épeler
French
Etymology
From Old French espeler, from earlier espelir, from Frankish *spelôn, from Proto-Germanic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.ple/
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Conjugation
With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can also now be conjugated like amener.
Conjugation of épeler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | épelant /e.plɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | épelé /e.ple/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | épeler | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | épelant /e.plɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | épelle or épèle /e.pɛl/ |
épelles or épèles /e.pɛl/ |
épelle or épèle /e.pɛl/ |
épelons /e.plɔ̃/ |
épelez /e.ple/ |
épellent or épèlent /e.pɛl/ |
| imperfect | épelais /e.plɛ/ |
épelais /e.plɛ/ |
épelait /e.plɛ/ |
épelions /e.pə.ljɔ̃/ |
épeliez /e.pə.lje/ |
épelaient /e.plɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | épelai /e.ple/ |
épelas /e.pla/ |
épela /e.pla/ |
épelâmes /e.plam/ |
épelâtes /e.plat/ |
épelèrent /e.plɛʁ/ | |
| future | épellerai or épèlerai /e.pɛl.ʁe/ |
épelleras or épèleras /e.pɛl.ʁa/ |
épellera or épèlera /e.pɛl.ʁa/ |
épellerons or épèlerons /e.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
épellerez or épèlerez /e.pɛl.ʁe/ |
épelleront or épèleront /e.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | épellerais or épèlerais /e.pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
épellerais or épèlerais /e.pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
épellerait or épèlerait /e.pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
épellerions or épèlerions /e.pɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
épelleriez or épèleriez /e.pɛ.lə.ʁje/ |
épelleraient or épèleraient /e.pɛl.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 | épelle or épèle /e.pɛl/ |
épelles or épèles /e.pɛl/ |
épelle or épèle /e.pɛl/ |
épelions /e.pə.ljɔ̃/ |
épeliez /e.pə.lje/ |
épellent or épèlent /e.pɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | épelasse /e.plas/ |
épelasses /e.plas/ |
épelât /e.pla/ |
épelassions /e.pla.sjɔ̃/ |
épelassiez /e.pla.sje/ |
épelassent /e.plas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | épelle or épèle /e.pɛl/ |
— | épelons /e.plɔ̃/ |
épelez /e.ple/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “épeler” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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