cisailler
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cisailler
- (transitive) to clip, shear
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of cisailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | cisailler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | cisaillant /si.za.jɑ̃/ or /si.zɑ.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | cisaillé /si.za.je/ or /si.zɑ.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | cisaille /si.zaj/ or /si.zɑj/ |
cisailles /si.zaj/ or /si.zɑj/ |
cisaille /si.zaj/ or /si.zɑj/ |
cisaillons /si.za.jɔ̃/ or /si.zɑ.jɔ̃/ |
cisaillez /si.za.je/ or /si.zɑ.je/ |
cisaillent /si.zaj/ or /si.zɑj/ |
| imperfect | cisaillais /si.za.jɛ/ or /si.zɑ.jɛ/ |
cisaillais /si.za.jɛ/ or /si.zɑ.jɛ/ |
cisaillait /si.za.jɛ/ or /si.zɑ.jɛ/ |
cisaillions /si.zaj.jɔ̃/ or /si.zɑj.jɔ̃/ |
cisailliez /si.zaj.je/ or /si.zɑj.je/ |
cisaillaient /si.za.jɛ/ or /si.zɑ.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | cisaillai /si.za.je/ or /si.zɑ.je/ |
cisaillas /si.za.ja/ or /si.zɑ.ja/ |
cisailla /si.za.ja/ or /si.zɑ.ja/ |
cisaillâmes /si.za.jam/ or /si.zɑ.jam/ |
cisaillâtes /si.za.jat/ or /si.zɑ.jat/ |
cisaillèrent /si.za.jɛʁ/ or /si.zɑ.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | cisaillerai /si.zaj.ʁe/ or /si.zɑj.ʁe/ |
cisailleras /si.zaj.ʁa/ or /si.zɑj.ʁa/ |
cisaillera /si.zaj.ʁa/ or /si.zɑj.ʁa/ |
cisaillerons /si.zaj.ʁɔ̃/ or /si.zɑj.ʁɔ̃/ |
cisaillerez /si.zaj.ʁe/ or /si.zɑj.ʁe/ |
cisailleront /si.zaj.ʁɔ̃/ or /si.zɑj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | cisaillerais /si.zaj.ʁɛ/ or /si.zɑj.ʁɛ/ |
cisaillerais /si.zaj.ʁɛ/ or /si.zɑj.ʁɛ/ |
cisaillerait /si.zaj.ʁɛ/ or /si.zɑj.ʁɛ/ |
cisaillerions /si.za.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /si.zɑ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cisailleriez /si.za.jə.ʁje/ or /si.zɑ.jə.ʁje/ |
cisailleraient /si.zaj.ʁɛ/ or /si.zɑj.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 | cisaille /si.zaj/ or /si.zɑj/ |
cisailles /si.zaj/ or /si.zɑj/ |
cisaille /si.zaj/ or /si.zɑj/ |
cisaillions /si.zaj.jɔ̃/ or /si.zɑj.jɔ̃/ |
cisailliez /si.zaj.je/ or /si.zɑj.je/ |
cisaillent /si.zaj/ or /si.zɑj/ |
| imperfect2 | cisaillasse /si.za.jas/ or /si.zɑ.jas/ |
cisaillasses /si.za.jas/ or /si.zɑ.jas/ |
cisaillât /si.za.ja/ or /si.zɑ.ja/ |
cisaillassions /si.za.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /si.zɑ.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
cisaillassiez /si.za.ja.sje/ or /si.zɑ.ja.sje/ |
cisaillassent /si.za.jas/ or /si.zɑ.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | cisaille /si.zaj/ or /si.zɑj/ |
— | cisaillons /si.za.jɔ̃/ or /si.zɑ.jɔ̃/ |
cisaillez /si.za.je/ or /si.zɑ.je/ |
— | |
| 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 edit
Further reading edit
- “cisailler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.