Découvrez en détail la conjugaison de write en anglais, mais aussi les définitions de ce verbe, ses synonymes, ses expressions et ses phrasal verbs !
Tableaux de conjugaison de write en anglais
Conjugaison du verbe write à l’indicatif
Le verbe write au present simple
- I write
- You write
- He/she/it writes
- We write
- You write
- They write
Le verbe write au present continuous
- I am writing
- You are writing
- He/she/it is writing
- We are writing
- You are writing
- They are writing
Le verbe write au past simple
- I wrote
- You wrote
- He/she/it wrote
- We wrote
- You wrote
- They wrote
Le verbe write au past continuous
- I was writing
- You were writing
- He/she/it was writing
- We were writing
- You were writing
- They were writing
Le verbe write au present perfect
- I have written
- You have written
- He/she/it has written
- We have written
- You have written
- They have written
Le verbe write au present perfect continuous
- I have been writing
- You have been writing
- He/she/it has been writing
- We have been writing
- You have been writing
- They have been writing
Le verbe write au past perfect
- I had written
- You had written
- He/she/it had written
- We had written
- You had written
- They had written
Le verbe write au past perfect continuous
- I had been writing
- You had been writing
- He/she/it had been writing
- We had been writing
- You had been writing
- They had been writing
Le verbe write au future
- I will write
- You will write
- He/she/it will write
- We will write
- You will write
- They will write
Le verbe write au future continuous
- I will be writing
- You will be writing
- He/she/it will be writing
- We will be writing
- You will be writing
- They will be writing
Le verbe write au future perfect
- I will have written
- You will have written
- He/she/it will have written
- We will have written
- You will have written
- They will have written
Le verbe write au future perfect continuous
- I will have been writing
- You will have been writing
- He/she/it will have been writing
- We will have been writing
- You will have been writing
- They will have been writing
Conjugaison du verbe write au conditionnel
Le verbe write au conditional present
- I would write
- You would write
- He/she/it would write
- We would write
- You would write
- They would write
Le verbe write au conditional present continuous
- I would be writing
- You would be writing
- He/she/it would be writing
- We would be writing
- You would be writing
- They would be writing
Le verbe write au conditional perfect
- I would have written
- You would have written
- He/she/it would have written
- We would have written
- You would have written
- They would have written
Le verbe write au conditional perfect continuous
- I would have been writing
- You would have been writing
- He/she/it would have been writing
- We would have been writing
- You would have been writing
- They would have been writing
Les autres formes
L’infinitif de write
- to write
Participe présent de write
- writing
Participe passé de write
- written
L’impératif de write
- write
- let’s write
Note : to write est un verbe irrégulier. Découvrez tous les verbes irréguliers.
Définition de write en anglais
Que veut dire le verbe write en anglais ?
Le Cambridge Dictionary donne plusieurs définitions du verbe write.
Penchons-nous sur les principales :
1. To make marks that represent letters, words, or numbers on a surface, such as paper or a computer screen, using a pen, pencil, or keyboard, or to use this method to record thoughts, facts, or messages
Children are taught to write with capital letters first.
→ On apprend d’abord aux enfants à écrire en majuscules.
2. To send a letter or message to someone, giving them information or expressing your thoughts or feelings
He hasn’t written to me in a long time.
→ Il ne m’a pas écrit depuis longtemps.
3. To put all the information that is needed on a document
Please write your name as it appears on your passport.
→ Veuillez écrire votre nom tel que mentionné sur votre passeport.
4. To create and record something, such as a book, poem, song, or computer program, on paper or on a computer
He writes science fiction.
→ Il écrit de la science-fiction.
5. To have the job of creating books, stories, or articles that will be published
My brother writes for a famous magazine.
→ Mon frère écrit pour un célèbre magazine.
6. To say something in a book, newspaper, magazine, or document
In her book, she wrote that the freedom of the press is under threat.
→ Dans son livre, elle a écrit que la liberté de la presse est menacée.
7. To record information in the memory of a computer
The software allows you to write to the SD card from your PC.
→ Le logiciel vous permet d’écrire sur la carte SD à partir de votre PC.
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Les phrasal verbs avec write en anglais
Rappel : les phrasal verbs (ou “verbes à particule”) sont des verbes qui, lorsqu’ils sont suivis d’un autre mot (la particule), voient leur sens initial complété ou modifié.
Voici les principaux phrasal verbs formés sur le verbe write :
- write back → répondre (par courrier)
- write off for something → commander
- write somebody off (familier) → considérer quelqu’un comme un bon à rien
- write somebody up (anglais américain) → faire un rapport sur quelqu’un
- write something down → noter
- write something in → inscrire
- write something off (familier et anglais britannique) → complètement détruire (s’applique àun véhicule)
- write something off (familier) → ignorer quelque chose
- write something off → passer quelque chose par pertes et profits (comptabilité)
- write something out → établir un chèque
- write something up → faire la critique de quelque chose
- write something up → mettre quelque chose en propre
Les synonymes de write en anglais
En fonction du contexte, vous pouvez remplacer le verbe to write par l’un des verbes suivants :
- correspond → correspondre (par écrit)
- draft → écrire quelque chose au brouillon
- inscribe → inscrire
- note → noter/mettre par écrit
- pen → écrire
- scrawl → griffonner
- scribble → griffonner
- transcribe → transcrire
Expressions avec write en anglais
- nothing to write home about (familier) → ne pas casser des briques/rien d’extraordinaire
- rewrite the rules of something → réinventer les règles
- something to write home about (familier) → vraiment pas mal/incroyable
- write soon! (interjection) → réponds-moi vite ! (par écrit)
- write-up (nom) → critique
À l’image de to wear, to sleep, to make, to hang et to drive, to write est un verbe irrégulier. Vous devez donc prêter une attention particulière aux terminaisons du passé.
