Béer (literary) – to be wide open; to gape, stand gaping
Simple and compound conjugations for the regular -er French verb béer.
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Formal French
Français formel
This index includes a variety of French words, expressions, pronunciations, and grammatical and structures required in formal communciation.
For an explanation of the difference between formal and literary, see What is register?
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Bien entendu
Bon gré mal gré
Châtier (formal) – to chastise, punish; to polish, refine
Simple and compound conjugations for the regular -er French verb châtier.
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Chérir (literary) – to cherish, treasure, hold dear
Simple and compound conjugations for the regular -ir French verb chérir.
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Commettre – to commit (a crime), make (a mistake); (formal) to appoint, nominate
Simple and compound conjugations for the irregular French verb commettre.
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Concéder – to concede
Simple and compound conjugations for the stem-changing French verb concéder.
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Conditional Perfect, Second Form
The second form of the conditional perfect suffers from something of an identity crisis: it looks like the pluperfect subjunctive but has the value of the conditional perfect. The second form of the past conditional is used mostly in si clauses and is a literary tense, so is found only in very formal written French. conjugation lessons • formalities • tenses moods voices
Confluer – to join, flow together; (literary) to converge
Simple and compound conjugations for the regular -er French verb confluer.
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Consumer – to consume, devour; to burn; (literary) to expend, squander
Simple and compound conjugations for the regular -er French verb consumer.
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Croire Expressions
Des + Adjective
When the French article des directly precedes an adjective, it is supposed to reduce to de. adjectives • articles • formalities • plurals
Décéder – (formal) to die, pass away
Décéder is a stem-changing French verb that requires être in the compound tenses.
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Dévorer – to devour, consume; (formal) to hide, choke back
Simple and compound conjugations for the regular -er French verb dévorer.
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Disposer – to arrange, set, lay; to incline, dispose to do / towards; (formal) to leave
Simple and compound conjugations for the regular -er French verb disposer.
Unlike other French suffixes, -ci does not create new words, but rather adds additional meaning to the nouns and pronouns it's attached to.
