harceler
French
Etymology
From older herce, from Old French herce, from Germanic. Related to English harrow and Old Norse herfi.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /aʁ.sə.le/
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 harceler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | harcelant /aʁ.sə.lɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | harcelé /aʁ.sə.le/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | harceler | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | harcelant /aʁ.sə.lɑ̃/ | ||||||
| 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 | harcelle or harcèle /aʁ.sɛl/ |
harcelles or harcèles /aʁ.sɛl/ |
harcelle or harcèle /aʁ.sɛl/ |
harcelons /aʁ.sə.lɔ̃/ |
harcelez /aʁ.sə.le/ |
harcellent or harcèlent /aʁ.sɛl/ |
| imperfect | harcelais /aʁ.sə.lɛ/ |
harcelais /aʁ.sə.lɛ/ |
harcelait /aʁ.sə.lɛ/ |
harcelions /aʁ.sə.ljɔ̃/ |
harceliez /aʁ.sə.lje/ |
harcelaient /aʁ.sə.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | harcelai /aʁ.sə.le/ |
harcelas /aʁ.sə.la/ |
harcela /aʁ.sə.la/ |
harcelâmes /aʁ.sə.lam/ |
harcelâtes /aʁ.sə.lat/ |
harcelèrent /aʁ.sə.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | harcellerai or harcèlerai /aʁ.sɛl.ʁe/ |
harcelleras or harcèleras /aʁ.sɛl.ʁa/ |
harcellera or harcèlera /aʁ.sɛl.ʁa/ |
harcellerons or harcèlerons /aʁ.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
harcellerez or harcèlerez /aʁ.sɛl.ʁe/ |
harcelleront or harcèleront /aʁ.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | harcellerais or harcèlerais /aʁ.sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
harcellerais or harcèlerais /aʁ.sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
harcellerait or harcèlerait /aʁ.sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
harcellerions or harcèlerions /aʁ.sɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
harcelleriez or harcèleriez /aʁ.sɛ.lə.ʁje/ |
harcelleraient or harcèleraient /aʁ.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 | harcelle or harcèle /aʁ.sɛl/ |
harcelles or harcèles /aʁ.sɛl/ |
harcelle or harcèle /aʁ.sɛl/ |
harcelions /aʁ.sə.ljɔ̃/ |
harceliez /aʁ.sə.lje/ |
harcellent or harcèlent /aʁ.sɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | harcelasse /aʁ.sə.las/ |
harcelasses /aʁ.sə.las/ |
harcelât /aʁ.sə.la/ |
harcelassions /aʁ.sə.la.sjɔ̃/ |
harcelassiez /aʁ.sə.la.sje/ |
harcelassent /aʁ.sə.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | harcelle or harcèle /aʁ.sɛl/ |
— | harcelons /aʁ.sə.lɔ̃/ |
harcelez /aʁ.sə.le/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “harceler” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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