dessiller
French
Alternative forms
- déciller (post-1990 spelling)
Etymology
From Old French descillier, equivalent to dé- + cil + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.si.je/
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Verb
dessiller
- (transitive) to open someone's eyes (to) (make them see or understand something)
Usage notes
- Used almost exclusively in the term "dessiller les yeux de" ...
Conjugation
Conjugation of dessiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | dessiller | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | dessillant /de.si.jɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | dessillé /de.si.je/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | dessille /de.sij/ | dessilles /de.sij/ | dessille /de.sij/ | dessillons /de.si.jɔ̃/ | dessillez /de.si.je/ | dessillent /de.sij/ |
imperfect | dessillais /de.si.jɛ/ | dessillais /de.si.jɛ/ | dessillait /de.si.jɛ/ | dessillions /de.sij.jɔ̃/ | dessilliez /de.sij.je/ | dessillaient /de.si.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | dessillai /de.si.je/ | dessillas /de.si.ja/ | dessilla /de.si.ja/ | dessillâmes /de.si.jam/ | dessillâtes /de.si.jat/ | dessillèrent /de.si.jɛʁ/ | |
future | dessillerai /de.sij.ʁe/ | dessilleras /de.sij.ʁa/ | dessillera /de.sij.ʁa/ | dessillerons /de.sij.ʁɔ̃/ | dessillerez /de.sij.ʁe/ | dessilleront /de.sij.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | dessillerais /de.sij.ʁɛ/ | dessillerais /de.sij.ʁɛ/ | dessillerait /de.sij.ʁɛ/ | dessillerions /de.si.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ | dessilleriez /de.si.jə.ʁje/ | dessilleraient /de.sij.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 | dessille /de.sij/ | dessilles /de.sij/ | dessille /de.sij/ | dessillions /de.sij.jɔ̃/ | dessilliez /de.sij.je/ | dessillent /de.sij/ |
imperfect2 | dessillasse /de.si.jas/ | dessillasses /de.si.jas/ | dessillât /de.si.ja/ | dessillassions /de.si.ja.sjɔ̃/ | dessillassiez /de.si.ja.sje/ | dessillassent /de.si.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | dessille /de.sij/ | — | dessillons /de.si.jɔ̃/ | dessillez /de.si.je/ | — | |
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). |
Further reading
- “dessiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.