fouiller

French

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *fodiculare, from Latin fodicare, from fodere. Compare fouir.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fuje/

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Verb

fouiller

1. (transitive) to search (place, thing)
   • 1873: Il fouillait ses souvenirs, ne se rappelait pas une heure de plénitude. (Zola, Le Ventre de Paris)

     He searched his memories, remembered not a single hour of plenty.

2. (transitive) to search, frisk (person)
3. (transitive) to go into, investigate (question, issue)
4. (intransitive) to rummage, delve (dans in)
5. (reflexive) to go through one's pockets
6. (transitive) to dig

Conjugation

   Conjugation of fouiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		fouiller			avoir fouillé
gerund		en fouillant			en ayant fouillé
present participle		fouillant
past participle		fouillé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	fouille	fouilles	fouille	fouillons	fouillez	fouillent
	imperfect	fouillais	fouillais	fouillait	fouillions	fouilliez	fouillaient
	past historic1	fouillai	fouillas	fouilla	fouillâmes	fouillâtes	fouillèrent
	future	fouillerai	fouilleras	fouillera	fouillerons	fouillerez	fouilleront
	conditional	fouillerais	fouillerais	fouillerait	fouillerions	fouilleriez	fouilleraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	fouille	fouilles	fouille	fouillions	fouilliez	fouillent
	imperfect1	fouillasse	fouillasses	fouillât	fouillassions	fouillassiez	fouillassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	fouille	—	fouillons	fouillez	—
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Anagrams

• frouille, frouillé