cribler
French
Etymology
From Middle French cribler, from Old French cribler, crieuler, from Late Latin crīblō, crīblāre, a dissimilated form of the Classical Latin crībrō, crībrāre. Synchronically analysable as crible + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁi.ble/
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Verb
cribler
- (transitive) to sift, sieve (filter through a sieve or screen)
- (transitive, usually used in the passive) to riddle (cover with holes)
- (transitive, figurative) to riddle, fill, cover (fill or cover with a multitude of)
Conjugation
Conjugation of cribler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | cribler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | criblant /kʁi.blɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | criblé /kʁi.ble/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | crible /kʁibl/ | cribles /kʁibl/ | crible /kʁibl/ | criblons /kʁi.blɔ̃/ | criblez /kʁi.ble/ | criblent /kʁibl/ |
| imperfect | criblais /kʁi.blɛ/ | criblais /kʁi.blɛ/ | criblait /kʁi.blɛ/ | criblions /kʁi.bli.jɔ̃/ | cribliez /kʁi.bli.je/ | criblaient /kʁi.blɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | criblai /kʁi.ble/ | criblas /kʁi.bla/ | cribla /kʁi.bla/ | criblâmes /kʁi.blam/ | criblâtes /kʁi.blat/ | criblèrent /kʁi.blɛʁ/ | |
| future | criblerai /kʁi.blə.ʁe/ | cribleras /kʁi.blə.ʁa/ | criblera /kʁi.blə.ʁa/ | criblerons /kʁi.blə.ʁɔ̃/ | criblerez /kʁi.blə.ʁe/ | cribleront /kʁi.blə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | criblerais /kʁi.blə.ʁɛ/ | criblerais /kʁi.blə.ʁɛ/ | criblerait /kʁi.blə.ʁɛ/ | criblerions /kʁi.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ | cribleriez /kʁi.blə.ʁje/ | cribleraient /kʁi.blə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | crible /kʁibl/ | cribles /kʁibl/ | crible /kʁibl/ | criblions /kʁi.bli.jɔ̃/ | cribliez /kʁi.bli.je/ | criblent /kʁibl/ |
| imperfect2 | criblasse /kʁi.blas/ | criblasses /kʁi.blas/ | criblât /kʁi.bla/ | criblassions /kʁi.bla.sjɔ̃/ | criblassiez /kʁi.bla.sje/ | criblassent /kʁi.blas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | crible /kʁibl/ | — | criblons /kʁi.blɔ̃/ | criblez /kʁi.ble/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- crible
- cribleur
Further reading
- “cribler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.