blackbouler
French
Etymology
Partial calque of English blackball. See boule.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blak.bu.le/
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Verb
blackbouler
- (transitive) to blackball
Conjugation
Conjugation of blackbouler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | blackbouler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | blackboulant /blak.bu.lɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | blackboulé /blak.bu.le/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | blackboule /blak.bul/ | blackboules /blak.bul/ | blackboule /blak.bul/ | blackboulons /blak.bu.lɔ̃/ | blackboulez /blak.bu.le/ | blackboulent /blak.bul/ |
imperfect | blackboulais /blak.bu.lɛ/ | blackboulais /blak.bu.lɛ/ | blackboulait /blak.bu.lɛ/ | blackboulions /blak.bu.ljɔ̃/ | blackbouliez /blak.bu.lje/ | blackboulaient /blak.bu.lɛ/ | |
past historic2 | blackboulai /blak.bu.le/ | blackboulas /blak.bu.la/ | blackboula /blak.bu.la/ | blackboulâmes /blak.bu.lam/ | blackboulâtes /blak.bu.lat/ | blackboulèrent /blak.bu.lɛʁ/ | |
future | blackboulerai /blak.bul.ʁe/ | blackbouleras /blak.bul.ʁa/ | blackboulera /blak.bul.ʁa/ | blackboulerons /blak.bul.ʁɔ̃/ | blackboulerez /blak.bul.ʁe/ | blackbouleront /blak.bul.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | blackboulerais /blak.bul.ʁɛ/ | blackboulerais /blak.bul.ʁɛ/ | blackboulerait /blak.bul.ʁɛ/ | blackboulerions /blak.bu.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | blackbouleriez /blak.bu.lə.ʁje/ | blackbouleraient /blak.bul.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 | blackboule /blak.bul/ | blackboules /blak.bul/ | blackboule /blak.bul/ | blackboulions /blak.bu.ljɔ̃/ | blackbouliez /blak.bu.lje/ | blackboulent /blak.bul/ |
imperfect2 | blackboulasse /blak.bu.las/ | blackboulasses /blak.bu.las/ | blackboulât /blak.bu.la/ | blackboulassions /blak.bu.la.sjɔ̃/ | blackboulassiez /blak.bu.la.sje/ | blackboulassent /blak.bu.las/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | blackboule /blak.bul/ | — | blackboulons /blak.bu.lɔ̃/ | blackboulez /blak.bu.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). |
Derived terms
- blackboulage
Further reading
- “blackbouler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.