dodeliner
French
Etymology
From dodiner.
Pronunciation
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Verb
dodeliner
- (transitive) to cradle, rock (e.g. a baby, in one's arms)
- (transitive) to sway, shake (e.g. a body part)
- dodeliner la tête ― to nod/shake one's head
Conjugation
Conjugation of dodeliner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | dodeliner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | dodelinant /dɔ.dli.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | dodeliné /dɔ.dli.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | dodeline /dɔ.dlin/ | dodelines /dɔ.dlin/ | dodeline /dɔ.dlin/ | dodelinons /dɔ.dli.nɔ̃/ | dodelinez /dɔ.dli.ne/ | dodelinent /dɔ.dlin/ |
imperfect | dodelinais /dɔ.dli.nɛ/ | dodelinais /dɔ.dli.nɛ/ | dodelinait /dɔ.dli.nɛ/ | dodelinions /dɔ.dli.njɔ̃/ | dodeliniez /dɔ.dli.nje/ | dodelinaient /dɔ.dli.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | dodelinai /dɔ.dli.ne/ | dodelinas /dɔ.dli.na/ | dodelina /dɔ.dli.na/ | dodelinâmes /dɔ.dli.nam/ | dodelinâtes /dɔ.dli.nat/ | dodelinèrent /dɔ.dli.nɛʁ/ | |
future | dodelinerai /dɔ.dlin.ʁe/ | dodelineras /dɔ.dlin.ʁa/ | dodelinera /dɔ.dlin.ʁa/ | dodelinerons /dɔ.dlin.ʁɔ̃/ | dodelinerez /dɔ.dlin.ʁe/ | dodelineront /dɔ.dlin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | dodelinerais /dɔ.dlin.ʁɛ/ | dodelinerais /dɔ.dlin.ʁɛ/ | dodelinerait /dɔ.dlin.ʁɛ/ | dodelinerions /dɔ.dli.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | dodelineriez /dɔ.dli.nə.ʁje/ | dodelineraient /dɔ.dlin.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 | dodeline /dɔ.dlin/ | dodelines /dɔ.dlin/ | dodeline /dɔ.dlin/ | dodelinions /dɔ.dli.njɔ̃/ | dodeliniez /dɔ.dli.nje/ | dodelinent /dɔ.dlin/ |
imperfect2 | dodelinasse /dɔ.dli.nas/ | dodelinasses /dɔ.dli.nas/ | dodelinât /dɔ.dli.na/ | dodelinassions /dɔ.dli.na.sjɔ̃/ | dodelinassiez /dɔ.dli.na.sje/ | dodelinassent /dɔ.dli.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | dodeline /dɔ.dlin/ | — | dodelinons /dɔ.dli.nɔ̃/ | dodelinez /dɔ.dli.ne/ | — | |
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). |
Derived terms
- dodelinement
Further reading
- “dodeliner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.