst/	ajuste /a.ʒyst/	ajustons /a.ʒys.tɔ̃/	ajustez /a.ʒys.te/	ajustent /a.ʒyst/
	imperfect	ajustais /a.ʒys.tɛ/	ajustais /a.ʒys.tɛ/	ajustait /a.ʒys.tɛ/	ajustions /a.ʒys.tjɔ̃/	ajustiez /a.ʒys.tje/	ajustaient /a.ʒys.tɛ/
	past historic2	ajustai /a.ʒys.te/	ajustas /a.ʒys.ta/	ajusta /a.ʒys.ta/	ajustâmes /a.ʒys.tam/	ajustâtes /a.ʒys.tat/	ajustèrent /a.ʒys.tɛʁ/
	future	ajusterai /a.ʒys.tə.ʁe/	ajusteras /a.ʒys.tə.ʁa/	ajustera /a.ʒys.tə.ʁa/	ajusterons /a.ʒys.tə.ʁɔ̃/	ajusterez /a.ʒys.tə.ʁe/	ajusteront /a.ʒys.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ajusterais /a.ʒys.tə.ʁɛ/	ajusterais /a.ʒys.tə.ʁɛ/	ajusterait /a.ʒys.tə.ʁɛ/	ajusterions /a.ʒys.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	ajusteriez /a.ʒys.tə.ʁje/	ajusteraient /a.ʒys.tə.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	ajuste /a.ʒyst/	ajustes /a.ʒyst/	ajuste /a.ʒyst/	ajustions /a.ʒys.tjɔ̃/	ajustiez /a.ʒys.tje/	ajustent /a.ʒyst/
	imperfect2	ajustasse /a.ʒys.tas/	ajustasses /a.ʒys.tas/	ajustât /a.ʒys.ta/	ajustassions /a.ʒys.ta.sjɔ̃/	ajustassiez /a.ʒys.ta.sje/	ajustassent /a.ʒys.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ajuste /a.ʒyst/	—	ajustons /a.ʒys.tɔ̃/	ajustez /a.ʒys.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

• ajustable
• ajustage
• ajustement
• ajusteur

Further reading

• “ajuster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• jurâtes, juteras