effiler
French
Etymology
ex- + filer
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.fi.le/
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Verb
effiler
- (transitive) to thin, taper
- (transitive) to fray
Conjugation
Conjugation of effiler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | effiler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | effilant /e.fi.lɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | effilé /e.fi.le/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | effile /e.fil/ | effiles /e.fil/ | effile /e.fil/ | effilons /e.fi.lɔ̃/ | effilez /e.fi.le/ | effilent /e.fil/ |
imperfect | effilais /e.fi.lɛ/ | effilais /e.fi.lɛ/ | effilait /e.fi.lɛ/ | effilions /e.fi.ljɔ̃/ | effiliez /e.fi.lje/ | effilaient /e.fi.lɛ/ | |
past historic2 | effilai /e.fi.le/ | effilas /e.fi.la/ | effila /e.fi.la/ | effilâmes /e.fi.lam/ | effilâtes /e.fi.lat/ | effilèrent /e.fi.lɛʁ/ | |
future | effilerai /e.fil.ʁe/ | effileras /e.fil.ʁa/ | effilera /e.fil.ʁa/ | effilerons /e.fil.ʁɔ̃/ | effilerez /e.fil.ʁe/ | effileront /e.fil.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | effilerais /e.fil.ʁɛ/ | effilerais /e.fil.ʁɛ/ | effilerait /e.fil.ʁɛ/ | effilerions /e.fi.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | effileriez /e.fi.lə.ʁje/ | effileraient /e.fil.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 | effile /e.fil/ | effiles /e.fil/ | effile /e.fil/ | effilions /e.fi.ljɔ̃/ | effiliez /e.fi.lje/ | effilent /e.fil/ |
imperfect2 | effilasse /e.fi.las/ | effilasses /e.fi.las/ | effilât /e.fi.la/ | effilassions /e.fi.la.sjɔ̃/ | effilassiez /e.fi.la.sje/ | effilassent /e.fi.las/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | effile /e.fil/ | — | effilons /e.fi.lɔ̃/ | effilez /e.fi.le/ | — | |
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
- “effiler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.