Daccélérer

D'accélérer is the contracted form of de accélérer, the infinitive of the French verb accélérer meaning to speed up or to hasten. It is not a standalone verb; the correct written form is d'accélérer, with an apostrophe before a vowel, reflecting the elision of de.

Usage and grammar

D'accélérer occurs to introduce an infinitive clause after certain verbs and expressions that govern the infinitive with de. Common examples include s'efforcer d'accélérer (to strive to speed up) and il est temps d'accélérer (it is time to accelerate). It can also appear in phrases such as pour accélérer, where de is implicit in the clausal structure and the infinitive is linked to the preceding expression, for example il faut accélérer, with no d before the infinitive in some constructions.

Semantics and contexts

The phrase conveys the idea of increasing speed or pace in a given process, whether mechanical, technological, economic, or organizational. It is frequently used in discussions of project management, policy implementation, production optimization, or performance improvements. As a result, d'accélérer typically appears in formal or semi-formal writing, speeches, or technical discussions where a directive or objective to speed up is stated.

Orthography and variants

The standard orthography writes d'accélérer with an apostrophe. A form written as daccélérer (without the apostrophe) is nonstandard in contemporary French and would generally be treated as a typographical error, except perhaps in stylized or nonstandard contexts such as branding or usernames.

Related terms include accélérer (to accelerate), and the noun accélération (acceleration).