être

être (infinitive)
étant (gerund)
être (auxiliary)
étà (masculine participle past singular)
étée (feminine participle past singular)
étas (masculine participle past plural)
étée (feminine participle past plural)
su (indicative present singular)
es (indicative present second-person singular)
é (indicative present singular)
sons (indicative plural present)
essez (indicative plural present)
sont (indicative plural present)
essin (imperfect indicative singular)
essos (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
essot (imperfect indicative singular)
essians (imperfect indicative plural)
essiez (imperfect indicative plural)
essiant (imperfect indicative plural)
fus (indicative preterite singular)
fus (indicative preterite second-person singular)
fut (indicative preterite singular)
fûmes (indicative plural preterite)
fûtes (indicative plural preterite)
furont (indicative plural preterite)
serai (future indicative singular)
seras (future indicative second-person singular)
sera (future indicative singular)
serons (future indicative plural)
serez (future indicative plural)
seront (future indicative plural)
serin (conditional indicative singular)
seros (conditional indicative second-person singular)
serot (conditional indicative singular)
serians (conditional indicative plural)
seriez (conditional indicative plural)
seriant (conditional indicative plural)
siye (first-person present singular subjunctive)
siyes (present singular subjunctive)
siye (present singular subjunctive third-person)
siyans (first-person present singular subjunctive)
siyez (plural present subjunctive)
siyant (plural present subjunctive third-person)
fusse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
fusses (imperfect singular subjunctive)
fusse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
fussians (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
fussiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
fussiant (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
siye (imperative present singular)
siyans (imperative plural present)
siyez (imperative plural present)

From Old French estre, from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.


être

Vous devez être plus clairs.

Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi.

After having gone to yoga, I came back home.

(auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)

Il peut être battu ce soir.

(semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice)

être (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
étant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
été (participle past)
suis (first-person indicative present singular)
es (indicative present second-person singular)
est (indicative present singular third-person)
sommes (first-person indicative plural present)
êtes (indicative plural present second-person)
sont (indicative plural present third-person)
étais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
étais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
était (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
étions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
étiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
étaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
fus (first-person historic indicative past singular)
fus (historic indicative past second-person singular)
fut (historic indicative past singular third-person)
fûmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
fûtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
furent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
serai (first-person future indicative singular)
seras (future indicative second-person singular)
sera (future indicative singular third-person)
serons (first-person future indicative plural)
serez (future indicative plural second-person)
seront (future indicative plural third-person)
serais (conditional first-person singular)
serais (conditional second-person singular)
serait (conditional singular third-person)
serions (conditional first-person plural)
seriez (conditional plural second-person)
seraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
sois (first-person present singular subjunctive)
sois (present second-person singular subjunctive)
soit (present singular subjunctive third-person)
soyons (first-person plural present subjunctive)
soyez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
soient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
fusse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
fusses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
fût (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
fussions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
fussiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
fussent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sois (imperative second-person singular)
soyons (first-person imperative plural)
soyez (imperative plural second-person)
s'être (infinitive)
s'être + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
s’étant (gerund participle present)
ayant (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
étant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
été (participle past)
me suis (first-person indicative present singular)
t’es (indicative present second-person singular)
s’est (indicative present singular third-person)
nous sommes (first-person indicative plural present)
vous êtes (indicative plural present second-person)
se sont (indicative plural present third-person)
m’étais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
t’étais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
s’était (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
nous étions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
vous étiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
s’étaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
me fus (first-person historic indicative past singular)
te fus (historic indicative past second-person singular)
se fut (historic indicative past singular third-person)
nous fûmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
vous fûtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
se furent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
me serai (first-person future indicative singular)
te seras (future indicative second-person singular)
se sera (future indicative singular third-person)
nous serons (first-person future indicative plural)
vous serez (future indicative plural second-person)
se seront (future indicative plural third-person)
me serais (conditional first-person singular)
te serais (conditional second-person singular)
se serait (conditional singular third-person)
nous serions (conditional first-person plural)
vous seriez (conditional plural second-person)
se seraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of s'être + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of s'être + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
me sois (first-person present singular subjunctive)
te sois (present second-person singular subjunctive)
se soit (present singular subjunctive third-person)
nous soyons (first-person plural present subjunctive)
vous soyez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
se soient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
me fusse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
te fusses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
se fût (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
nous fussions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
vous fussiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
se fussent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sois-toi (imperative second-person singular)
soyons-nous (first-person imperative plural)
soyez-vous (imperative plural second-person)

