escorter

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian scorta.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛs.kɔʁ.te/
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Verb

escorter

  1. to escort
  2. to accompany
    • 10 December 2022, “Angleterre-France : le king Giroud délivre des Bleus qui filent en demi-finale de la Coupe du monde”, in Le Figaro:
      Le rêve se poursuit et avec lui les espoirs les plus fous l’escortent.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation
Conjugation of escorter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple escorter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple escortant
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle escorté
/ɛs.kɔʁ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present escorte
/ɛs.kɔʁt/		 escortes
/ɛs.kɔʁt/		 escorte
/ɛs.kɔʁt/		 escortons
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tɔ̃/		 escortez
/ɛs.kɔʁ.te/		 escortent
/ɛs.kɔʁt/
imperfect escortais
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tɛ/		 escortais
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tɛ/		 escortait
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tɛ/		 escortions
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tjɔ̃/		 escortiez
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tje/		 escortaient
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tɛ/
past historic2 escortai
/ɛs.kɔʁ.te/		 escortas
/ɛs.kɔʁ.ta/		 escorta
/ɛs.kɔʁ.ta/		 escortâmes
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tam/		 escortâtes
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tat/		 escortèrent
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tɛʁ/
future escorterai
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tə.ʁe/		 escorteras
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tə.ʁa/		 escortera
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tə.ʁa/		 escorterons
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 escorterez
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tə.ʁe/		 escorteront
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional escorterais
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/		 escorterais
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/		 escorterait
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/		 escorterions
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 escorteriez
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tə.ʁje/		 escorteraient
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/
(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 escorte
/ɛs.kɔʁt/		 escortes
/ɛs.kɔʁt/		 escorte
/ɛs.kɔʁt/		 escortions
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tjɔ̃/		 escortiez
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tje/		 escortent
/ɛs.kɔʁt/
imperfect2 escortasse
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tas/		 escortasses
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tas/		 escortât
/ɛs.kɔʁ.ta/		 escortassions
/ɛs.kɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 escortassiez
/ɛs.kɔʁ.ta.sje/		 escortassent
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — escorte
/ɛs.kɔʁt/		 — escortons
/ɛs.kɔʁ.tɔ̃/		 escortez
/ɛs.kɔʁ.te/		 —
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).

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