mitrailler
French
Etymology
From mitraille + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.tʁa.je/
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Verb
mitrailler
- (transitive, intransitive) to machine-gun, to fire
- (transitive) to snap away (take many photos of)
- (transitive, vulgar) to pummel (have hard sex with)
Conjugation
Conjugation of mitrailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | mitrailler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | mitraillant /mi.tʁa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | mitraillé /mi.tʁa.je/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | mitraille /mi.tʁaj/ | mitrailles /mi.tʁaj/ | mitraille /mi.tʁaj/ | mitraillons /mi.tʁa.jɔ̃/ | mitraillez /mi.tʁa.je/ | mitraillent /mi.tʁaj/ |
imperfect | mitraillais /mi.tʁa.jɛ/ | mitraillais /mi.tʁa.jɛ/ | mitraillait /mi.tʁa.jɛ/ | mitraillions /mi.tʁaj.jɔ̃/ | mitrailliez /mi.tʁaj.je/ | mitraillaient /mi.tʁa.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | mitraillai /mi.tʁa.je/ | mitraillas /mi.tʁa.ja/ | mitrailla /mi.tʁa.ja/ | mitraillâmes /mi.tʁa.jam/ | mitraillâtes /mi.tʁa.jat/ | mitraillèrent /mi.tʁa.jɛʁ/ | |
future | mitraillerai /mi.tʁaj.ʁe/ | mitrailleras /mi.tʁaj.ʁa/ | mitraillera /mi.tʁaj.ʁa/ | mitraillerons /mi.tʁaj.ʁɔ̃/ | mitraillerez /mi.tʁaj.ʁe/ | mitrailleront /mi.tʁaj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | mitraillerais /mi.tʁaj.ʁɛ/ | mitraillerais /mi.tʁaj.ʁɛ/ | mitraillerait /mi.tʁaj.ʁɛ/ | mitraillerions /mi.tʁa.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ | mitrailleriez /mi.tʁa.jə.ʁje/ | mitrailleraient /mi.tʁaj.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 | mitraille /mi.tʁaj/ | mitrailles /mi.tʁaj/ | mitraille /mi.tʁaj/ | mitraillions /mi.tʁaj.jɔ̃/ | mitrailliez /mi.tʁaj.je/ | mitraillent /mi.tʁaj/ |
imperfect2 | mitraillasse /mi.tʁa.jas/ | mitraillasses /mi.tʁa.jas/ | mitraillât /mi.tʁa.ja/ | mitraillassions /mi.tʁa.ja.sjɔ̃/ | mitraillassiez /mi.tʁa.ja.sje/ | mitraillassent /mi.tʁa.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | mitraille /mi.tʁaj/ | — | mitraillons /mi.tʁa.jɔ̃/ | mitraillez /mi.tʁa.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). |
Derived terms
- mitrailleur
- mitrailleuse
Further reading
- “mitrailler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.