adhérer: conjugation and meaning · How to Learn French

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 adhere to.”

Present Présent

Habits, current states, and actions happening now.

adhérer: Present, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	adhère	I adhere to
tu	adhères	you adhere to
il / elle / on	adhère	he / she / it adheres toon: we adhere to / one adheres to
nous	adhérons	we adhere to
vous	adhérez	you adhere to
ils / elles	adhèrent	they adhere to

IN A SENTENCEPresent example

Paul adhère aux principes du groupe.

Paul adheres to the group's principles.

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Passé composé

Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.

adhérer: Passé composé, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	ai adhéré	I adhered to
tu	as adhéré	you adhered to
il / elle / on	a adhéré	he / she / it adhered toon: we adhered to / one adhered to
nous	avons adhéré	we adhered to
vous	avez adhéré	you adhered to
ils / elles	ont adhéré	they adhered to

IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example

Hier, Paul a adhéré aux principes du groupe.

Yesterday, Paul adhered to the group's principles.

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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Imperfect Imparfait

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

adhérer: Imperfect, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	adhérais	I used to adhere to
tu	adhérais	you used to adhere to
il / elle / on	adhérait	he / she / it used to adhere toon: we used to adhere to / one used to adhere to
nous	adhérions	we used to adhere to
vous	adhériez	you used to adhere to
ils / elles	adhéraient	they used to adhere to

IN A SENTENCEImperfect example

Autrefois, Paul adhérait aux principes du groupe.

Back then, Paul used to adhere to the group's principles.

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Future Futur simple

Future events and predictions.

adhérer: Future, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	adhèrerai / adhérerai	I will adhere to
tu	adhèreras / adhéreras	you will adhere to
il / elle / on	adhèrera / adhérera	he / she / it will adhere toon: we will adhere to / one will adhere to
nous	adhèrerons / adhérerons	we will adhere to
vous	adhèrerez / adhérerez	you will adhere to
ils / elles	adhèreront / adhéreront	they will adhere to

IN A SENTENCEFuture example

Plus tard, Paul adhèrera aux principes du groupe.

Later, Paul will adhere to the group's principles.

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Conditional Conditionnel présent

Hypothetical events and polite requests.

adhérer: Conditional, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	adhèrerais / adhérerais	I would adhere to
tu	adhèrerais / adhérerais	you would adhere to
il / elle / on	adhèrerait / adhérerait	he / she / it would adhere toon: we would adhere to / one would adhere to
nous	adhèrerions / adhérerions	we would adhere to
vous	adhèreriez / adhéreriez	you would adhere to
ils / elles	adhèreraient / adhéreraient	they would adhere to

IN A SENTENCEConditional example

Paul adhèrerait aux principes du groupe.

Paul would adhere to the group's principles.

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Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent

Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.

adhérer: Present subjunctive, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	adhère	(that) I adhere to
tu	adhères	(that) you adhere to
il / elle / on	adhère	(that) he / she / it adheres toon: (that) we adhere to / one adheres to
nous	adhérions	(that) we adhere to
vous	adhériez	(that) you adhere to
ils / elles	adhèrent	(that) they adhere to

IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example

Il est possible que Paul adhère aux principes du groupe.

It is possible that Paul adheres to the group's principles.

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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 adhere; to stick to (rules, regulations)
to belong to; to be part of; to be a member of
to associate, to join

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