From Middle French and Old French estre and ester, respectively from Early Medieval Latin essere (< esse "be") and Latin stāre (“stand”). Conjugations reflect both but more so the former. The form suis "(I) am" appears to reflect Vulgar Latin *suiō < Latin sum. Compare ai "(I) have", sais "(I) know" < *aiō, *saiō < habeō, sapiō.

inh

< <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">esse</i> "be"


être

1943, Jean-Paul Sartre, L'Être et le néant:

(uncountable) being, the state or fact of existence


être

estre (infinitive)
estre estu (infinitive multiword-construction)
estant (gerund)
estant estu (gerund multiword-construction)
estre (auxiliary)
estu (masculine participle past singular)
estue (feminine participle past singular)
estus (masculine participle past plural)
estues (feminine participle past plural)
seui (indicative present singular)
es (indicative present second-person singular)
est (indicative present singular third-person)
sams (first-person indicative plural present)
êtes (indicative plural present second-person)
sont (indicative plural present third-person)
ère (imperfect indicative singular)
ères (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
ère (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
estiems (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
estiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
estient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
estoyor (imperfect indicative near-imperfect singular)
estoisor (imperfect indicative near-imperfect second-person singular)
estoitor (imperfect indicative near-imperfect singular third-person)
estiensor (first-person imperfect indicative near-imperfect plural)
estiézor (imperfect indicative near-imperfect plural second-person)
estientor (imperfect indicative near-imperfect plural third-person)
fui (indicative preterite singular)
fus (indicative preterite second-person singular)
fut (indicative preterite singular third-person)
fums (first-person indicative plural preterite)
fûtes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
furent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
serai (future indicative singular)
serais (future indicative second-person singular)
serait (future indicative singular third-person)
seroms (first-person future indicative plural)
seroz (future indicative plural second-person)
seront (future indicative plural third-person)
seroie (conditional indicative singular)
serois (conditional indicative second-person singular)
seroit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
seriems (conditional first-person indicative plural)
seriez (conditional indicative plural second-person)
serient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
conditional of estre + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of estre + past participle (conditional first-person multiword-construction perfect plural)
conditional of estre + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect second-person singular)
conditional of estre + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect second-person third-person)
soye (present singular subjunctive)
sois (present second-person singular subjunctive)
soit (present singular subjunctive)
siems (plural present subjunctive)
siez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
sient (plural present subjunctive)
fusse (imperfect singular subjunctive)
fusses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
fussems (imperfect plural subjunctive)
fussez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
fussent (imperfect plural subjunctive)
sois (imperative singular)
siems (first-person imperative plural)
siez (imperative plural second-person)
estre (infinitive)
estre estu (infinitive multiword-construction)
estant (gerund)
estant estu (gerund multiword-construction)
estre (auxiliary)
estu (masculine participle past singular)
estue (feminine participle past singular)
estus (masculine participle past plural)
estues (feminine participle past plural)
seui (indicative present singular)
es (indicative present second-person singular)
est (indicative present singular third-person)
estams (first-person indicative plural present)
estoz (indicative plural present second-person)
sont (indicative plural present third-person)
estoie (imperfect indicative singular)
estois (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
estoit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
estiems (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
estiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
estient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
estoyor (imperfect indicative near-imperfect singular)
estoisor (imperfect indicative near-imperfect second-person singular)
estoitor (imperfect indicative near-imperfect singular third-person)
estiensor (first-person imperfect indicative near-imperfect plural)
estiézor (imperfect indicative near-imperfect plural second-person)
estientor (imperfect indicative near-imperfect plural third-person)
fui (indicative preterite singular)
fus (indicative preterite second-person singular)
fut (indicative preterite singular third-person)
fums (first-person indicative plural preterite)
fûtes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
furent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
serai (future indicative singular)
serais (future indicative second-person singular)
serait (future indicative singular third-person)
seroms (first-person future indicative plural)
