recycler
English
Etymology
recycle + -er
Noun
recycler (plural recyclers)
- A person who recycles, or a machine used to recycle.
French
Etymology
From re- + cycler. Possibly a borrowing from English recycle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.si.kle/
Audio (file)
Verb
recycler
- (transitive) to recycle
Conjugation
Conjugation of recycler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | recycler | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | recyclant /ʁə.si.klɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | recyclé /ʁə.si.kle/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | recycle /ʁə.sikl/ | recycles /ʁə.sikl/ | recycle /ʁə.sikl/ | recyclons /ʁə.si.klɔ̃/ | recyclez /ʁə.si.kle/ | recyclent /ʁə.sikl/ |
imperfect | recyclais /ʁə.si.klɛ/ | recyclais /ʁə.si.klɛ/ | recyclait /ʁə.si.klɛ/ | recyclions /ʁə.si.kli.jɔ̃/ | recycliez /ʁə.si.kli.je/ | recyclaient /ʁə.si.klɛ/ | |
past historic2 | recyclai /ʁə.si.kle/ | recyclas /ʁə.si.kla/ | recycla /ʁə.si.kla/ | recyclâmes /ʁə.si.klam/ | recyclâtes /ʁə.si.klat/ | recyclèrent /ʁə.si.klɛʁ/ | |
future | recyclerai /ʁə.si.klə.ʁe/ | recycleras /ʁə.si.klə.ʁa/ | recyclera /ʁə.si.klə.ʁa/ | recyclerons /ʁə.si.klə.ʁɔ̃/ | recyclerez /ʁə.si.klə.ʁe/ | recycleront /ʁə.si.klə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | recyclerais /ʁə.si.klə.ʁɛ/ | recyclerais /ʁə.si.klə.ʁɛ/ | recyclerait /ʁə.si.klə.ʁɛ/ | recyclerions /ʁə.si.klə.ʁjɔ̃/ | recycleriez /ʁə.si.klə.ʁje/ | recycleraient /ʁə.si.klə.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 | recycle /ʁə.sikl/ | recycles /ʁə.sikl/ | recycle /ʁə.sikl/ | recyclions /ʁə.si.kli.jɔ̃/ | recycliez /ʁə.si.kli.je/ | recyclent /ʁə.sikl/ |
imperfect2 | recyclasse /ʁə.si.klas/ | recyclasses /ʁə.si.klas/ | recyclât /ʁə.si.kla/ | recyclassions /ʁə.si.kla.sjɔ̃/ | recyclassiez /ʁə.si.kla.sje/ | recyclassent /ʁə.si.klas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | recycle /ʁə.sikl/ | — | recyclons /ʁə.si.klɔ̃/ | recyclez /ʁə.si.kle/ | — | |
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
- recyclage
Further reading
- “recycler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.