mouler
French
Etymology
From moule + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mu.le/
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Verb
mouler
- to mould
- to fit tightly (clothes)
- (Louisiana) to grind, mill
Conjugation
Conjugation of mouler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | mouler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | moulant /mu.lɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | moulé /mu.le/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | moule /mul/ | moules /mul/ | moule /mul/ | moulons /mu.lɔ̃/ | moulez /mu.le/ | moulent /mul/ |
imperfect | moulais /mu.lɛ/ | moulais /mu.lɛ/ | moulait /mu.lɛ/ | moulions /mu.ljɔ̃/ | mouliez /mu.lje/ | moulaient /mu.lɛ/ | |
past historic2 | moulai /mu.le/ | moulas /mu.la/ | moula /mu.la/ | moulâmes /mu.lam/ | moulâtes /mu.lat/ | moulèrent /mu.lɛʁ/ | |
future | moulerai /mul.ʁe/ | mouleras /mul.ʁa/ | moulera /mul.ʁa/ | moulerons /mul.ʁɔ̃/ | moulerez /mul.ʁe/ | mouleront /mul.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | moulerais /mul.ʁɛ/ | moulerais /mul.ʁɛ/ | moulerait /mul.ʁɛ/ | moulerions /mu.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | mouleriez /mu.lə.ʁje/ | mouleraient /mul.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 | moule /mul/ | moules /mul/ | moule /mul/ | moulions /mu.ljɔ̃/ | mouliez /mu.lje/ | moulent /mul/ |
imperfect2 | moulasse /mu.las/ | moulasses /mu.las/ | moulât /mu.la/ | moulassions /mu.la.sjɔ̃/ | moulassiez /mu.la.sje/ | moulassent /mu.las/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | moule /mul/ | — | moulons /mu.lɔ̃/ | moulez /mu.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
- moulage
Further reading
- “mouler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.