formuler

French

Etymology

From formule +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ.my.le/

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Verb

formuler

1. to formulate
2. to express; to word, to put into words

Conjugation

Conjugation of formuler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	formuler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	formulant /fɔʁ.my.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		formulé /fɔʁ.my.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	formule /fɔʁ.myl/	formules /fɔʁ.myl/	formule /fɔʁ.myl/	formulons /fɔʁ.my.lɔ̃/	formulez /fɔʁ.my.le/	formulent /fɔʁ.myl/
	imperfect	formulais /fɔʁ.my.lɛ/	formulais /fɔʁ.my.lɛ/	formulait /fɔʁ.my.lɛ/	formulions /fɔʁ.my.ljɔ̃/	formuliez /fɔʁ.my.lje/	formulaient /fɔʁ.my.lɛ/
	past historic2	formulai /fɔʁ.my.le/	formulas /fɔʁ.my.la/	formula /fɔʁ.my.la/	formulâmes /fɔʁ.my.lam/	formulâtes /fɔʁ.my.lat/	formulèrent /fɔʁ.my.lɛʁ/
	future	formulerai /fɔʁ.myl.ʁe/	formuleras /fɔʁ.myl.ʁa/	formulera /fɔʁ.myl.ʁa/	formulerons /fɔʁ.myl.ʁɔ̃/	formulerez /fɔʁ.myl.ʁe/	formuleront /fɔʁ.myl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	formulerais /fɔʁ.myl.ʁɛ/	formulerais /fɔʁ.myl.ʁɛ/	formulerait /fɔʁ.myl.ʁɛ/	formulerions /fɔʁ.my.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	formuleriez /fɔʁ.my.lə.ʁje/	formuleraient /fɔʁ.myl.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	formule /fɔʁ.myl/	formules /fɔʁ.myl/	formule /fɔʁ.myl/	formulions /fɔʁ.my.ljɔ̃/	formuliez /fɔʁ.my.lje/	formulent /fɔʁ.myl/
	imperfect2	formulasse /fɔʁ.my.las/	formulasses /fɔʁ.my.las/	formulât /fɔʁ.my.la/	formulassions /fɔʁ.my.la.sjɔ̃/	formulassiez /fɔʁ.my.la.sje/	formulassent /fɔʁ.my.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	formule /fɔʁ.myl/	—	formulons /fɔʁ.my.lɔ̃/	formulez /fɔʁ.my.le/	—
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

• formulation
• reformuler

Further reading

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

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Verb

formuler

1. imperative of formulere