implorer

English

Etymology

From implore +‎ -er.

Noun

implorer (plural implorers)

1. One who implores.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin implōrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁe/

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Verb

implorer

1. to beg, to plead, to implore

Conjugation

Conjugation of implorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	implorer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	implorant /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		imploré /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	implore /ɛ̃.plɔʁ/	implores /ɛ̃.plɔʁ/	implore /ɛ̃.plɔʁ/	implorons /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁɔ̃/	implorez /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁe/	implorent /ɛ̃.plɔʁ/
	imperfect	implorais /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁɛ/	implorais /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁɛ/	implorait /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁɛ/	implorions /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	imploriez /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁje/	imploraient /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	implorai /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁe/	imploras /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁa/	implora /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁa/	implorâmes /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁam/	implorâtes /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁat/	implorèrent /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁɛʁ/
	future	implorerai /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	imploreras /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	implorera /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	implorerons /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	implorerez /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	imploreront /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	implorerais /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	implorerais /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	implorerait /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	implorerions /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	imploreriez /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁə.ʁje/	imploreraient /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁə.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	implore /ɛ̃.plɔʁ/	implores /ɛ̃.plɔʁ/	implore /ɛ̃.plɔʁ/	implorions /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	imploriez /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁje/	implorent /ɛ̃.plɔʁ/
	imperfect2	implorasse /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁas/	implorasses /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁas/	implorât /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁa/	implorassions /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	implorassiez /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁa.sje/	implorassent /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	implore /ɛ̃.plɔʁ/	—	implorons /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁɔ̃/	implorez /ɛ̃.plɔ.ʁe/	—
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

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

Latin

Verb

implōrer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of implōrō