seroz (future indicative plural second-person)
seront (future indicative plural third-person)
seroie (conditional indicative singular)
serois (conditional indicative second-person singular)
seroit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
seriems (conditional first-person indicative plural)
seriez (conditional indicative plural second-person)
serient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
conditional of estre + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of estre + past participle (conditional first-person multiword-construction perfect plural)
conditional of estre + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect second-person singular)
conditional of estre + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect second-person third-person)
estesse (present singular subjunctive)
estesses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
estiensse (plural present subjunctive)
estiesse (plural present second-person subjunctive)
fusse (imperfect singular subjunctive)
fusses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
fussems (imperfect plural subjunctive)
fussez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
fussent (imperfect plural subjunctive)
sois (imperative singular)
siems (first-person imperative plural)
siez (imperative plural second-person)
être (infinitive)
estre (infinitive)
yêtre (infinitive)
yestre (infinitive)
estant (gerund)
étant (gerund)
atant (gerund)
estre (auxiliary)
être (auxiliary)
aivoir (auxiliary)
estu (masculine participle past singular)
étu (masculine participle past singular)
estue (feminine participle past singular)
étue (feminine participle past singular)
estus (masculine participle past plural)
étus (masculine participle past plural)
estues (feminine participle past plural)
étues (feminine participle past plural)
seu (first-person indicative present singular)
seue (first-person indicative present singular)
seus (first-person indicative present singular)
seui (first-person indicative present singular)
soï (first-person indicative present singular)
sue (first-person indicative present singular)
as (indicative present singular)
os (indicative present singular)
ôt (indicative present singular third-person)
ât (indicative present singular third-person)
estams (first-person indicative plural present)
étams (first-person indicative plural present)
âtams (first-person indicative plural present)
sams (first-person indicative plural present)
soms (first-person indicative plural present)
âtes (indicative plural present second-person)
âtez (indicative plural present second-person)
êtez (indicative plural present second-person)
étoz (indicative plural present second-person)
ôtes (indicative plural present second-person)
soms (indicative plural present second-person)
sant (indicative plural present third-person)
sont (indicative plural present third-person)
ère (distant-imperfect-er first-person imperfect indicative singular)
ères (distant-imperfect-er imperfect indicative singular)
ère (distant-imperfect-er imperfect indicative singular third-person)
estims (distant-imperfect-er first-person imperfect indicative plural)
estiez (distant-imperfect-er imperfect indicative plural second-person)
estint (distant-imperfect-er imperfect indicative plural third-person)
estoie (distant-imperfect-stab first-person imperfect indicative singular)
étoie (distant-imperfect-stab first-person imperfect indicative singular)
étoe (distant-imperfect-stab first-person imperfect indicative singular)
éto (distant-imperfect-stab first-person imperfect indicative singular)
étos (distant-imperfect-stab first-person imperfect indicative singular)
éteue (distant-imperfect-stab first-person imperfect indicative singular)
étaie (distant-imperfect-stab first-person imperfect indicative singular)
étais (distant-imperfect-stab first-person imperfect indicative singular)
estois (distant-imperfect-stab imperfect indicative singular)
étois (distant-imperfect-stab imperfect indicative singular)
étos (distant-imperfect-stab imperfect indicative singular)
éteus (distant-imperfect-stab imperfect indicative singular)
étais (distant-imperfect-stab imperfect indicative singular)
estoit (distant-imperfect-stab imperfect indicative singular third-person)
étoit (distant-imperfect-stab imperfect indicative singular third-person)
étot (distant-imperfect-stab imperfect indicative singular third-person)
était (distant-imperfect-stab imperfect indicative singular third-person)
estins (distant-imperfect-stab first-person imperfect indicative plural)
étins (distant-imperfect-stab first-person imperfect indicative plural)
étains (distant-imperfect-stab first-person imperfect indicative plural)
estins (distant-imperfect-stab imperfect indicative plural second-person)
étins (distant-imperfect-stab imperfect indicative plural second-person)
étains (distant-imperfect-stab imperfect indicative plural second-person)
estint (distant-imperfect-stab imperfect indicative plural third-person)
étint (distant-imperfect-stab imperfect indicative plural third-person)
étaint (distant-imperfect-stab imperfect indicative plural third-person)
estoyor (first-person imperfect indicative near-imperfect singular)
estoisor (first-person imperfect indicative near-imperfect singular)
étor (first-person imperfect indicative near-imperfect singular)
étosor (first-person imperfect indicative near-imperfect singular)
étaisor (first-person imperfect indicative near-imperfect singular)
