mordiller
French
Etymology
mordre + -iller
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔʁ.di.je/
Audio (France) (file)
Verb
mordiller
- to chew (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Conjugation
Conjugation of mordiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | mordiller | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | mordillant /mɔʁ.di.jɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | mordillé /mɔʁ.di.je/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | mordille /mɔʁ.dij/ | mordilles /mɔʁ.dij/ | mordille /mɔʁ.dij/ | mordillons /mɔʁ.di.jɔ̃/ | mordillez /mɔʁ.di.je/ | mordillent /mɔʁ.dij/ |
imperfect | mordillais /mɔʁ.di.jɛ/ | mordillais /mɔʁ.di.jɛ/ | mordillait /mɔʁ.di.jɛ/ | mordillions /mɔʁ.dij.jɔ̃/ | mordilliez /mɔʁ.dij.je/ | mordillaient /mɔʁ.di.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | mordillai /mɔʁ.di.je/ | mordillas /mɔʁ.di.ja/ | mordilla /mɔʁ.di.ja/ | mordillâmes /mɔʁ.di.jam/ | mordillâtes /mɔʁ.di.jat/ | mordillèrent /mɔʁ.di.jɛʁ/ | |
future | mordillerai /mɔʁ.dij.ʁe/ | mordilleras /mɔʁ.dij.ʁa/ | mordillera /mɔʁ.dij.ʁa/ | mordillerons /mɔʁ.dij.ʁɔ̃/ | mordillerez /mɔʁ.dij.ʁe/ | mordilleront /mɔʁ.dij.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | mordillerais /mɔʁ.dij.ʁɛ/ | mordillerais /mɔʁ.dij.ʁɛ/ | mordillerait /mɔʁ.dij.ʁɛ/ | mordillerions /mɔʁ.di.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ | mordilleriez /mɔʁ.di.jə.ʁje/ | mordilleraient /mɔʁ.dij.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 | mordille /mɔʁ.dij/ | mordilles /mɔʁ.dij/ | mordille /mɔʁ.dij/ | mordillions /mɔʁ.dij.jɔ̃/ | mordilliez /mɔʁ.dij.je/ | mordillent /mɔʁ.dij/ |
imperfect2 | mordillasse /mɔʁ.di.jas/ | mordillasses /mɔʁ.di.jas/ | mordillât /mɔʁ.di.ja/ | mordillassions /mɔʁ.di.ja.sjɔ̃/ | mordillassiez /mɔʁ.di.ja.sje/ | mordillassent /mɔʁ.di.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | mordille /mɔʁ.dij/ | — | mordillons /mɔʁ.di.jɔ̃/ | mordillez /mɔʁ.di.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
- “mordiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.