cribler
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French cribler, from Old French cribler, crieuler, from Late Latin crīblāre, a dissimilated form of the Classical Latin crībrāre. By surface analysis, crible + -er.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cribler
- (transitive) to sift, sieve (filter through a sieve or screen)
- (transitive, usually used in the passive) to riddle (cover with holes)
- (transitive, figurative) to riddle, fill, cover (fill or cover with a multitude of)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of cribler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | cribler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | criblant /kʁi.blɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | criblé /kʁi.ble/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | crible /kʁibl/ |
cribles /kʁibl/ |
crible /kʁibl/ |
criblons /kʁi.blɔ̃/ |
criblez /kʁi.ble/ |
criblent /kʁibl/ |
| imperfect | criblais /kʁi.blɛ/ |
criblais /kʁi.blɛ/ |
criblait /kʁi.blɛ/ |
criblions /kʁi.bli.jɔ̃/ |
cribliez /kʁi.bli.je/ |
criblaient /kʁi.blɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | criblai /kʁi.ble/ |
criblas /kʁi.bla/ |
cribla /kʁi.bla/ |
criblâmes /kʁi.blam/ |
criblâtes /kʁi.blat/ |
criblèrent /kʁi.blɛʁ/ | |
| future | criblerai /kʁi.blə.ʁe/ |
cribleras /kʁi.blə.ʁa/ |
criblera /kʁi.blə.ʁa/ |
criblerons /kʁi.blə.ʁɔ̃/ |
criblerez /kʁi.blə.ʁe/ |
cribleront /kʁi.blə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | criblerais /kʁi.blə.ʁɛ/ |
criblerais /kʁi.blə.ʁɛ/ |
criblerait /kʁi.blə.ʁɛ/ |
criblerions /kʁi.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cribleriez /kʁi.blə.ʁje/ |
cribleraient /kʁi.blə.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 | crible /kʁibl/ |
cribles /kʁibl/ |
crible /kʁibl/ |
criblions /kʁi.bli.jɔ̃/ |
cribliez /kʁi.bli.je/ |
criblent /kʁibl/ |
| imperfect2 | criblasse /kʁi.blas/ |
criblasses /kʁi.blas/ |
criblât /kʁi.bla/ |
criblassions /kʁi.bla.sjɔ̃/ |
criblassiez /kʁi.bla.sje/ |
criblassent /kʁi.blas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | crible /kʁibl/ |
— | criblons /kʁi.blɔ̃/ |
criblez /kʁi.ble/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “cribler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.