surélever

French

Etymology

From sur- +‎ élever.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.ʁel.ve/, /sy.ʁɛl.ve/

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Verb

surélever

1. to increase the height of, raise

   Synonym: hausser

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il surélève and the third-person singular future indicative il surélèvera.

Conjugation of surélever (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	surélever
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	surélevant /sy.ʁel.vɑ̃/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		surélevé /sy.ʁel.ve/ or /sy.ʁɛl.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	surélève /sy.ʁe.lɛv/	surélèves /sy.ʁe.lɛv/	surélève /sy.ʁe.lɛv/	surélevons /sy.ʁel.vɔ̃/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vɔ̃/	surélevez /sy.ʁel.ve/ or /sy.ʁɛl.ve/	surélèvent /sy.ʁe.lɛv/
	imperfect	surélevais /sy.ʁel.vɛ/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vɛ/	surélevais /sy.ʁel.vɛ/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vɛ/	surélevait /sy.ʁel.vɛ/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vɛ/	surélevions /sy.ʁe.lə.vjɔ̃/	suréleviez /sy.ʁe.lə.vje/	surélevaient /sy.ʁel.vɛ/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vɛ/
	past historic2	surélevai /sy.ʁel.ve/ or /sy.ʁɛl.ve/	surélevas /sy.ʁel.va/ or /sy.ʁɛl.va/	suréleva /sy.ʁel.va/ or /sy.ʁɛl.va/	surélevâmes /sy.ʁel.vam/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vam/	surélevâtes /sy.ʁel.vat/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vat/	surélevèrent /sy.ʁel.vɛʁ/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vɛʁ/
	future	surélèverai /sy.ʁe.lɛ.vʁe/ or /sy.ʁe.le.vʁe/	surélèveras /sy.ʁe.lɛ.vʁa/ or /sy.ʁe.le.vʁa/	surélèvera /sy.ʁe.lɛ.vʁa/ or /sy.ʁe.le.vʁa/	surélèverons /sy.ʁe.lɛ.vʁɔ̃/ or /sy.ʁe.le.vʁɔ̃/	surélèverez /sy.ʁe.lɛ.vʁe/ or /sy.ʁe.le.vʁe/	surélèveront /sy.ʁe.lɛ.vʁɔ̃/ or /sy.ʁe.le.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	surélèverais /sy.ʁe.lɛ.vʁɛ/ or /sy.ʁe.le.vʁɛ/	surélèverais /sy.ʁe.lɛ.vʁɛ/ or /sy.ʁe.le.vʁɛ/	surélèverait /sy.ʁe.lɛ.vʁɛ/ or /sy.ʁe.le.vʁɛ/	surélèverions /sy.ʁe.lɛ.və.ʁjɔ̃/ or /sy.ʁe.le.və.ʁjɔ̃/	surélèveriez /sy.ʁe.lɛ.və.ʁje/ or /sy.ʁe.le.və.ʁje/	surélèveraient /sy.ʁe.lɛ.vʁɛ/ or /sy.ʁe.le.vʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	surélève /sy.ʁe.lɛv/	surélèves /sy.ʁe.lɛv/	surélève /sy.ʁe.lɛv/	surélevions /sy.ʁe.lə.vjɔ̃/	suréleviez /sy.ʁe.lə.vje/	surélèvent /sy.ʁe.lɛv/
	imperfect2	surélevasse /sy.ʁel.vas/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vas/	surélevasses /sy.ʁel.vas/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vas/	surélevât /sy.ʁel.va/ or /sy.ʁɛl.va/	surélevassions /sy.ʁel.va.sjɔ̃/ or /sy.ʁɛl.va.sjɔ̃/	surélevassiez /sy.ʁel.va.sje/ or /sy.ʁɛl.va.sje/	surélevassent /sy.ʁel.vas/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	surélève /sy.ʁe.lɛv/	—	surélevons /sy.ʁel.vɔ̃/ or /sy.ʁɛl.vɔ̃/	surélevez /sy.ʁel.ve/ or /sy.ʁɛl.ve/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• surélévation

Further reading

• “surélever”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.