osciller
French
Etymology
From Latin oscillāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ.si.le/, (proscribed but common) /ɔ.si.je/
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Verb
osciller
- to oscillate
- to wobble
Conjugation
Conjugation of osciller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | osciller | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | oscillant /ɔ.si.lɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | oscillé /ɔ.si.le/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | oscille /ɔ.sil/ | oscilles /ɔ.sil/ | oscille /ɔ.sil/ | oscillons /ɔ.si.lɔ̃/ | oscillez /ɔ.si.le/ | oscillent /ɔ.sil/ |
imperfect | oscillais /ɔ.si.lɛ/ | oscillais /ɔ.si.lɛ/ | oscillait /ɔ.si.lɛ/ | oscillions /ɔ.si.ljɔ̃/ | oscilliez /ɔ.si.lje/ | oscillaient /ɔ.si.lɛ/ | |
past historic2 | oscillai /ɔ.si.le/ | oscillas /ɔ.si.la/ | oscilla /ɔ.si.la/ | oscillâmes /ɔ.si.lam/ | oscillâtes /ɔ.si.lat/ | oscillèrent /ɔ.si.lɛʁ/ | |
future | oscillerai /ɔ.sil.ʁe/ | oscilleras /ɔ.sil.ʁa/ | oscillera /ɔ.sil.ʁa/ | oscillerons /ɔ.sil.ʁɔ̃/ | oscillerez /ɔ.sil.ʁe/ | oscilleront /ɔ.sil.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | oscillerais /ɔ.sil.ʁɛ/ | oscillerais /ɔ.sil.ʁɛ/ | oscillerait /ɔ.sil.ʁɛ/ | oscillerions /ɔ.si.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | oscilleriez /ɔ.si.lə.ʁje/ | oscilleraient /ɔ.sil.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 | oscille /ɔ.sil/ | oscilles /ɔ.sil/ | oscille /ɔ.sil/ | oscillions /ɔ.si.ljɔ̃/ | oscilliez /ɔ.si.lje/ | oscillent /ɔ.sil/ |
imperfect2 | oscillasse /ɔ.si.las/ | oscillasses /ɔ.si.las/ | oscillât /ɔ.si.la/ | oscillassions /ɔ.si.la.sjɔ̃/ | oscillassiez /ɔ.si.la.sje/ | oscillassent /ɔ.si.las/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | oscille /ɔ.sil/ | — | oscillons /ɔ.si.lɔ̃/ | oscillez /ɔ.si.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
- oscillation
Further reading
- “osciller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.