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 empty.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | vide | I empty | |
| tu | vides | you empty | |
| il / elle / on | vide | he / she / it emptieson: we empty / one empties | |
| nous | vidons | we empty | |
| vous | videz | you empty | |
| ils / elles | vident | they empty |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul vide sa valise après le voyage.
Paul empties his suitcase after the trip.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai vidé | I emptied | |
| tu | as vidé | you emptied | |
| il / elle / on | a vidé | he / she / it emptiedon: we emptied / one emptied | |
| nous | avons vidé | we emptied | |
| vous | avez vidé | you emptied | |
| ils / elles | ont vidé | they emptied |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a vidé sa valise après le voyage.
Yesterday, Paul emptied his suitcase after the trip.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
Back to tense navigation ↑Imperfect Imparfait
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | vidais | I used to empty | |
| tu | vidais | you used to empty | |
| il / elle / on | vidait | he / she / it used to emptyon: we used to empty / one used to empty | |
| nous | vidions | we used to empty | |
| vous | vidiez | you used to empty | |
| ils / elles | vidaient | they used to empty |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul vidait sa valise après le voyage.
Back then, Paul used to empty his suitcase after the trip.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | viderai | I will empty | |
| tu | videras | you will empty | |
| il / elle / on | videra | he / she / it will emptyon: we will empty / one will empty | |
| nous | viderons | we will empty | |
| vous | viderez | you will empty | |
| ils / elles | videront | they will empty |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul videra sa valise après le voyage.
Later, Paul will empty his suitcase after the trip.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | viderais | I would empty | |
| tu | viderais | you would empty | |
| il / elle / on | viderait | he / she / it would emptyon: we would empty / one would empty | |
| nous | viderions | we would empty | |
| vous | videriez | you would empty | |
| ils / elles | videraient | they would empty |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul viderait sa valise après le voyage.
Paul would empty his suitcase after the trip.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | vide | (that) I empty | |
| tu | vides | (that) you empty | |
| il / elle / on | vide | (that) he / she / it emptieson: (that) we empty / one empties | |
| nous | vidions | (that) we empty | |
| vous | vidiez | (that) you empty | |
| ils / elles | vident | (that) they empty |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul vide sa valise après le voyage.
It is possible that Paul empties his suitcase after the trip.
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 empty, to empty out
- to gut (e.g. a fish)
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