Accélères

Accélères is a conjugated form of the French verb accélérer, meaning to speed up or to accelerate. Specifically, accélères is the second-person singular present indicative form (tu accélères). It can also appear as part of a sentence in the present tense, for example: “Tu accélères le pas,” meaning you speed up your pace. It is not an imperative form; the imperative second-person singular is accélère.

In the standard verb conjugation of accélérer, the present tense forms are: j’accélère, tu accélères, il accélère, nous accélérons, vous accélérez, ils accélèrent. The form accélères thus marks ongoing action in the second person, or can be used within dialogue or narration to describe what someone is doing at the moment.

Usage notes and distinctions: accélères is not a standalone noun. The nouns most commonly used to refer to devices or concepts that increase speed are accélérateur (masculine) and accélérateurs (plural). The object of acceleration in physics or engineering is typically described with those terms rather than with accelerères.

Etymology and related terms: accélères derives from the verb accélérer, which comes from Latin accelerare, meaning to hasten. Related French terms include accélération (the act or process of speeding up) and accélérateur (an accelerator or speeding-up device).

See also: accélérer, accélération, accélérateur.