graduer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin graduāre, from gradus (“step”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.dɥe/

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Verb

graduer

1. (transitive) to graduate

Conjugation

Conjugation of graduer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	graduer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	graduant /ɡʁa.dɥɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gradué /ɡʁa.dɥe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gradue /ɡʁa.dy/	gradues /ɡʁa.dy/	gradue /ɡʁa.dy/	graduons /ɡʁa.dɥɔ̃/	graduez /ɡʁa.dɥe/	graduent /ɡʁa.dy/
	imperfect	graduais /ɡʁa.dɥɛ/	graduais /ɡʁa.dɥɛ/	graduait /ɡʁa.dɥɛ/	graduions /ɡʁa.dy.jɔ̃/	graduiez /ɡʁa.dy.je/	graduaient /ɡʁa.dɥɛ/
	past historic2	graduai /ɡʁa.dɥe/	graduas /ɡʁa.dɥa/	gradua /ɡʁa.dɥa/	graduâmes /ɡʁa.dɥam/	graduâtes /ɡʁa.dɥat/	graduèrent /ɡʁa.dɥɛʁ/
	future	graduerai /ɡʁa.dy.ʁe/	gradueras /ɡʁa.dy.ʁa/	graduera /ɡʁa.dy.ʁa/	graduerons /ɡʁa.dy.ʁɔ̃/	graduerez /ɡʁa.dy.ʁe/	gradueront /ɡʁa.dy.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	graduerais /ɡʁa.dy.ʁɛ/	graduerais /ɡʁa.dy.ʁɛ/	graduerait /ɡʁa.dy.ʁɛ/	graduerions /ɡʁa.dy.ʁjɔ̃/	gradueriez /ɡʁa.dy.ʁje/	gradueraient /ɡʁa.dy.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	gradue /ɡʁa.dy/	gradues /ɡʁa.dy/	gradue /ɡʁa.dy/	graduions /ɡʁa.dy.jɔ̃/	graduiez /ɡʁa.dy.je/	graduent /ɡʁa.dy/
	imperfect2	graduasse /ɡʁa.dɥas/	graduasses /ɡʁa.dɥas/	graduât /ɡʁa.dɥa/	graduassions /ɡʁa.dɥa.sjɔ̃/	graduassiez /ɡʁa.dɥa.sje/	graduassent /ɡʁa.dɥas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gradue /ɡʁa.dy/	—	graduons /ɡʁa.dɥɔ̃/	graduez /ɡʁa.dɥe/	—
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

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

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Latin gradus (“step”).

Verb

graduer

1. (Jersey) to graduate