mêler
See also: meler
French
Etymology
From Middle French mesler, mescler, from Old French mesler, meller, *mescler (“to mingle, mix up”), from Vulgar Latin *misc(u)lāre, present active infinitive of *misc(u)lō, from Latin misceō. Compare Italian mischiare, Occitan and Catalan mesclar, Spanish mezclar. More at mix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛ.le/, /me.le/
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Verb
mêler
- (transitive) to mix
- (reflexive, followed by the preposition de) to meddle in, to interfere in, to get mixed up in
- (card games) to shuffle.
Usage notes
- Mêler may take a direct object that indicates multiple things being mixed together; or, it may take a direct object that indicates a single thing being mixed into another thing, as well as an object with a preposition, such as avec (“with”), à (“to”), dans (“in, into”), parmi (“among”), de (“of”), that indicates the thing it is being mixed into.
Conjugation
Conjugation of mêler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | mêlant /mɛ.lɑ̃/ or /me.lɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | mêlé /mɛ.le/ or /me.le/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | mêler | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | mêlant /mɛ.lɑ̃/ or /me.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 | mêle /mɛl/ |
mêles /mɛl/ |
mêle /mɛl/ |
mêlons /mɛ.lɔ̃/ or /me.lɔ̃/ |
mêlez /mɛ.le/ or /me.le/ |
mêlent /mɛl/ |
| imperfect | mêlais /mɛ.lɛ/ or /me.lɛ/ |
mêlais /mɛ.lɛ/ or /me.lɛ/ |
mêlait /mɛ.lɛ/ or /me.lɛ/ |
mêlions /mɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /me.ljɔ̃/ |
mêliez /mɛ.lje/ or /me.lje/ |
mêlaient /mɛ.lɛ/ or /me.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | mêlai /mɛ.le/ or /me.le/ |
mêlas /mɛ.la/ or /me.la/ |
mêla /mɛ.la/ or /me.la/ |
mêlâmes /mɛ.lam/ or /me.lam/ |
mêlâtes /mɛ.lat/ or /me.lat/ |
mêlèrent /mɛ.lɛʁ/ or /me.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | mêlerai /mɛl.ʁe/ |
mêleras /mɛl.ʁa/ |
mêlera /mɛl.ʁa/ |
mêlerons /mɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
mêlerez /mɛl.ʁe/ |
mêleront /mɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | mêlerais /mɛl.ʁɛ/ |
mêlerais /mɛl.ʁɛ/ |
mêlerait /mɛl.ʁɛ/ |
mêlerions /mɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
mêleriez /mɛ.lə.ʁje/ |
mêleraient /mɛl.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 | mêle /mɛl/ |
mêles /mɛl/ |
mêle /mɛl/ |
mêlions /mɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /me.ljɔ̃/ |
mêliez /mɛ.lje/ or /me.lje/ |
mêlent /mɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | mêlasse /mɛ.las/ or /me.las/ |
mêlasses /mɛ.las/ or /me.las/ |
mêlât /mɛ.la/ or /me.la/ |
mêlassions /mɛ.la.sjɔ̃/ or /me.la.sjɔ̃/ |
mêlassiez /mɛ.la.sje/ or /me.la.sje/ |
mêlassent /mɛ.las/ or /me.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | mêle /mɛl/ |
— | mêlons /mɛ.lɔ̃/ or /me.lɔ̃/ |
mêlez /mɛ.le/ or /me.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). | |||||||
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References
- “mêler” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Further reading
- “mêler” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
From Old French mesler, *mescler (“to mingle, mix up”), from Vulgar Latin *misc(u)lō, misc(u)lāre, from Latin misceō.
Pronunciation
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