accélèrent

Accélèrent is a French verb form that translates as "they accelerate." It is the third-person plural present indicative form of the verb accélérer, and the same spelling also serves as the third-person plural present subjunctive form (que ils/elles accélèrent).

Accélérer is a regular -er verb meaning to speed up or to accelerate. Its present tense conjugation is: j'accélère, tu accélères, il accélère, nous accélérons, vous accélérez, ils accélèrent. The past participle is accéléré, and the present participle is accélérant.

Origin: accélérer derives from Late Latin accelerare, from ad- "toward" plus celer "swift," related to the noun accélération (acceleration).

Usage: accélèrent appears in sentences describing multiple subjects increasing speed, such as vehicles or processes. Example: Les voitures accélèrent au feu vert. It is also used in more figurative contexts to indicate a hastening of events or activities.

See also: accélération, accélérateur.