dévêtir — French conjugation

to disrobe

Frequency#1253Irregular

Indicative

Present (Présent) Irregular

Use the présent for habits, what is true now, and what is about to happen soon. A single set of endings covers what English often splits into “I speak” and “I am speaking”.

Elle parle arabe et français.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jedévêtsI disrobe
tudévêtsyou disrobe
il/elledévêthe/she/it disrobes
nousdévêtonswe disrobe
vousdévêtezyou (pl.) disrobe
ils/ellesdévêtentthey disrobe

Simple past (Passé simple) Regular

The passé simple narrates completed past events in a literary or very formal style. In everyday conversation people use the passé composé instead, so you mostly meet this form in books and journalism.

Ils virent le roi s'approcher.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jedévêtisI disrobed
tudévêtisyou disrobed
il/elledévêtithe/she/it disrobed
nousdévêtîmeswe disrobed
vousdévêtîtesyou (pl.) disrobed
ils/ellesdévêtirentthey disrobed

Imperfect (Imparfait) Irregular

The imparfait describes ongoing or repeated past actions and sets the background — how things were, what used to happen, weather, feelings. The passé composé, by contrast, marks single completed events.

Quand j'étais petit, j'allais souvent à la piscine.

PronounFrench
jedévêtais
tudévêtais
il/elledévêtait
nousdévêtions
vousdévêtiez
ils/ellesdévêtaient

Conditional (Conditionnel) Regular

The conditionnel is for polite questions and requests, “would”-type hypotheticals, and what someone said would happen. It is also the usual consequent clause in si + imparfait → conditionnel patterns.

Pourriez-vous répéter, s'il vous plaît ?

PronounFrenchEnglish
jedévêtiraisI would disrobe
tudévêtiraisyou would disrobe
il/elledévêtiraithe/she/it would disrobe
nousdévêtirionswe would disrobe
vousdévêtiriezyou (pl.) would disrobe
ils/ellesdévêtiraientthey would disrobe

Future (Futur) Regular

The futur is for future plans and objective predictions. In speech, aller + infinitive is often clearer for the immediate future, while the simple future is common for facts further ahead or in writing.

Demain, nous dînerons chez eux.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jedévêtiraiI will disrobe
tudévêtirasyou will disrobe
il/elledévêtirahe/she/it will disrobe
nousdévêtironswe will disrobe
vousdévêtirezyou (pl.) will disrobe
ils/ellesdévêtirontthey will disrobe

Present perfect (Passé composé) Regular

The passé composé is the main spoken past for completed, bounded actions (often with a time adverb). Use avoir with most verbs; être is required for a fixed group of motion/inchange and all pronominal verbs, with participle agreement when necessary.

Elle est venue tôt, puis elle a téléphoné.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'ai dévêtuI have disrobed
tutu as dévêtuyou have disrobed
il/elleil/elle a dévêtuhe/she/it has disrobed
nousnous avons dévêtuwe have disrobed
vousvous avez dévêtuyou (pl.) have disrobed
ils/ellesils/elles ont dévêtuthey have disrobed

Pluperfect (Plus-que-parfait) Regular

The plus-que-parfait is the “earlier past”: one action was already over before another past moment. It answers “had already” when a story is anchored in a past time.

Déjà, il avait fini quand je suis arrivé.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'avais dévêtuI had disrobed
tutu avais dévêtuyou had disrobed
il/elleil/elle avait dévêtuhe/she/it had disrobed
nousnous avions dévêtuwe had disrobed
vousvous aviez dévêtuyou (pl.) had disrobed
ils/ellesils/elles avaient dévêtuthey had disrobed

Conditional perfect (Conditionnel passé) Regular

The conditionnel passé states what would have been true, plans that failed, and unreal past if-clauses (often with si + plus-que-parfait in the apodose).

J'aurais dit oui, mais c'était impossible.

PronounFrench
jej'aurais dévêtu
tutu aurais dévêtu
il/elleil/elle aurait dévêtu
nousnous aurions dévêtu
vousvous auriez dévêtu
ils/ellesils/elles auraient dévêtu

Future perfect (Futur antérieur) Regular

The futur antérieur marks an action that will be finished before a later future moment (by then I will have…). It can also suggest a conjecture about a recent past fact in formal or literary use.

D'ici samedi, j'aurai lu le rapport.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'aurai dévêtuI will have disrobed
tutu auras dévêtuyou will have disrobed
il/elleil/elle aura dévêtuhe/she/it will have disrobed
nousnous aurons dévêtuwe will have disrobed
vousvous aurez dévêtuyou (pl.) will have disrobed
ils/ellesils/elles auront dévêtuthey will have disrobed

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Irregular

The present subjunctive appears in subordinate clauses after desire, doubt, fear, need, and many impersonals, usually when the subject of the subordinate is different. Learn common triggers: il faut que, je veux que, je doute que…

Il faut qu'il parte avant midi.

PronounFrench
jedévête
tudévêtes
il/elledévête
nousdévêtions
vousdévêtiez
ils/ellesdévêtent

Imperfect subjunctive (Subjonctif imparfait) Regular

The imparfait du subjonctif is a literary and formal past subjunctive. In modern speech, the present subjunctive usually replaces it for the same meaning.

Bien qu'il fût fatigué, il continua.

PronounFrench
jedévêtisse
tudévêtisses
il/elledévêtît
nousdévêtissions
vousdévêtissiez
ils/ellesdévêtissent

Other forms

Imperative (Impératif) Regular

The imperative is for direct orders and advice to tu, nous, and vous. For many -er verbs, the tu form drops the final -s of the present (parle!); negatives use the subjunctive-like forms in practice.

Fermons la porte, s'il vous plaît !

PronounFrench
tudévêts
nousdévêtons
vousdévêtez