siler
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
siler
- (intransitive, Quebec) to whistle (make a whistling noise)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of siler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | siler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | silant /si.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | silé /si.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | sile /sil/ |
siles /sil/ |
sile /sil/ |
silons /si.lɔ̃/ |
silez /si.le/ |
silent /sil/ |
| imperfect | silais /si.lɛ/ |
silais /si.lɛ/ |
silait /si.lɛ/ |
silions /si.ljɔ̃/ |
siliez /si.lje/ |
silaient /si.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | silai /si.le/ |
silas /si.la/ |
sila /si.la/ |
silâmes /si.lam/ |
silâtes /si.lat/ |
silèrent /si.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | silerai /sil.ʁe/ |
sileras /sil.ʁa/ |
silera /sil.ʁa/ |
silerons /sil.ʁɔ̃/ |
silerez /sil.ʁe/ |
sileront /sil.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | silerais /sil.ʁɛ/ |
silerais /sil.ʁɛ/ |
silerait /sil.ʁɛ/ |
silerions /si.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sileriez /si.lə.ʁje/ |
sileraient /sil.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 | sile /sil/ |
siles /sil/ |
sile /sil/ |
silions /si.ljɔ̃/ |
siliez /si.lje/ |
silent /sil/ |
| imperfect2 | silasse /si.las/ |
silasses /si.las/ |
silât /si.la/ |
silassions /si.la.sjɔ̃/ |
silassiez /si.la.sje/ |
silassent /si.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sile /sil/ |
— | silons /si.lɔ̃/ |
silez /si.le/ |
— | |
| 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
- “siler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Unknown.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ler/, [ˈs̠ɪɫ̪ɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ler/, [ˈsiːler]
Noun edit
siler n (genitive sileris); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | siler | silera |
| Genitive | sileris | silerum |
| Dative | silerī | sileribus |
| Accusative | siler | silera |
| Ablative | silere | sileribus |
| Vocative | siler | silera |
References edit
- “siler”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- siler in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.