houspiller
French
editAlternative forms
edit- gouspiller (Norman)
Etymology
editInherited from Middle French houssepillier (“to mistreat by shaking or growling”) and Norman gouspiller (“to shake, thrash, ill-treat”), both from a root *housp-, *gousp- (“to scorn, scold, reproach”), from or akin to Old English hosp (“reproach, insult”), Old English ġehyspan (“to deride, scorn, mock, reproach”) (—Diez), or from Proto-West Germanic *husp, *husk, from Proto-Indo-European *kūd- (“to mock”).
Related to Old English husċ (“mockery, scorn, insult, derision”), Old High German hosc (“invective, censure, mockery, travesty”), Norwegian dialectal huta (“to shout at, treat contemptuously”). Related to English forhush.
Pronunciation
edit- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /us.pi.je/
Audio: (file)
Verb
edithouspiller
- to chide or scold someone harshly, usually accompanied by pulling and shaking, berate
- to criticise
- to rebuke, reprehend
- to mistreat, torment, mob; to cause worry or distress
Conjugation
editConjugation of houspiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | houspiller | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | houspillant /us.pi.jɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | houspillé /us.pi.je/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | houspille /us.pij/ |
houspilles /us.pij/ |
houspille /us.pij/ |
houspillons /us.pi.jɔ̃/ |
houspillez /us.pi.je/ |
houspillent /us.pij/ |
imperfect | houspillais /us.pi.jɛ/ |
houspillais /us.pi.jɛ/ |
houspillait /us.pi.jɛ/ |
houspillions /us.pij.jɔ̃/ |
houspilliez /us.pij.je/ |
houspillaient /us.pi.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | houspillai /us.pi.je/ |
houspillas /us.pi.ja/ |
houspilla /us.pi.ja/ |
houspillâmes /us.pi.jam/ |
houspillâtes /us.pi.jat/ |
houspillèrent /us.pi.jɛʁ/ | |
future | houspillerai /us.pij.ʁe/ |
houspilleras /us.pij.ʁa/ |
houspillera /us.pij.ʁa/ |
houspillerons /us.pij.ʁɔ̃/ |
houspillerez /us.pij.ʁe/ |
houspilleront /us.pij.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | houspillerais /us.pij.ʁɛ/ |
houspillerais /us.pij.ʁɛ/ |
houspillerait /us.pij.ʁɛ/ |
houspillerions /us.pi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
houspilleriez /us.pi.jə.ʁje/ |
houspilleraient /us.pij.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 | houspille /us.pij/ |
houspilles /us.pij/ |
houspille /us.pij/ |
houspillions /us.pij.jɔ̃/ |
houspilliez /us.pij.je/ |
houspillent /us.pij/ |
imperfect2 | houspillasse /us.pi.jas/ |
houspillasses /us.pi.jas/ |
houspillât /us.pi.ja/ |
houspillassions /us.pi.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
houspillassiez /us.pi.ja.sje/ |
houspillassent /us.pi.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | houspille /us.pij/ |
— | houspillons /us.pi.jɔ̃/ |
houspillez /us.pi.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). |
Further reading
edit- “houspiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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