The French for congratulate is the verb féliciter

French Class

French for congratulate is the regular ER verb féliciter, laid out here in the most practically formatted verb table.

Enter your search terms   Web learn-french-help.com Submit search form

The ultimate way to superlearn words like the French for congratulate - féliciter work with word-association pictures like those of 200 Words a Day!.

So, if you want to know how to say congratulate in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

---

The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb féliciter - French for congratulate

GET AUTOMATIC ALERTS OF NEW FREE FRENCH LESSONS

For regular automatic notification of new additions to this site, of new free French lessons, of new conjugated verbs etc click on the RSS feed button in the box at the top left of the screen, and your PC will automatically get a message whenever a new French lesson appears onsite.

Here you’ll learn the conjugations of féliciter, which is French for congratulate.

• I congratulate.
• you congratulated.
• he will congratulate.
• we would congratulate.
• they may congratulate.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for féliciter, help you to practice your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat these over and over again.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE féliciter
Simple Tenses féliciter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent congratulate	félicite	félicites	félicite	félicitons	félicitez	félicitent
Past Imperfect Imparfait congratulated	félicitais	félicitais	félicitait	félicitions	félicitiez	félicitaient
Simple Past Passé Simple congratulated	félicitai	félicitas	félicita	félicitâmes	félicitâtes	félicitèrent
Future Futur will congratulate	féliciterai	féliciteras	félicitera	féliciterons	féliciterez	féliciteront
Conditional Conditionnel would congratulate	féliciterais	féliciterais	féliciterait	féliciterions	féliciteriez	féliciteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may congratulate	félicite	félicites	félicite	félicitions	félicitiez	félicitent
Compound Tenses féliciter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have congratulated	ai félicité	as félicité	a félicité	avons félicité	avez félicité	ont félicité
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had congratulated	avais félicité	avais félicité	avait félicité	avions félicité	aviez félicité	avaient félicité
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai félicité	auras félicité	aura félicité	aurons félicité	aurez félicité	auront félicité
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have congratulated	aurais félicité	aurais félicité	aurait félicité	aurions félicité	auriez félicité	auraient félicité
Imperative Imperatif congratulate!		félicite		félicitons	félicitez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of féliciter the French for congratulate
présent de l’indicatif

je félicite
- I congratulate
tu félicites
- you congratulate - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on félicite
- he, she, it, one congratulates
nous félicitons
- we congratulate
vous félicitez
- you congratulate (formal or plural)
ils, elles félicitent
- they congratulate

---

Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of féliciter, the French for congratulate
imparfait de l’indicatif

je félicitais
- I congratulated
- I was congratulating
tu félicitais
- you congratulated- (familiar or informal)
- you were congratulating
il, elle, on félicitait
- he, she, it, one congratulated
- he, she, it, one was congratulating
nous félicitions
- we congratulated
- we were congratulating
vous félicitiez
- you congratulated- (formal or plural)
- you were congratulating
ils, elles félicitaient
- they congratulated
- they were congratulating

---

Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of féliciter, the French for congratulate
passé simple

je félicitai
- I congratulated
tu félicitas
- you congratulated- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on félicita
- he, she, it, one congratulated
nous félicitâmes
- we congratulated
vous félicitâtes
- you congratulated- (formal or plural)
ils, elles félicitèrent
they congratulated
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

---

Future Tense conjugations of féliciter, the French for congratulate
futur

je féliciterai
- I will congratulate
tu féliciteras
- you will congratulate (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on félicitera
- he, she, it, one will congratulate
nous féliciterons
- we will congratulate
vous féliciterez
- you will congratulate (formal or plural)
ils, elles féliciteront
- they will congratulate

---

Conditional Tense conjugations of féliciter, the French for congratulate
conditionnel

je féliciterais
- I would congratulate
tu féliciterais
- you would congratulate (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on féliciterait
- he, she, it, one would congratulate
nous féliciterions
- we would congratulate
vous féliciteriez
- you would congratulate (formal or plural)
ils, elles féliciteraient
- they would congratulate

---

Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of féliciter, the French for congratulate
présent de subjonctif

que je félicite
- that I may congratulate
que tu félicites
- that you may congratulate(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on félicite
- that he, she, it, one may congratulate
que nous félicitions
- that we may congratulate
que vous félicitiez
- that you may congratulate(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles félicitent
- that they may congratulate

---

The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb féliciter - the verb ‘to congratulate’ in French

Past Participle of féliciter is:
félicité -congratulated.

Seeing that the past participle is taken and merged with the various conjugations of the verb - to have - avoir, to create the four French compound tenses, its importance is highlighted. Once you have mastered avoir, you have mastered the key to constructing compound verbs in French.

• I have congratulated
• you had congratulated
• he will have congratulated
• we would have congratulated

---

Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of féliciter - French for congratulate
passé composé

Here’s the French for congratulate conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai félicité
- I have congratulated or I did congratulate or
- I congratulated
tu as félicité
- you have congratulated or you did congratulate - (familiar or informal) or
- you congratulated
il, elle, on a félicité
- he, she, it, one has congratulate or did congratulate
- he, she, it congratulated
nous avons félicité
- we have congratulated or we did congratulate
- we congratulated
vous avez félicité
- you have congratulated or you did congratulate (formal or plural) or
- or we congratulated
ils, elles ont félicité
- they have congratulated or they did congratulate
- they congratulated

---

Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of féliciter - congratulate in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -congratulate conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais félicité
- I had congratulated
tu avais félicité
- you had congratulated- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait félicité
- he, she, it, one had congratulated
nous avions félicité
- we had congratulated
vous aviez félicité
- you had congratulated (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient félicité
- they had congratulated

---

Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of féliciter, the French for congratulate
futur antérieur

j’aurai félicité
- I will have
tu auras félicité
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura félicité
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons félicité
- we will have
vous aurez félicité
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront félicité
- they will have

---

Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of féliciter, the French for congratulate
conditionnel passé

j’aurais félicité
- I would have congratulated
tu aurais félicité
- you would have congratulated- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait félicité
- he, she, it, one would have congratulated
nous aurions félicité
- we would have congratulated
vous auriez félicité
- you would have congratulated- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient félicité
- they would have congratulated

---

Imperative Tense conjugations of féliciter, the French for congratulate
impératif

félicite
- congratulate!
félicitons
- let’s congratulate!
félicitez
- congratulate!

---

Present Participle of féliciter

félicitant - congratulating

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like féliciter the French for congratulate

---

Learn French Help - the free online resource for students and learners of French
Transcity Properties Ltd, 32 Alverton, Great Linford, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK14 5EF, United Kingdom serving French on a web-plate to the world. ©
Learn the verb in French for congratulate which is féliciter conjugated here online.