tailler
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French taillier, from Late Latin tāliāre, a verb based on Latin tālea (“cutting taken from a plant”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tailler
- (of a suit, garment etc.) to cut
- to sharpen
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, informal) to do one, to clear off
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of tailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | tailler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | taillant /ta.jɑ̃/ or /tɑ.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | taillé /ta.je/ or /tɑ.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | taille /taj/ or /tɑj/ |
tailles /taj/ or /tɑj/ |
taille /taj/ or /tɑj/ |
taillons /ta.jɔ̃/ or /tɑ.jɔ̃/ |
taillez /ta.je/ or /tɑ.je/ |
taillent /taj/ or /tɑj/ |
| imperfect | taillais /ta.jɛ/ or /tɑ.jɛ/ |
taillais /ta.jɛ/ or /tɑ.jɛ/ |
taillait /ta.jɛ/ or /tɑ.jɛ/ |
taillions /taj.jɔ̃/ or /tɑj.jɔ̃/ |
tailliez /taj.je/ or /tɑj.je/ |
taillaient /ta.jɛ/ or /tɑ.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | taillai /ta.je/ or /tɑ.je/ |
taillas /ta.ja/ or /tɑ.ja/ |
tailla /ta.ja/ or /tɑ.ja/ |
taillâmes /ta.jam/ or /tɑ.jam/ |
taillâtes /ta.jat/ or /tɑ.jat/ |
taillèrent /ta.jɛʁ/ or /tɑ.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | taillerai /taj.ʁe/ or /tɑj.ʁe/ |
tailleras /taj.ʁa/ or /tɑj.ʁa/ |
taillera /taj.ʁa/ or /tɑj.ʁa/ |
taillerons /taj.ʁɔ̃/ or /tɑj.ʁɔ̃/ |
taillerez /taj.ʁe/ or /tɑj.ʁe/ |
tailleront /taj.ʁɔ̃/ or /tɑj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | taillerais /taj.ʁɛ/ or /tɑj.ʁɛ/ |
taillerais /taj.ʁɛ/ or /tɑj.ʁɛ/ |
taillerait /taj.ʁɛ/ or /tɑj.ʁɛ/ |
taillerions /ta.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tailleriez /ta.jə.ʁje/ or /tɑ.jə.ʁje/ |
tailleraient /taj.ʁɛ/ or /tɑj.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 | taille /taj/ or /tɑj/ |
tailles /taj/ or /tɑj/ |
taille /taj/ or /tɑj/ |
taillions /taj.jɔ̃/ or /tɑj.jɔ̃/ |
tailliez /taj.je/ or /tɑj.je/ |
taillent /taj/ or /tɑj/ |
| imperfect2 | taillasse /ta.jas/ or /tɑ.jas/ |
taillasses /ta.jas/ or /tɑ.jas/ |
taillât /ta.ja/ or /tɑ.ja/ |
taillassions /ta.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
taillassiez /ta.ja.sje/ or /tɑ.ja.sje/ |
taillassent /ta.jas/ or /tɑ.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | taille /taj/ or /tɑj/ |
— | taillons /ta.jɔ̃/ or /tɑ.jɔ̃/ |
taillez /ta.je/ or /tɑ.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). | |||||||
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Further reading edit
- “tailler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.