The French for illustrate is the verb illustrer

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

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb illustrer - French for illustrate

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of illustrer, which is French for illustrate.

• I illustrate.
• you illustrated.
• he will illustrate.
• we would illustrate.
• they may illustrate.

The Conjugated Verb Tables below for illustrer, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do both many times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE illustrer
Simple Tenses illustrer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent illustrate	illustre	illustres	illustre	illustrons	illustrez	illustrent
Past Imperfect Imparfait illustrated	illustrais	illustrais	illustrait	illustrions	illustriez	illustraient
Simple Past Passé Simple illustrated	illustrai	illustras	illustra	illustrâmes	illustrâtes	illustrèrent
Future Futur will illustrate	illustrerai	illustreras	illustrera	illustrerons	illustrerez	illustreront
Conditional Conditionnel would illustrate	illustrerais	illustrerais	illustrerait	illustrerions	illustreriez	illustreraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may illustrate	illustre	illustres	illustre	illustrions	illustriez	illustrent
Compound Tenses illustrer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have illustrated	ai illustré	as illustré	a illustré	avons illustré	avez illustré	ont illustré
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had illustrated	avais illustré	avais illustré	avait illustré	avions illustré	aviez illustré	avaient illustré
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai illustré	auras illustré	aura illustré	aurons illustré	aurez illustré	auront illustré
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have illustrated	aurais illustré	aurais illustré	aurait illustré	aurions illustré	auriez illustré	auraient illustré
Imperative Imperatif illustrate!		illustre		illustrons	illustrez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of illustrer the French for illustrate
présent de l’indicatif

j’illustre
- I illustrate
tu illustres
- you illustrate - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on illustre
- he, she, it, one illustrates
nous illustrons
- we illustrate
vous illustrez
- you illustrate (formal or plural)
ils, elles illustrent
- they illustrate

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of illustrer, the French for illustrate
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’illustrais
- I illustrated
- I was illustrating
tu illustrais
- you illustrated- (familiar or informal)
- you were illustrating
il, elle, on illustrait
- he, she, it, one illustrated
- he, she, it, one was illustrating
nous illustrions
- we illustrated
- we were illustrating
vous illustriez
- you illustrated- (formal or plural)
- you were illustrating
ils, elles illustraient
- they illustrated
- they were illustrating

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of illustrer, the French for illustrate
passé simple

j’illustrai
- I illustrated
tu illustras
- you illustrated- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on illustra
- he, she, it, one illustrated
nous illustrâmes
- we illustrated
vous illustrâtes
- you illustrated- (formal or plural)
ils, elles illustrèrent
they illustrated
(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 illustrer, the French for illustrate
futur

j’illustrerai
- I will illustrate
tu illustreras
- you will illustrate (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on illustrera
- he, she, it, one will illustrate
nous illustrerons
- we will illustrate
vous illustrerez
- you will illustrate (formal or plural)
ils, elles illustreront
- they will illustrate

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Conditional Tense conjugations of illustrer, the French for illustrate
conditionnel

j’illustrerais
- I would illustrate
tu illustrerais
- you would illustrate (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on illustrerait
- he, she, it, one would illustrate
nous illustrerions
- we would illustrate
vous illustreriez
- you would illustrate (formal or plural)
ils, elles illustreraient
- they would illustrate

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of illustrer, the French for illustrate
présent de subjonctif

que j’illustre
- that I may illustrate
que tu illustres
- that you may illustrate(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on illustre
- that he, she, it, one may illustrate
que nous illustrions
- that we may illustrate
que vous illustriez
- that you may illustrate(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles illustrent
- that they may illustrate

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb illustrer - the verb ‘to illustrate’ in French

Past Participle of illustrer is:
illustré -illustrated.

It's vital that you learn the past participle and the conjugations of avoir because these combinations form the 4 compound tenses which are listed below.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of illustrer - French for illustrate
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of illustrer, the French for illustrate
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of illustrer, the French for illustrate
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of illustrer, the French for illustrate
impératif

illustre
- illustrate!
illustrons
- let’s illustrate!
illustrez
- illustrate!

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Present Participle of illustrer

illustrant - illustrating

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