colorier

French

Etymology

From coloris +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.lɔ.ʁje/

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Verb

colorier

1. to color

Usage notes

Not to be confused with colorer.

Conjugation

Conjugation of colorier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	colorier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	coloriant /kɔ.lɔ.ʁjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		colorié /kɔ.lɔ.ʁje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	colorie /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi/	colories /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi/	colorie /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi/	colorions /kɔ.lɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	coloriez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁje/	colorient /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi/
	imperfect	coloriais /kɔ.lɔ.ʁjɛ/	coloriais /kɔ.lɔ.ʁjɛ/	coloriait /kɔ.lɔ.ʁjɛ/	coloriions /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi.jɔ̃/	coloriiez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi.je/	coloriaient /kɔ.lɔ.ʁjɛ/
	past historic2	coloriai /kɔ.lɔ.ʁje/	colorias /kɔ.lɔ.ʁja/	coloria /kɔ.lɔ.ʁja/	coloriâmes /kɔ.lɔ.ʁjam/	coloriâtes /kɔ.lɔ.ʁjat/	colorièrent /kɔ.lɔ.ʁjɛʁ/
	future	colorierai /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi.ʁe/	colorieras /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi.ʁa/	coloriera /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi.ʁa/	colorierons /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/	colorierez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi.ʁe/	colorieront /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	colorierais /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi.ʁɛ/	colorierais /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi.ʁɛ/	colorierait /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi.ʁɛ/	colorierions /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/	colorieriez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi.ʁje/	colorieraient /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi.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	colorie /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi/	colories /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi/	colorie /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi/	coloriions /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi.jɔ̃/	coloriiez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi.je/	colorient /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi/
	imperfect2	coloriasse /kɔ.lɔ.ʁjas/	coloriasses /kɔ.lɔ.ʁjas/	coloriât /kɔ.lɔ.ʁja/	coloriassions /kɔ.lɔ.ʁja.sjɔ̃/	coloriassiez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁja.sje/	coloriassent /kɔ.lɔ.ʁjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	colorie /kɔ.lɔ.ʁi/	—	colorions /kɔ.lɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	coloriez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁje/	—
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

• coloriage

Further reading

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