fêler
See also: feler
French
Etymology
Vulgar Latin *fagellare, from Latin flagellare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛ.le/, /fe.le/
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Verb
fêler
- (transitive) to crack
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to crack
Conjugation
Conjugation of fêler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | fêler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | fêlant /fɛ.lɑ̃/ or /fe.lɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | fêlé /fɛ.le/ or /fe.le/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | fêle /fɛl/ | fêles /fɛl/ | fêle /fɛl/ | fêlons /fɛ.lɔ̃/ or /fe.lɔ̃/ | fêlez /fɛ.le/ or /fe.le/ | fêlent /fɛl/ |
imperfect | fêlais /fɛ.lɛ/ or /fe.lɛ/ | fêlais /fɛ.lɛ/ or /fe.lɛ/ | fêlait /fɛ.lɛ/ or /fe.lɛ/ | fêlions /fɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /fe.ljɔ̃/ | fêliez /fɛ.lje/ or /fe.lje/ | fêlaient /fɛ.lɛ/ or /fe.lɛ/ | |
past historic2 | fêlai /fɛ.le/ or /fe.le/ | fêlas /fɛ.la/ or /fe.la/ | fêla /fɛ.la/ or /fe.la/ | fêlâmes /fɛ.lam/ or /fe.lam/ | fêlâtes /fɛ.lat/ or /fe.lat/ | fêlèrent /fɛ.lɛʁ/ or /fe.lɛʁ/ | |
future | fêlerai /fɛl.ʁe/ | fêleras /fɛl.ʁa/ | fêlera /fɛl.ʁa/ | fêlerons /fɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | fêlerez /fɛl.ʁe/ | fêleront /fɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | fêlerais /fɛl.ʁɛ/ | fêlerais /fɛl.ʁɛ/ | fêlerait /fɛl.ʁɛ/ | fêlerions /fɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fe.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | fêleriez /fɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /fe.lə.ʁje/ | fêleraient /fɛl.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 | fêle /fɛl/ | fêles /fɛl/ | fêle /fɛl/ | fêlions /fɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /fe.ljɔ̃/ | fêliez /fɛ.lje/ or /fe.lje/ | fêlent /fɛl/ |
imperfect2 | fêlasse /fɛ.las/ or /fe.las/ | fêlasses /fɛ.las/ or /fe.las/ | fêlât /fɛ.la/ or /fe.la/ | fêlassions /fɛ.la.sjɔ̃/ or /fe.la.sjɔ̃/ | fêlassiez /fɛ.la.sje/ or /fe.la.sje/ | fêlassent /fɛ.las/ or /fe.las/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | fêle /fɛl/ | — | fêlons /fɛ.lɔ̃/ or /fe.lɔ̃/ | fêlez /fɛ.le/ or /fe.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). |
Derived terms
- fêlure
Further reading
- “fêler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- frêle