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Verb conjugation

coexister

to coexist

Usage

To coexist — used for people, groups, ideas, or systems existing side by side, often despite tension or difference (deux cultures qui coexistent, faire coexister travail et vie de famille).

Examples
  • Plusieurs communautés coexistent pacifiquement dans ce quartier.Several communities coexist peacefully in this neighborhood.
  • Il est difficile de faire coexister ces deux logiciels.It's hard to get these two pieces of software to coexist.
  • Ces deux espèces coexistent dans la même forêt.These two species coexist in the same forest.
Common mistake

Coexister implies existing side by side without necessarily agreeing or merging — it's not a synonym for s'entendre (to get along), which implies actual harmony, not just tolerated proximity.

In real life
  • politics Coexistence pacifiqueVerified: the Cold War-era Soviet foreign policy doctrine, formulated under Stalin and developed by Nikita Khrushchev from 1955 onward, aimed at limiting direct confrontation with the West while continuing ideological rivalry by other means.

Simple tenses

Present

jecoexiste
tucoexistes
il/ellecoexiste
nouscoexistons
vouscoexistez
ils/ellescoexistent

Imperfect

jecoexistais
tucoexistais
il/ellecoexistait
nouscoexistions
vouscoexistiez
ils/ellescoexistaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jecoexistai
tucoexistas
il/ellecoexista
nouscoexistâmes
vouscoexistâtes
ils/ellescoexistèrent

Future

jecoexisterai
tucoexisteras
il/ellecoexistera
nouscoexisterons
vouscoexisterez
ils/ellescoexisteront

Conditional

jecoexisterais
tucoexisterais
il/ellecoexisterait
nouscoexisterions
vouscoexisteriez
ils/ellescoexisteraient

Subjunctive

jecoexiste
tucoexistes
il/ellecoexiste
nouscoexistions
vouscoexistiez
ils/ellescoexistent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jecoexistasse
tucoexistasses
il/ellecoexistât
nouscoexistassions
vouscoexistassiez
ils/ellescoexistassent

Imperative

tucoexiste
nouscoexistons
vouscoexistez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

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

Plus-que-parfait

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

Passé antérieur

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

Futur antérieur

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

Conditionnel passé

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

Subjonctif passé

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

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

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

Impératif passé

tuaie coexisté
nousayons coexisté
vousayez coexisté

Other

Present participle

coexistant

Past participle

coexisté

Infinitive

coexister

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Frequently asked questions

What does "coexister" mean?

"coexister" means "to coexist".

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

The present of "coexister" is: je coexiste, tu coexistes, il/elle coexiste, nous coexistons, vous coexistez, ils/elles coexistent.

What is the Passé composé of "coexister"?

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

What is the Imperative of "coexister"?

The imperative of "coexister" is: tu coexiste, nous coexistons, vous coexistez.