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 balance.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | équilibre | I balance | |
| tu | équilibres | you balance | |
| il / elle / on | équilibre | he / she / it balanceson: we balance / one balances | |
| nous | équilibrons | we balance | |
| vous | équilibrez | you balance | |
| ils / elles | équilibrent | they balance |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul équilibre les comptes de l'association.
Paul balances the association's accounts.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai équilibré | I balanced | |
| tu | as équilibré | you balanced | |
| il / elle / on | a équilibré | he / she / it balancedon: we balanced / one balanced | |
| nous | avons équilibré | we balanced | |
| vous | avez équilibré | you balanced | |
| ils / elles | ont équilibré | they balanced |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a équilibré les comptes de l'association.
Yesterday, Paul balanced the association's accounts.
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’ | équilibrais | I used to balance | |
| tu | équilibrais | you used to balance | |
| il / elle / on | équilibrait | he / she / it used to balanceon: we used to balance / one used to balance | |
| nous | équilibrions | we used to balance | |
| vous | équilibriez | you used to balance | |
| ils / elles | équilibraient | they used to balance |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul équilibrait les comptes de l'association.
Back then, Paul used to balance the association's accounts.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | équilibrerai | I will balance | |
| tu | équilibreras | you will balance | |
| il / elle / on | équilibrera | he / she / it will balanceon: we will balance / one will balance | |
| nous | équilibrerons | we will balance | |
| vous | équilibrerez | you will balance | |
| ils / elles | équilibreront | they will balance |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul équilibrera les comptes de l'association.
Later, Paul will balance the association's accounts.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | équilibrerais | I would balance | |
| tu | équilibrerais | you would balance | |
| il / elle / on | équilibrerait | he / she / it would balanceon: we would balance / one would balance | |
| nous | équilibrerions | we would balance | |
| vous | équilibreriez | you would balance | |
| ils / elles | équilibreraient | they would balance |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul équilibrerait les comptes de l'association.
Paul would balance the association's accounts.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | équilibre | (that) I balance | |
| tu | équilibres | (that) you balance | |
| il / elle / on | équilibre | (that) he / she / it balanceson: (that) we balance / one balances | |
| nous | équilibrions | (that) we balance | |
| vous | équilibriez | (that) you balance | |
| ils / elles | équilibrent | (that) they balance |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul équilibre les comptes de l'association.
It is possible that Paul balances the association's accounts.
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 balance, make balanced, to equilibrize
- to counterbalance
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