délester
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]délester
- (transitive) to unballast, to remove ballast from (a ship, balloon, etc.)
- (transitive, figuratively) to divert, to decongest (traffic, a road, etc.)
- délester une route ― to divert traffic from a road, to reduce congestion on a road
- (transitive, informal) to rid, to relieve (someone) [with de ‘of someone/something unwanted’]
- 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 2, in Les furtifs, La Volte, →ISBN:
- J’avais l’impression, fugitive, de m’élever. D’approcher d’une sorte de magie du verbe, délesté de toute scorie, de tout gras.
- I had the fleeting impression of rising. Of approaching a sort of the verb, relieve of all slag, of all fat.
- (transitive, informal) to rob (someone) [with de ‘of someone/something valuable’]
- délester une vieille dame de ses bijoux ― to steal an old lady's jewellery/jewelry (literally, “to rob an old lady of her jewellery/jewelry”)
- (reflexive) to get rid of, to cast off [with de ‘something’]
- (reflexive, figuratively) to get rid, to unburden oneself, to relieve oneself [with de ‘of something’]
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of délester (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | délester | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | délestant /de.lɛs.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | délesté /de.lɛs.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | déleste /de.lɛst/ |
délestes /de.lɛst/ |
déleste /de.lɛst/ |
délestons /de.lɛs.tɔ̃/ |
délestez /de.lɛs.te/ |
délestent /de.lɛst/ |
imperfect | délestais /de.lɛs.tɛ/ |
délestais /de.lɛs.tɛ/ |
délestait /de.lɛs.tɛ/ |
délestions /de.lɛs.tjɔ̃/ |
délestiez /de.lɛs.tje/ |
délestaient /de.lɛs.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | délestai /de.lɛs.te/ |
délestas /de.lɛs.ta/ |
délesta /de.lɛs.ta/ |
délestâmes /de.lɛs.tam/ |
délestâtes /de.lɛs.tat/ |
délestèrent /de.lɛs.tɛʁ/ | |
future | délesterai /de.lɛs.tə.ʁe/ |
délesteras /de.lɛs.tə.ʁa/ |
délestera /de.lɛs.tə.ʁa/ |
délesterons /de.lɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
délesterez /de.lɛs.tə.ʁe/ |
délesteront /de.lɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | délesterais /de.lɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
délesterais /de.lɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
délesterait /de.lɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
délesterions /de.lɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
délesteriez /de.lɛs.tə.ʁje/ |
délesteraient /de.lɛs.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 | déleste /de.lɛst/ |
délestes /de.lɛst/ |
déleste /de.lɛst/ |
délestions /de.lɛs.tjɔ̃/ |
délestiez /de.lɛs.tje/ |
délestent /de.lɛst/ |
imperfect2 | délestasse /de.lɛs.tas/ |
délestasses /de.lɛs.tas/ |
délestât /de.lɛs.ta/ |
délestassions /de.lɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
délestassiez /de.lɛs.ta.sje/ |
délestassent /de.lɛs.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | déleste /de.lɛst/ |
— | délestons /de.lɛs.tɔ̃/ |
délestez /de.lɛs.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
[edit]- “délester”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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