déclencher conjugation: all tenses in French, with meaning

/de.klɑ̃.ʃe/

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Translation

to trigger, to set off, to spark

Word origin

From dé and clenche ('door latch'), a word of Frankish origin. To déclencher was literally to lift the latch and so release the mechanism.

Origin: Frankish
Root: klinka

Grammar

Verb type-er regular (1st group)

Conjugation

Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person	Present	Imperfect	Past historic	Future	Conditional
je	déclenche	déclenchais	déclenchai	déclencherai	déclencherais
tu	déclenches	déclenchais	déclenchas	déclencheras	déclencherais
il/elle	déclenche	déclenchait	déclencha	déclenchera	déclencherait
nous	déclenchons	déclenchions	déclenchâmes	déclencherons	déclencherions
vous	déclenchez	déclenchiez	déclenchâtes	déclencherez	déclencheriez
ils/elles	déclenchent	déclenchaient	déclenchèrent	déclencheront	déclencheraient

Subjunctive

Person	Present	Imperfect
je	déclenche	déclenchasse
tu	déclenches	déclenchasses
il/elle	déclenche	déclenchât
nous	déclenchions	déclenchassions
vous	déclenchiez	déclenchassiez
ils/elles	déclenchent	déclenchassent

Imperative

Person	Affirmative
tu	déclenche
nous	déclenchons
vous	déclenchez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle: déclenchant
Past participle: déclenché · déclenchée · déclenchés · déclenchées

Examples

l'.

The smoke set off the alarm.

A single word can spark a war.

They set the machine going remotely.

l' .

We are launching the operation at midnight.

Cette .

This decision would trigger a crisis.

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This word is part of lesson 53.