expliciter

French

Etymology

From explicite +‎ -er. See also exploiter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.spli.si.te/

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Verb

expliciter

1. to clarify

Conjugation

Conjugation of expliciter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	expliciter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	explicitant /ɛk.spli.si.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		explicité /ɛk.spli.si.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	explicite /ɛk.spli.sit/	explicites /ɛk.spli.sit/	explicite /ɛk.spli.sit/	explicitons /ɛk.spli.si.tɔ̃/	explicitez /ɛk.spli.si.te/	explicitent /ɛk.spli.sit/
	imperfect	explicitais /ɛk.spli.si.tɛ/	explicitais /ɛk.spli.si.tɛ/	explicitait /ɛk.spli.si.tɛ/	explicitions /ɛk.spli.si.tjɔ̃/	explicitiez /ɛk.spli.si.tje/	explicitaient /ɛk.spli.si.tɛ/
	past historic2	explicitai /ɛk.spli.si.te/	explicitas /ɛk.spli.si.ta/	explicita /ɛk.spli.si.ta/	explicitâmes /ɛk.spli.si.tam/	explicitâtes /ɛk.spli.si.tat/	explicitèrent /ɛk.spli.si.tɛʁ/
	future	expliciterai /ɛk.spli.si.tʁe/	expliciteras /ɛk.spli.si.tʁa/	explicitera /ɛk.spli.si.tʁa/	expliciterons /ɛk.spli.si.tʁɔ̃/	expliciterez /ɛk.spli.si.tʁe/	expliciteront /ɛk.spli.si.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	expliciterais /ɛk.spli.si.tʁɛ/	expliciterais /ɛk.spli.si.tʁɛ/	expliciterait /ɛk.spli.si.tʁɛ/	expliciterions /ɛk.spli.si.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	expliciteriez /ɛk.spli.si.tə.ʁje/	expliciteraient /ɛk.spli.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	explicite /ɛk.spli.sit/	explicites /ɛk.spli.sit/	explicite /ɛk.spli.sit/	explicitions /ɛk.spli.si.tjɔ̃/	explicitiez /ɛk.spli.si.tje/	explicitent /ɛk.spli.sit/
	imperfect2	explicitasse /ɛk.spli.si.tas/	explicitasses /ɛk.spli.si.tas/	explicitât /ɛk.spli.si.ta/	explicitassions /ɛk.spli.si.ta.sjɔ̃/	explicitassiez /ɛk.spli.si.ta.sje/	explicitassent /ɛk.spli.si.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	explicite /ɛk.spli.sit/	—	explicitons /ɛk.spli.si.tɔ̃/	explicitez /ɛk.spli.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).

Further reading

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