gicler
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Franco-Provençal gicllar or Occitan gisclar, from Late Latin *cisclare, an alteration of Latin fistulō (“to play the flute”), which is derived from Latin fistula (“flute”). Compare Catalan xisclar and Spanish chillar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒi.kle/
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Verb
gicler
- to squirt, to spurt
Conjugation
Conjugation of gicler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | gicler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | giclant /ʒi.klɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | giclé /ʒi.kle/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | gicle /ʒikl/ | gicles /ʒikl/ | gicle /ʒikl/ | giclons /ʒi.klɔ̃/ | giclez /ʒi.kle/ | giclent /ʒikl/ |
| imperfect | giclais /ʒi.klɛ/ | giclais /ʒi.klɛ/ | giclait /ʒi.klɛ/ | giclions /ʒi.kli.jɔ̃/ | gicliez /ʒi.kli.je/ | giclaient /ʒi.klɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | giclai /ʒi.kle/ | giclas /ʒi.kla/ | gicla /ʒi.kla/ | giclâmes /ʒi.klam/ | giclâtes /ʒi.klat/ | giclèrent /ʒi.klɛʁ/ | |
| future | giclerai /ʒi.klə.ʁe/ | gicleras /ʒi.klə.ʁa/ | giclera /ʒi.klə.ʁa/ | giclerons /ʒi.klə.ʁɔ̃/ | giclerez /ʒi.klə.ʁe/ | gicleront /ʒi.klə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | giclerais /ʒi.klə.ʁɛ/ | giclerais /ʒi.klə.ʁɛ/ | giclerait /ʒi.klə.ʁɛ/ | giclerions /ʒi.klə.ʁjɔ̃/ | gicleriez /ʒi.klə.ʁje/ | gicleraient /ʒi.klə.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 | gicle /ʒikl/ | gicles /ʒikl/ | gicle /ʒikl/ | giclions /ʒi.kli.jɔ̃/ | gicliez /ʒi.kli.je/ | giclent /ʒikl/ |
| imperfect2 | giclasse /ʒi.klas/ | giclasses /ʒi.klas/ | giclât /ʒi.kla/ | giclassions /ʒi.kla.sjɔ̃/ | giclassiez /ʒi.kla.sje/ | giclassent /ʒi.klas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | gicle /ʒikl/ | — | giclons /ʒi.klɔ̃/ | giclez /ʒi.kle/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
- giclée
- giclement
- gicleur
Further reading
- “gicler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.