estoisor (imperfect indicative near-imperfect singular)
étosor (imperfect indicative near-imperfect singular)
étaisor (imperfect indicative near-imperfect singular)
estoitor (imperfect indicative near-imperfect singular third-person)
étotor (imperfect indicative near-imperfect singular third-person)
étaitor (imperfect indicative near-imperfect singular third-person)
estinor (first-person imperfect indicative near-imperfect plural)
étinor (first-person imperfect indicative near-imperfect plural)
étainor (first-person imperfect indicative near-imperfect plural)
estinor (imperfect indicative near-imperfect plural second-person)
étinor (imperfect indicative near-imperfect plural second-person)
étainor (imperfect indicative near-imperfect plural second-person)
estintor (imperfect indicative near-imperfect plural third-person)
étintor (imperfect indicative near-imperfect plural third-person)
étaintor (imperfect indicative near-imperfect plural third-person)
feus (first-person indicative preterite singular)
feus (indicative preterite singular)
feut (indicative preterite singular third-person)
feurens (first-person indicative plural preterite)
feussens (first-person indicative plural preterite)
feuhhens (first-person indicative plural preterite)
fums (first-person indicative plural preterite)
feurens (indicative plural preterite second-person)
feussens (indicative plural preterite second-person)
feuhhens (indicative plural preterite second-person)
feustes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
feurent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
feussent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
feuhhent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
feustent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
serâ (first-person future indicative singular)
serais (future indicative singular)
serai (future indicative singular third-person)
serons (first-person future indicative plural)
seroz (future indicative plural second-person)
seront (future indicative plural third-person)
seroie (conditional first-person indicative singular)
seraie (conditional first-person indicative singular)
seros (conditional first-person indicative singular)
sereue (conditional first-person indicative singular)
serois (conditional indicative singular)
seros (conditional indicative singular)
sereus (conditional indicative singular)
seroit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
serot (conditional indicative singular third-person)
serînens (conditional first-person indicative plural)
serins (conditional first-person indicative plural)
serînens (conditional indicative plural second-person)
serins (conditional indicative plural second-person)
serînent (conditional indicative plural third-person)
serint (conditional indicative plural third-person)
soye (first-person present singular subjunctive)
saye (first-person present singular subjunctive)
seue (first-person present singular subjunctive)
estesse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
atesse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
éteuhhe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
soyes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
sayes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
seues (present second-person singular subjunctive)
estesses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
atesse (present second-person singular subjunctive)
éteuhhes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
soye (present singular subjunctive third-person)
saye (present singular subjunctive third-person)
sot (present singular subjunctive third-person)
soit (present singular subjunctive third-person)
estesse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
atesse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
éteuhhe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
sinssens (first-person present singular subjunctive)
estinssens (first-person present singular subjunctive)
atinssens (first-person present singular subjunctive)
étinssens (first-person present singular subjunctive)
étinhhens (first-person present singular subjunctive)
sinssens (plural present second-person subjunctive)
estinssens (plural present second-person subjunctive)
atinssens (plural present second-person subjunctive)
étinssens (plural present second-person subjunctive)
étinhhens (plural present second-person subjunctive)
sinssent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
estinssent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
atinssent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
étinssent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
étinhhent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
feusse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
feuhhe (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
feusses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
feuhhes (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
feusse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
feuhhe (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
feussens (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
feuhhens (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
feussens (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
feuhhens (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
feussent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
feuhhent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
soye, saye, sos, seus (imperative present singular)