grailler
French
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁa.je/, /ɡʁɑ.je/
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Verb
grailler
- (transitive, intransitive, informal) to nosh (eat)
- (intransitive) to blow the horn while hunting
- (intransitive) to screech (of a raven or crow)
- (intransitive) to charge a gun with ammunition
Conjugation
Conjugation of grailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | grailler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | graillant /ɡʁa.jɑ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | graillé /ɡʁa.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | graille /ɡʁaj/ or /ɡʁɑj/ | grailles /ɡʁaj/ or /ɡʁɑj/ | graille /ɡʁaj/ or /ɡʁɑj/ | graillons /ɡʁa.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.jɔ̃/ | graillez /ɡʁa.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.je/ | graillent /ɡʁaj/ or /ɡʁɑj/ |
| imperfect | graillais /ɡʁa.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.jɛ/ | graillais /ɡʁa.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.jɛ/ | graillait /ɡʁa.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.jɛ/ | graillions /ɡʁaj.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑj.jɔ̃/ | grailliez /ɡʁaj.je/ or /ɡʁɑj.je/ | graillaient /ɡʁa.jɛ/ or /ɡʁɑ.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | graillai /ɡʁa.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.je/ | graillas /ɡʁa.ja/ or /ɡʁɑ.ja/ | grailla /ɡʁa.ja/ or /ɡʁɑ.ja/ | graillâmes /ɡʁa.jam/ or /ɡʁɑ.jam/ | graillâtes /ɡʁa.jat/ or /ɡʁɑ.jat/ | graillèrent /ɡʁa.jɛʁ/ or /ɡʁɑ.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | graillerai /ɡʁaj.ʁe/ or /ɡʁɑj.ʁe/ | grailleras /ɡʁaj.ʁa/ or /ɡʁɑj.ʁa/ | graillera /ɡʁaj.ʁa/ or /ɡʁɑj.ʁa/ | graillerons /ɡʁaj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑj.ʁɔ̃/ | graillerez /ɡʁaj.ʁe/ or /ɡʁɑj.ʁe/ | grailleront /ɡʁaj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | graillerais /ɡʁaj.ʁɛ/ or /ɡʁɑj.ʁɛ/ | graillerais /ɡʁaj.ʁɛ/ or /ɡʁɑj.ʁɛ/ | graillerait /ɡʁaj.ʁɛ/ or /ɡʁɑj.ʁɛ/ | graillerions /ɡʁa.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ | grailleriez /ɡʁa.jə.ʁje/ or /ɡʁɑ.jə.ʁje/ | grailleraient /ɡʁaj.ʁɛ/ or /ɡʁɑj.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 | graille /ɡʁaj/ or /ɡʁɑj/ | grailles /ɡʁaj/ or /ɡʁɑj/ | graille /ɡʁaj/ or /ɡʁɑj/ | graillions /ɡʁaj.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑj.jɔ̃/ | grailliez /ɡʁaj.je/ or /ɡʁɑj.je/ | graillent /ɡʁaj/ or /ɡʁɑj/ |
| imperfect2 | graillasse /ɡʁa.jas/ or /ɡʁɑ.jas/ | graillasses /ɡʁa.jas/ or /ɡʁɑ.jas/ | graillât /ɡʁa.ja/ or /ɡʁɑ.ja/ | graillassions /ɡʁa.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.ja.sjɔ̃/ | graillassiez /ɡʁa.ja.sje/ or /ɡʁɑ.ja.sje/ | graillassent /ɡʁa.jas/ or /ɡʁɑ.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | graille /ɡʁaj/ or /ɡʁɑj/ | — | graillons /ɡʁa.jɔ̃/ or /ɡʁɑ.jɔ̃/ | graillez /ɡʁa.je/ or /ɡʁɑ.je/ | — | |
| 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
- “grailler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.