The French for excel is the verb exceller

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French for excel is the regular ER verb exceller, covered here in all the tenses used in modern French.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb exceller - French for excel

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of exceller, which is French for excel.

• I excel.
• you excelled.
• he will excel.
• we would excel.
• they may excel.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for exceller, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Try this process four or five times a day for a week to consolidate the learning. Remember to come back to the tables after another week, month, 3 months etc to review what you have learnt.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE exceller
Simple Tenses exceller
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent excel	excelle	excelles	excelle	excellons	excellez	excellent
Past Imperfect Imparfait excelled	excellais	excellais	excellait	excellions	excelliez	excellaient
Simple Past Passé Simple excelled	excellai	excellas	excella	excellâmes	excellâtes	excellèrent
Future Futur will excel	excellerai	excelleras	excellera	excellerons	excellerez	excelleront
Conditional Conditionnel would excel	excellerais	excellerais	excellerait	excellerions	excelleriez	excelleraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may excel	excelle	excelles	excelle	excellions	excelliez	excellent
Compound Tenses exceller
Present Perfect Passé Composé have excelled	ai excellé	as excellé	a excellé	avons excellé	avez excellé	ont excellé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had excelled	avais excellé	avais excellé	avait excellé	avions excellé	aviez excellé	avaient excellé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai excellé	auras excellé	aura excellé	aurons excellé	aurez excellé	auront excellé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have excelled	aurais excellé	aurais excellé	aurait excellé	aurions excellé	auriez excellé	auraient excellé
Imperative Imperatif excel!		excelle		excellons	excellez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of exceller the French for excel
présent de l’indicatif

j’excelle
- I excel
tu excelles
- you excel - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on excelle
- he, she, it, one excels
nous excellons
- we excel
vous excellez
- you excel (formal or plural)
ils, elles excellent
- they excel

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of exceller, the French for excel
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’excellais
- I excelled
- I was excelling
tu excellais
- you excelled- (familiar or informal)
- you were excelling
il, elle, on excellait
- he, she, it, one excelled
- he, she, it, one was excelling
nous excellions
- we excelled
- we were excelling
vous excelliez
- you excelled- (formal or plural)
- you were excelling
ils, elles excellaient
- they excelled
- they were excelling

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of exceller, the French for excel
passé simple

j’excellai
- I excelled
tu excellas
- you excelled- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on excella
- he, she, it, one excelled
nous excellâmes
- we excelled
vous excellâtes
- you excelled- (formal or plural)
ils, elles excellèrent
they excelled
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of exceller, the French for excel
futur

j’excellerai
- I will excel
tu excelleras
- you will excel (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on excellera
- he, she, it, one will excel
nous excellerons
- we will excel
vous excellerez
- you will excel (formal or plural)
ils, elles excelleront
- they will excel

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Conditional Tense conjugations of exceller, the French for excel
conditionnel

j’excellerais
- I would excel
tu excellerais
- you would excel (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on excellerait
- he, she, it, one would excel
nous excellerions
- we would excel
vous excelleriez
- you would excel (formal or plural)
ils, elles excelleraient
- they would excel

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of exceller, the French for excel
présent de subjonctif

que j’excelle
- that I may excel
que tu excelles
- that you may excel(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on excelle
- that he, she, it, one may excel
que nous excellions
- that we may excel
que vous excelliez
- that you may excel(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles excellent
- that they may excel

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb exceller - the verb ‘to excel’ in French

Past Participle of exceller is:
excellé -excelled.

One can see the importance of the past participle in that it is used, with avoir to construct the compound tenses, four of which are in common useage today.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of exceller - French for excel
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of exceller, the French for excel
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of exceller, the French for excel
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of exceller, the French for excel
impératif

excelle
- excel!
excellons
- let’s excel!
excellez
- excel!

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Present Participle of exceller

excellant - excelling

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