exceller
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
exceller
- to excel
Conjugation
Conjugation of exceller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | exceller | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | excellant /ɛk.sɛ.lɑ̃/ or /ɛk.se.lɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | excellé /ɛk.sɛ.le/ or /ɛk.se.le/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | excelle /ɛk.sɛl/ | excelles /ɛk.sɛl/ | excelle /ɛk.sɛl/ | excellons /ɛk.sɛ.lɔ̃/ or /ɛk.se.lɔ̃/ | excellez /ɛk.sɛ.le/ or /ɛk.se.le/ | excellent /ɛk.sɛl/ |
imperfect | excellais /ɛk.sɛ.lɛ/ or /ɛk.se.lɛ/ | excellais /ɛk.sɛ.lɛ/ or /ɛk.se.lɛ/ | excellait /ɛk.sɛ.lɛ/ or /ɛk.se.lɛ/ | excellions /ɛk.sɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /ɛk.se.ljɔ̃/ | excelliez /ɛk.sɛ.lje/ or /ɛk.se.lje/ | excellaient /ɛk.sɛ.lɛ/ or /ɛk.se.lɛ/ | |
past historic2 | excellai /ɛk.sɛ.le/ or /ɛk.se.le/ | excellas /ɛk.sɛ.la/ or /ɛk.se.la/ | excella /ɛk.sɛ.la/ or /ɛk.se.la/ | excellâmes /ɛk.sɛ.lam/ or /ɛk.se.lam/ | excellâtes /ɛk.sɛ.lat/ or /ɛk.se.lat/ | excellèrent /ɛk.sɛ.lɛʁ/ or /ɛk.se.lɛʁ/ | |
future | excellerai /ɛk.sɛl.ʁe/ | excelleras /ɛk.sɛl.ʁa/ | excellera /ɛk.sɛl.ʁa/ | excellerons /ɛk.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | excellerez /ɛk.sɛl.ʁe/ | excelleront /ɛk.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | excellerais /ɛk.sɛl.ʁɛ/ | excellerais /ɛk.sɛl.ʁɛ/ | excellerait /ɛk.sɛl.ʁɛ/ | excellerions /ɛk.sɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɛk.se.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | excelleriez /ɛk.sɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /ɛk.se.lə.ʁje/ | excelleraient /ɛk.sɛl.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 | excelle /ɛk.sɛl/ | excelles /ɛk.sɛl/ | excelle /ɛk.sɛl/ | excellions /ɛk.sɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /ɛk.se.ljɔ̃/ | excelliez /ɛk.sɛ.lje/ or /ɛk.se.lje/ | excellent /ɛk.sɛl/ |
imperfect2 | excellasse /ɛk.sɛ.las/ or /ɛk.se.las/ | excellasses /ɛk.sɛ.las/ or /ɛk.se.las/ | excellât /ɛk.sɛ.la/ or /ɛk.se.la/ | excellassions /ɛk.sɛ.la.sjɔ̃/ or /ɛk.se.la.sjɔ̃/ | excellassiez /ɛk.sɛ.la.sje/ or /ɛk.se.la.sje/ | excellassent /ɛk.sɛ.las/ or /ɛk.se.las/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | excelle /ɛk.sɛl/ | — | excellons /ɛk.sɛ.lɔ̃/ or /ɛk.se.lɔ̃/ | excellez /ɛk.sɛ.le/ or /ɛk.se.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
- “exceller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Verb
exceller (first-person singular present excello, first-person singular preterite excelli, past participle excellido)
- Obsolete spelling of exceler
Conjugation
Conjugation of exceller (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | exceller | |||||
Personal | exceller | excelleres | exceller | excellermos | excellerdes | excellerem |
Gerund | ||||||
excellendo | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | excellido | excellidos | ||||
Feminine | excellida | excellidas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | excello | excelles | excelle | excellemos | excelleis | excellem |
Imperfect | excellia | excellias | excellia | excellíamos | excellíeis | excelliam |
Preterite | excelli | excelleste | excelleu | excellemos | excellestes | excelleram |
Pluperfect | excellera | excelleras | excellera | excellêramos | excellêreis | excelleram |
Future | excellerei | excellerás | excellerá | excelleremos | excellereis | excellerão |
Conditional | ||||||
excelleria | excellerias | excelleria | excelleríamos | excelleríeis | excelleriam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | excella | excellas | excella | excellamos | excellais | excellam |
Imperfect | excellesse | excellesses | excellesse | excellêssemos | excellêsseis | excellessem |
Future | exceller | excelleres | exceller | excellermos | excellerdes | excellerem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | excelle | excella | excellamos | excellei | excellam | |
Negative (não) | não excellas | não excella | não excellamos | não excellais | não excellam |