adhérer

See also: adherer

French

Alternative forms

adhærer (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adhaereō, adhaerāre. Compare the inherited Old French term aerdre, still used in Northern France (see aerde in Picard).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.de.ʁe/
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Verb

adhérer

to adhere; to stick to (rules, regulations)
(of a person) to belong to; to be part of; to be a member of

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written ‘é’) and /ɛ/ (written ‘è’), with the latter being used before mute ‘e’. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written adhérer-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written adhèrer-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.

Conjugation of adhérer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive
present participle		adhérant /a.de.ʁɑ̃/
past participle		adhéré /a.de.ʁe/
simple		adhérer
compound		avoir + past participle
gerund¹
simple		adhérant /a.de.ʁɑ̃/
compound		ayant + past participle
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	adhère /a.dɛʁ/	adhères /a.dɛʁ/	adhère /a.dɛʁ/	adhérons /a.de.ʁɔ̃/	adhérez /a.de.ʁe/	adhèrent /a.dɛʁ/
	imperfect	adhérais /a.de.ʁɛ/	adhérais /a.de.ʁɛ/	adhérait /a.de.ʁɛ/	adhérions /a.de.ʁjɔ̃/	adhériez /a.de.ʁje/	adhéraient /a.de.ʁɛ/
	past historic²	adhérai /a.de.ʁe/	adhéras /a.de.ʁa/	adhéra /a.de.ʁa/	adhérâmes /a.de.ʁam/	adhérâtes /a.de.ʁat/	adhérèrent /a.de.ʁɛʁ/
	future	adhèrerai or adhérerai /a.dɛ.ʁə.ʁe/	adhèreras or adhéreras /a.dɛ.ʁə.ʁa/	adhèrera or adhérera /a.dɛ.ʁə.ʁa/	adhèrerons or adhérerons /a.dɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	adhèrerez or adhérerez /a.dɛ.ʁə.ʁe/	adhèreront or adhéreront /a.dɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	adhèrerais or adhérerais /a.dɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	adhèrerais or adhérerais /a.dɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	adhèrerait or adhérerait /a.dɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	adhèrerions or adhérerions /a.dɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	adhèreriez or adhéreriez /a.dɛ.ʁə.ʁje/	adhèreraient or adhéreraient /a.dɛ.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	adhère /a.dɛʁ/	adhères /a.dɛʁ/	adhère /a.dɛʁ/	adhérions /a.de.ʁjɔ̃/	adhériez /a.de.ʁje/	adhèrent /a.dɛʁ/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	adhérasse /a.de.ʁas/	adhérasses /a.de.ʁas/	adhérât /a.de.ʁa/	adhérassions /a.de.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	adhérassiez /a.de.ʁa.sje/	adhérassent /a.de.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	adhère /a.dɛʁ/	—	adhérons /a.de.ʁɔ̃/	adhérez /a.de.ʁe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ Only usable with preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).