onduler
French
Etymology
Back-formation from ondulation; corresponds to a Medieval or later Latin undulo, undulare, from Late Latin undula, a diminutive of Latin unda (whence French onde).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̃.dy.le/
onduler (file)
Verb
onduler
- to undulate, to ripple, to wave
- Synonym: ondoyer
Conjugation
Conjugation of onduler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | onduler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | ondulant /ɔ̃.dy.lɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | ondulé /ɔ̃.dy.le/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | ondule /ɔ̃.dyl/ | ondules /ɔ̃.dyl/ | ondule /ɔ̃.dyl/ | ondulons /ɔ̃.dy.lɔ̃/ | ondulez /ɔ̃.dy.le/ | ondulent /ɔ̃.dyl/ |
imperfect | ondulais /ɔ̃.dy.lɛ/ | ondulais /ɔ̃.dy.lɛ/ | ondulait /ɔ̃.dy.lɛ/ | ondulions /ɔ̃.dy.ljɔ̃/ | onduliez /ɔ̃.dy.lje/ | ondulaient /ɔ̃.dy.lɛ/ | |
past historic2 | ondulai /ɔ̃.dy.le/ | ondulas /ɔ̃.dy.la/ | ondula /ɔ̃.dy.la/ | ondulâmes /ɔ̃.dy.lam/ | ondulâtes /ɔ̃.dy.lat/ | ondulèrent /ɔ̃.dy.lɛʁ/ | |
future | ondulerai /ɔ̃.dyl.ʁe/ | onduleras /ɔ̃.dyl.ʁa/ | ondulera /ɔ̃.dyl.ʁa/ | ondulerons /ɔ̃.dyl.ʁɔ̃/ | ondulerez /ɔ̃.dyl.ʁe/ | onduleront /ɔ̃.dyl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | ondulerais /ɔ̃.dyl.ʁɛ/ | ondulerais /ɔ̃.dyl.ʁɛ/ | ondulerait /ɔ̃.dyl.ʁɛ/ | ondulerions /ɔ̃.dy.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | onduleriez /ɔ̃.dy.lə.ʁje/ | onduleraient /ɔ̃.dyl.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 | ondule /ɔ̃.dyl/ | ondules /ɔ̃.dyl/ | ondule /ɔ̃.dyl/ | ondulions /ɔ̃.dy.ljɔ̃/ | onduliez /ɔ̃.dy.lje/ | ondulent /ɔ̃.dyl/ |
imperfect2 | ondulasse /ɔ̃.dy.las/ | ondulasses /ɔ̃.dy.las/ | ondulât /ɔ̃.dy.la/ | ondulassions /ɔ̃.dy.la.sjɔ̃/ | ondulassiez /ɔ̃.dy.la.sje/ | ondulassent /ɔ̃.dy.las/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | ondule /ɔ̃.dyl/ | — | ondulons /ɔ̃.dy.lɔ̃/ | ondulez /ɔ̃.dy.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). |
Related terms
- ondulation
- onde
Further reading
- “onduler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.