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Verb conjugation

chlorer

to chlorinate

Usage

The standard technical verb for adding chlorine to water for disinfection — chlorer une piscine, chlorer l'eau du réseau. Purely practical, used in pool maintenance and water-treatment contexts.

Examples
  • Le technicien chlore la piscine municipale chaque semaine.The technician chlorinates the municipal pool every week.
  • Il faut chlorer l'eau avant de la distribuer.The water has to be chlorinated before it's distributed.
  • On chlore rarement l'eau de pluie récupérée pour le jardin.Rainwater collected for the garden is rarely chlorinated.
Common mistake

Chlorer is about adding chlorine as a disinfectant — it's easy to confuse with the more specialized chemistry verb chlorurer (to convert into a chloride), which describes a different chemical process, not simple water treatment.

Often confused with chlorurer.

Simple tenses

Present

jechlore
tuchlores
il/ellechlore
nouschlorons
vouschlorez
ils/elleschlorent

Imperfect

jechlorais
tuchlorais
il/ellechlorait
nouschlorions
vouschloriez
ils/elleschloraient

Past historic (passé simple)

jechlorai
tuchloras
il/ellechlora
nouschlorâmes
vouschlorâtes
ils/elleschlorèrent

Future

jechlorerai
tuchloreras
il/ellechlorera
nouschlorerons
vouschlorerez
ils/elleschloreront

Conditional

jechlorerais
tuchlorerais
il/ellechlorerait
nouschlorerions
vouschloreriez
ils/elleschloreraient

Subjunctive

jechlore
tuchlores
il/ellechlore
nouschlorions
vouschloriez
ils/elleschlorent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jechlorasse
tuchlorasses
il/ellechlorât
nouschlorassions
vouschlorassiez
ils/elleschlorassent

Imperative

tuchlore
nouschlorons
vouschlorez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

jeai chloré
tuas chloré
il/ellea chloré
nousavons chloré
vousavez chloré
ils/ellesont chloré

Plus-que-parfait

jeavais chloré
tuavais chloré
il/elleavait chloré
nousavions chloré
vousaviez chloré
ils/ellesavaient chloré

Passé antérieur

jeeus chloré
tueus chloré
il/elleeut chloré
nouseûmes chloré
vouseûtes chloré
ils/elleseurent chloré

Futur antérieur

jeaurai chloré
tuauras chloré
il/elleaura chloré
nousaurons chloré
vousaurez chloré
ils/ellesauront chloré

Conditionnel passé

jeaurais chloré
tuaurais chloré
il/elleaurait chloré
nousaurions chloré
vousauriez chloré
ils/ellesauraient chloré

Subjonctif passé

jeaie chloré
tuaies chloré
il/elleait chloré
nousayons chloré
vousayez chloré
ils/ellesaient chloré

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

jeeusse chloré
tueusses chloré
il/elleeût chloré
nouseussions chloré
vouseussiez chloré
ils/elleseussent chloré

Impératif passé

tuaie chloré
nousayons chloré
vousayez chloré

Other

Present participle

chlorant

Past participle

chloré

Infinitive

chlorer

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Frequently asked questions

What does "chlorer" mean?

"chlorer" means "to chlorinate".

How do you conjugate "chlorer" in the present tense?

The present of "chlorer" is: je chlore, tu chlores, il/elle chlore, nous chlorons, vous chlorez, ils/elles chlorent.

What is the Passé composé of "chlorer"?

The passé composé of "chlorer" is: je ai chloré, tu as chloré, il/elle a chloré, nous avons chloré, vous avez chloré, ils/elles ont chloré.

What is the Imperative of "chlorer"?

The imperative of "chlorer" is: tu chlore, nous chlorons, vous chlorez.