Conjugations
All six tenses and their examples are shown below. Use the links above to jump to a tense. English translations use the meaning “to increase.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accrois | I increase | |
| tu | accrois | you increase | |
| il / elle / on | accroît | he / she / it increaseson: we increase / one increases | |
| nous | accroissons | we increase | |
| vous | accroissez | you increase | |
| ils / elles | accroissent | they increase |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Ce projet accroît les revenus de la ferme.
This project increases the farm's income.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai accru | I increased | |
| tu | as accru | you increased | |
| il / elle / on | a accru | he / she / it increasedon: we increased / one increased | |
| nous | avons accru | we increased | |
| vous | avez accru | you increased | |
| ils / elles | ont accru | they increased |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, ce projet a accru les revenus de la ferme.
Yesterday, this project increased the farm's income.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
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Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accroissais | I used to increase | |
| tu | accroissais | you used to increase | |
| il / elle / on | accroissait | he / she / it used to increaseon: we used to increase / one used to increase | |
| nous | accroissions | we used to increase | |
| vous | accroissiez | you used to increase | |
| ils / elles | accroissaient | they used to increase |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, ce projet accroissait les revenus de la ferme.
Back then, this project used to increase the farm's income.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accroîtrai | I will increase | |
| tu | accroîtras | you will increase | |
| il / elle / on | accroîtra | he / she / it will increaseon: we will increase / one will increase | |
| nous | accroîtrons | we will increase | |
| vous | accroîtrez | you will increase | |
| ils / elles | accroîtront | they will increase |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, ce projet accroîtra les revenus de la ferme.
Later, this project will increase the farm's income.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accroîtrais | I would increase | |
| tu | accroîtrais | you would increase | |
| il / elle / on | accroîtrait | he / she / it would increaseon: we would increase / one would increase | |
| nous | accroîtrions | we would increase | |
| vous | accroîtriez | you would increase | |
| ils / elles | accroîtraient | they would increase |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Ce projet accroîtrait les revenus de la ferme.
This project would increase the farm's income.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accroisse | (that) I increase | |
| tu | accroisses | (that) you increase | |
| il / elle / on | accroisse | (that) he / she / it increaseson: (that) we increase / one increases | |
| nous | accroissions | (that) we increase | |
| vous | accroissiez | (that) you increase | |
| ils / elles | accroissent | (that) they increase |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que ce projet accroisse les revenus de la ferme.
It is possible that this project increases the farm's income.
French forms omit the subject. Use j’ before a vowel sound. Vous is polite singular or plural “you”; on often means “we,” or the general “one.” English wording depends on the context: passé composé can also use “have,” and the imperfect can describe an ongoing action. Subjunctive translations here follow “it is possible that.”
Meaning & usage
- to increase
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and simple conjugation forms adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Passé composé forms combine the source auxiliary and past participle. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations