étinceler
French
Etymology
From étincelle + -er. Found in Old French as estenceler. Alternatively but less likely from a Vulgar Latin *stincillāre, with metathesis from Latin scintillō, scintillō (thus a doublet of scintiller), or adapted to étincelle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.tɛ̃.sle/
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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 étinceler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | étincelant /e.tɛ̃.slɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | étincelé /e.tɛ̃.sle/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | étinceler | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | étincelant /e.tɛ̃.slɑ̃/ | ||||||
| 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 | étincelle or étincèle /e.tɛ̃.sɛl/ |
étincelles or étincèles /e.tɛ̃.sɛl/ |
étincelle or étincèle /e.tɛ̃.sɛl/ |
étincelons /e.tɛ̃.slɔ̃/ |
étincelez /e.tɛ̃.sle/ |
étincellent or étincèlent /e.tɛ̃.sɛl/ |
| imperfect | étincelais /e.tɛ̃.slɛ/ |
étincelais /e.tɛ̃.slɛ/ |
étincelait /e.tɛ̃.slɛ/ |
étincelions /e.tɛ̃.sə.ljɔ̃/ |
étinceliez /e.tɛ̃.sə.lje/ |
étincelaient /e.tɛ̃.slɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | étincelai /e.tɛ̃.sle/ |
étincelas /e.tɛ̃.sla/ |
étincela /e.tɛ̃.sla/ |
étincelâmes /e.tɛ̃.slam/ |
étincelâtes /e.tɛ̃.slat/ |
étincelèrent /e.tɛ̃.slɛʁ/ | |
| future | étincellerai or étincèlerai /e.tɛ̃.sɛl.ʁe/ |
étincelleras or étincèleras /e.tɛ̃.sɛl.ʁa/ |
étincellera or étincèlera /e.tɛ̃.sɛl.ʁa/ |
étincellerons or étincèlerons /e.tɛ̃.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
étincellerez or étincèlerez /e.tɛ̃.sɛl.ʁe/ |
étincelleront or étincèleront /e.tɛ̃.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | étincellerais or étincèlerais /e.tɛ̃.sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
étincellerais or étincèlerais /e.tɛ̃.sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
étincellerait or étincèlerait /e.tɛ̃.sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
étincellerions or étincèlerions /e.tɛ̃.sɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
étincelleriez or étincèleriez /e.tɛ̃.sɛ.lə.ʁje/ |
étincelleraient or étincèleraient /e.tɛ̃.sɛl.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 | étincelle or étincèle /e.tɛ̃.sɛl/ |
étincelles or étincèles /e.tɛ̃.sɛl/ |
étincelle or étincèle /e.tɛ̃.sɛl/ |
étincelions /e.tɛ̃.sə.ljɔ̃/ |
étinceliez /e.tɛ̃.sə.lje/ |
étincellent or étincèlent /e.tɛ̃.sɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | étincelasse /e.tɛ̃.slas/ |
étincelasses /e.tɛ̃.slas/ |
étincelât /e.tɛ̃.sla/ |
étincelassions /e.tɛ̃.sla.sjɔ̃/ |
étincelassiez /e.tɛ̃.sla.sje/ |
étincelassent /e.tɛ̃.slas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | étincelle or étincèle /e.tɛ̃.sɛl/ |
— | étincelons /e.tɛ̃.slɔ̃/ |
étincelez /e.tɛ̃.sle/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “étinceler” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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