tirailler
French
Etymology
From tirer + -ailler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti.ʁa.je/
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Verb
tirailler
- to pull, to tug
- (figuratively) to tear somebody in two, to make somebody hesitate
- to skirmish
Conjugation
Conjugation of tirailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | tirailler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | tiraillant /ti.ʁa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | tiraillé /ti.ʁa.je/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | tiraille /ti.ʁaj/ | tirailles /ti.ʁaj/ | tiraille /ti.ʁaj/ | tiraillons /ti.ʁa.jɔ̃/ | tiraillez /ti.ʁa.je/ | tiraillent /ti.ʁaj/ |
imperfect | tiraillais /ti.ʁa.jɛ/ | tiraillais /ti.ʁa.jɛ/ | tiraillait /ti.ʁa.jɛ/ | tiraillions /ti.ʁaj.jɔ̃/ | tirailliez /ti.ʁaj.je/ | tiraillaient /ti.ʁa.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | tiraillai /ti.ʁa.je/ | tiraillas /ti.ʁa.ja/ | tirailla /ti.ʁa.ja/ | tiraillâmes /ti.ʁa.jam/ | tiraillâtes /ti.ʁa.jat/ | tiraillèrent /ti.ʁa.jɛʁ/ | |
future | tiraillerai /ti.ʁaj.ʁe/ | tirailleras /ti.ʁaj.ʁa/ | tiraillera /ti.ʁaj.ʁa/ | tiraillerons /ti.ʁaj.ʁɔ̃/ | tiraillerez /ti.ʁaj.ʁe/ | tirailleront /ti.ʁaj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | tiraillerais /ti.ʁaj.ʁɛ/ | tiraillerais /ti.ʁaj.ʁɛ/ | tiraillerait /ti.ʁaj.ʁɛ/ | tiraillerions /ti.ʁa.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ | tirailleriez /ti.ʁa.jə.ʁje/ | tirailleraient /ti.ʁaj.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 | tiraille /ti.ʁaj/ | tirailles /ti.ʁaj/ | tiraille /ti.ʁaj/ | tiraillions /ti.ʁaj.jɔ̃/ | tirailliez /ti.ʁaj.je/ | tiraillent /ti.ʁaj/ |
imperfect2 | tiraillasse /ti.ʁa.jas/ | tiraillasses /ti.ʁa.jas/ | tiraillât /ti.ʁa.ja/ | tiraillassions /ti.ʁa.ja.sjɔ̃/ | tiraillassiez /ti.ʁa.ja.sje/ | tiraillassent /ti.ʁa.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | tiraille /ti.ʁaj/ | — | tiraillons /ti.ʁa.jɔ̃/ | tiraillez /ti.ʁa.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
- tiraillé
- tiraillement
- tirailleur
Further reading
- “tirailler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.