gazouiller
French edit
Etymology edit
Of onomatopoeic origin. In the Internet sense, a calque of English tweet.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gazouiller
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of gazouiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | gazouiller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | gazouillant /ɡa.zu.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | gazouillé /ɡa.zu.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | gazouille /ɡa.zuj/ |
gazouilles /ɡa.zuj/ |
gazouille /ɡa.zuj/ |
gazouillons /ɡa.zu.jɔ̃/ |
gazouillez /ɡa.zu.je/ |
gazouillent /ɡa.zuj/ |
| imperfect | gazouillais /ɡa.zu.jɛ/ |
gazouillais /ɡa.zu.jɛ/ |
gazouillait /ɡa.zu.jɛ/ |
gazouillions /ɡa.zuj.jɔ̃/ |
gazouilliez /ɡa.zuj.je/ |
gazouillaient /ɡa.zu.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | gazouillai /ɡa.zu.je/ |
gazouillas /ɡa.zu.ja/ |
gazouilla /ɡa.zu.ja/ |
gazouillâmes /ɡa.zu.jam/ |
gazouillâtes /ɡa.zu.jat/ |
gazouillèrent /ɡa.zu.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | gazouillerai /ɡa.zuj.ʁe/ |
gazouilleras /ɡa.zuj.ʁa/ |
gazouillera /ɡa.zuj.ʁa/ |
gazouillerons /ɡa.zuj.ʁɔ̃/ |
gazouillerez /ɡa.zuj.ʁe/ |
gazouilleront /ɡa.zuj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | gazouillerais /ɡa.zuj.ʁɛ/ |
gazouillerais /ɡa.zuj.ʁɛ/ |
gazouillerait /ɡa.zuj.ʁɛ/ |
gazouillerions /ɡa.zu.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gazouilleriez /ɡa.zu.jə.ʁje/ |
gazouilleraient /ɡa.zuj.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 | gazouille /ɡa.zuj/ |
gazouilles /ɡa.zuj/ |
gazouille /ɡa.zuj/ |
gazouillions /ɡa.zuj.jɔ̃/ |
gazouilliez /ɡa.zuj.je/ |
gazouillent /ɡa.zuj/ |
| imperfect2 | gazouillasse /ɡa.zu.jas/ |
gazouillasses /ɡa.zu.jas/ |
gazouillât /ɡa.zu.ja/ |
gazouillassions /ɡa.zu.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
gazouillassiez /ɡa.zu.ja.sje/ |
gazouillassent /ɡa.zu.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | gazouille /ɡa.zuj/ |
— | gazouillons /ɡa.zu.jɔ̃/ |
gazouillez /ɡa.zu.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
- “gazouiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.