surligner

French

Etymology

From sur- +‎ ligne +‎ -er, on the model of souligner (“to underscore”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /syʁ.li.ɲe/
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Verb

surligner

  1. (of text) to highlight (make more obvious)

Conjugation
Conjugation of surligner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple surligner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple surlignant
/syʁ.li.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle surligné
/syʁ.li.ɲe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present surligne
/syʁ.liɲ/		 surlignes
/syʁ.liɲ/		 surligne
/syʁ.liɲ/		 surlignons
/syʁ.li.ɲɔ̃/		 surlignez
/syʁ.li.ɲe/		 surlignent
/syʁ.liɲ/
imperfect surlignais
/syʁ.li.ɲɛ/		 surlignais
/syʁ.li.ɲɛ/		 surlignait
/syʁ.li.ɲɛ/		 surlignions
/syʁ.li.ɲjɔ̃/		 surligniez
/syʁ.li.ɲje/		 surlignaient
/syʁ.li.ɲɛ/
past historic2 surlignai
/syʁ.li.ɲe/		 surlignas
/syʁ.li.ɲa/		 surligna
/syʁ.li.ɲa/		 surlignâmes
/syʁ.li.ɲam/		 surlignâtes
/syʁ.li.ɲat/		 surlignèrent
/syʁ.li.ɲɛʁ/
future surlignerai
/syʁ.li.ɲə.ʁe/		 surligneras
/syʁ.li.ɲə.ʁa/		 surlignera
/syʁ.li.ɲə.ʁa/		 surlignerons
/syʁ.li.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/		 surlignerez
/syʁ.li.ɲə.ʁe/		 surligneront
/syʁ.li.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional surlignerais
/syʁ.li.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 surlignerais
/syʁ.li.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 surlignerait
/syʁ.li.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 surlignerions
/syʁ.li.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/		 surligneriez
/syʁ.li.ɲə.ʁje/		 surligneraient
/syʁ.li.ɲə.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 surligne
/syʁ.liɲ/		 surlignes
/syʁ.liɲ/		 surligne
/syʁ.liɲ/		 surlignions
/syʁ.li.ɲjɔ̃/		 surligniez
/syʁ.li.ɲje/		 surlignent
/syʁ.liɲ/
imperfect2 surlignasse
/syʁ.li.ɲas/		 surlignasses
/syʁ.li.ɲas/		 surlignât
/syʁ.li.ɲa/		 surlignassions
/syʁ.li.ɲa.sjɔ̃/		 surlignassiez
/syʁ.li.ɲa.sje/		 surlignassent
/syʁ.li.ɲas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — surligne
/syʁ.liɲ/		 — surlignons
/syʁ.li.ɲɔ̃/		 surlignez
/syʁ.li.ɲe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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