sourciller
French
Etymology
sourcil + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suʁ.si.je/
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Verb
sourciller
- (intransitive) to frown
Conjugation
Conjugation of sourciller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | sourciller | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | sourcillant /suʁ.si.jɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | sourcillé /suʁ.si.je/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | sourcille /suʁ.sij/ | sourcilles /suʁ.sij/ | sourcille /suʁ.sij/ | sourcillons /suʁ.si.jɔ̃/ | sourcillez /suʁ.si.je/ | sourcillent /suʁ.sij/ |
imperfect | sourcillais /suʁ.si.jɛ/ | sourcillais /suʁ.si.jɛ/ | sourcillait /suʁ.si.jɛ/ | sourcillions /suʁ.sij.jɔ̃/ | sourcilliez /suʁ.sij.je/ | sourcillaient /suʁ.si.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | sourcillai /suʁ.si.je/ | sourcillas /suʁ.si.ja/ | sourcilla /suʁ.si.ja/ | sourcillâmes /suʁ.si.jam/ | sourcillâtes /suʁ.si.jat/ | sourcillèrent /suʁ.si.jɛʁ/ | |
future | sourcillerai /suʁ.sij.ʁe/ | sourcilleras /suʁ.sij.ʁa/ | sourcillera /suʁ.sij.ʁa/ | sourcillerons /suʁ.sij.ʁɔ̃/ | sourcillerez /suʁ.sij.ʁe/ | sourcilleront /suʁ.sij.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | sourcillerais /suʁ.sij.ʁɛ/ | sourcillerais /suʁ.sij.ʁɛ/ | sourcillerait /suʁ.sij.ʁɛ/ | sourcillerions /suʁ.si.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ | sourcilleriez /suʁ.si.jə.ʁje/ | sourcilleraient /suʁ.sij.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 | sourcille /suʁ.sij/ | sourcilles /suʁ.sij/ | sourcille /suʁ.sij/ | sourcillions /suʁ.sij.jɔ̃/ | sourcilliez /suʁ.sij.je/ | sourcillent /suʁ.sij/ |
imperfect2 | sourcillasse /suʁ.si.jas/ | sourcillasses /suʁ.si.jas/ | sourcillât /suʁ.si.ja/ | sourcillassions /suʁ.si.ja.sjɔ̃/ | sourcillassiez /suʁ.si.ja.sje/ | sourcillassent /suʁ.si.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | sourcille /suʁ.sij/ | — | sourcillons /suʁ.si.jɔ̃/ | sourcillez /suʁ.si.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). |
Derived terms
- sourcilleux
Further reading
- “sourciller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.