saluer

French

Etymology

From Middle French saluer, from Old French saluer, earlier saluder, from Latin salūtāre, present active infinitive of salūtō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sa.lɥe/
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Verb

saluer

  1. (transitive) to greet
  2. (transitive) to wave to (as a greeting)
  3. (transitive) to say goodbye to
  4. (military, nautical) to salute
  5. (transitive) to salute, pay tribute to; to hail

Conjugation
Conjugation of saluer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle saluant
/sa.lɥɑ̃/
past participle salué
/sa.lɥe/
infinitive
simple saluer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple saluant
/sa.lɥɑ̃/
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 salue
/sa.ly/		 salues
/sa.ly/		 salue
/sa.ly/		 saluons
/sa.lɥɔ̃/		 saluez
/sa.lɥe/		 saluent
/sa.ly/
imperfect saluais
/sa.lɥɛ/		 saluais
/sa.lɥɛ/		 saluait
/sa.lɥɛ/		 saluions
/sa.ly.jɔ̃/		 saluiez
/sa.ly.je/		 saluaient
/sa.lɥɛ/
past historic2 saluai
/sa.lɥe/		 saluas
/sa.lɥa/		 salua
/sa.lɥa/		 saluâmes
/sa.lɥam/		 saluâtes
/sa.lɥat/		 saluèrent
/sa.lɥɛʁ/
future saluerai
/sa.ly.ʁe/		 salueras
/sa.ly.ʁa/		 saluera
/sa.ly.ʁa/		 saluerons
/sa.ly.ʁɔ̃/		 saluerez
/sa.ly.ʁe/		 salueront
/sa.ly.ʁɔ̃/
conditional saluerais
/sa.ly.ʁɛ/		 saluerais
/sa.ly.ʁɛ/		 saluerait
/sa.ly.ʁɛ/		 saluerions
/sa.ly.ʁjɔ̃/		 salueriez
/sa.ly.ʁje/		 salueraient
/sa.ly.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 salue
/sa.ly/		 salues
/sa.ly/		 salue
/sa.ly/		 saluions
/sa.ly.jɔ̃/		 saluiez
/sa.ly.je/		 saluent
/sa.ly/
imperfect2 saluasse
/sa.lɥas/		 saluasses
/sa.lɥas/		 saluât
/sa.lɥa/		 saluassions
/sa.lɥa.sjɔ̃/		 saluassiez
/sa.lɥa.sje/		 saluassent
/sa.lɥas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — salue
/sa.ly/		 — saluons
/sa.lɥɔ̃/		 saluez
/sa.lɥe/		 —
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).

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Middle French

Alternative forms
  • salluer

Etymology

From Old French saluer, from Latin salūtāre, present active infinitive of salūtō.

Verb

saluer

  1. (transitive) to greet

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of saluer
simple compound
infinitive saluer avoir salué
gerund en saluant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle saluant
past participle salué
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present salue salues salue saluons saluez saluent
imperfect saluois, saluoys saluois, saluoys saluoit, saluoyt saluions, saluyons saluiez, saluyez saluoient, saluoyent
past historic salua saluas salua saluasmes saluastes saluerent
future saluerai, salueray salueras saluera saluerons saluerez salueront
conditional saluerois, salueroys saluerois, salueroys salueroit, salueroyt saluerions, salueryons salueriez, salueryez salueroient, salueroyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present salue salues salue saluons saluez saluent
imperfect saluasse saluasses saluast saluassions saluassiez saluassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— salue — saluons saluez —

Descendants

Norman

Etymology

From Old French saluer (“to greet”), from Latin salūtō, salūtāre (“greet, salute”, verb), from salūs (“health, prosperity, wellness”).

Verb

saluer

  1. (Jersey) to salute

Old French

Alternative forms
  • saluder

Etymology

From earlier saluder, from Latin salūtāre, present active infinitive of salūtō.

Verb

saluer

  1. (transitive) to greet

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of saluer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive saluer avoir salüé
gerund en saluant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle saluant
past participle salüé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present salu salües salüe saluons salüez salüent
imperfect saluoie, salüeie, saluoe, salüeve saluoies, salüeies, saluoes, salüeves saluoit, salüeit, saluot, salüeve saluïiens, saluïens saluïiez, saluïez saluoient, salüeient, saluoent, salüevent
preterite saluai saluas salua saluames saluastes salüerent
future salüerai salüeras salüera salüerons salüeroiz, salüereiz, salüerez salüeront
conditional salüeroie, salüereie salüeroies, salüereies salüeroit, salüereit salüeriiens, salüeriens salüeriiez, salüeriez salüeroient, salüereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present salu salus salut saluons salüez salüent
imperfect saluasse saluasses saluast saluïssons, saluïssiens saluïssoiz, saluïssez, saluïssiez saluassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— salüe — saluons salüez —

Descendants
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