trémuler

French

Etymology

Learned derivative of Latin tremulus (“trembling”). Morphological doublet of trembler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁe.my.le/

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• Homophones: trémulai, trémulé, trémulée, trémulées, trémulés, trémulez

Verb

trémuler

1. (intransitive) to tremble, to shake
2. (transitive) to shake

Conjugation

Conjugation of trémuler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	trémuler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	trémulant /tʁe.my.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		trémulé /tʁe.my.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	trémule /tʁe.myl/	trémules /tʁe.myl/	trémule /tʁe.myl/	trémulons /tʁe.my.lɔ̃/	trémulez /tʁe.my.le/	trémulent /tʁe.myl/
	imperfect	trémulais /tʁe.my.lɛ/	trémulais /tʁe.my.lɛ/	trémulait /tʁe.my.lɛ/	trémulions /tʁe.my.ljɔ̃/	trémuliez /tʁe.my.lje/	trémulaient /tʁe.my.lɛ/
	past historic2	trémulai /tʁe.my.le/	trémulas /tʁe.my.la/	trémula /tʁe.my.la/	trémulâmes /tʁe.my.lam/	trémulâtes /tʁe.my.lat/	trémulèrent /tʁe.my.lɛʁ/
	future	trémulerai /tʁe.myl.ʁe/	trémuleras /tʁe.myl.ʁa/	trémulera /tʁe.myl.ʁa/	trémulerons /tʁe.myl.ʁɔ̃/	trémulerez /tʁe.myl.ʁe/	trémuleront /tʁe.myl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	trémulerais /tʁe.myl.ʁɛ/	trémulerais /tʁe.myl.ʁɛ/	trémulerait /tʁe.myl.ʁɛ/	trémulerions /tʁe.my.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	trémuleriez /tʁe.my.lə.ʁje/	trémuleraient /tʁe.myl.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	trémule /tʁe.myl/	trémules /tʁe.myl/	trémule /tʁe.myl/	trémulions /tʁe.my.ljɔ̃/	trémuliez /tʁe.my.lje/	trémulent /tʁe.myl/
	imperfect2	trémulasse /tʁe.my.las/	trémulasses /tʁe.my.las/	trémulât /tʁe.my.la/	trémulassions /tʁe.my.la.sjɔ̃/	trémulassiez /tʁe.my.la.sje/	trémulassent /tʁe.my.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	trémule /tʁe.myl/	—	trémulons /tʁe.my.lɔ̃/	trémulez /tʁe.my.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).