épeler
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French espeler, from earlier espelir, from Frankish *spellôn, from Proto-Germanic *spellōną. Compare English spell and Dutch spellen.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editépeler
- to spell
Conjugation
editWith the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.
Conjugation of épeler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | épeler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | épelant /e.plɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | épelé /e.ple/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | épelle or épèle /e.pɛl/ |
épelles or épèles /e.pɛl/ |
épelle or épèle /e.pɛl/ |
épelons /e.plɔ̃/ |
épelez /e.ple/ |
épellent or épèlent /e.pɛl/ |
imperfect | épelais /e.plɛ/ |
épelais /e.plɛ/ |
épelait /e.plɛ/ |
épelions /e.pə.ljɔ̃/ |
épeliez /e.pə.lje/ |
épelaient /e.plɛ/ | |
past historic2 | épelai /e.ple/ |
épelas /e.pla/ |
épela /e.pla/ |
épelâmes /e.plam/ |
épelâtes /e.plat/ |
épelèrent /e.plɛʁ/ | |
future | épellerai or épèlerai /e.pɛl.ʁe/ |
épelleras or épèleras /e.pɛl.ʁa/ |
épellera or épèlera /e.pɛl.ʁa/ |
épellerons or épèlerons /e.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
épellerez or épèlerez /e.pɛl.ʁe/ |
épelleront or épèleront /e.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | épellerais or épèlerais /e.pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
épellerais or épèlerais /e.pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
épellerait or épèlerait /e.pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
épellerions or épèlerions /e.pɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.pe.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
épelleriez or épèleriez /e.pɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /e.pe.lə.ʁje/ |
épelleraient or épèleraient /e.pɛl.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 | épelle or épèle /e.pɛl/ |
épelles or épèles /e.pɛl/ |
épelle or épèle /e.pɛl/ |
épelions /e.pə.ljɔ̃/ |
épeliez /e.pə.lje/ |
épellent or épèlent /e.pɛl/ |
imperfect2 | épelasse /e.plas/ |
épelasses /e.plas/ |
épelât /e.pla/ |
épelassions /e.pla.sjɔ̃/ |
épelassiez /e.pla.sje/ |
épelassent /e.plas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | épelle or épèle /e.pɛl/ |
— | épelons /e.plɔ̃/ |
épelez /e.ple/ |
— | |
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
editFurther reading
edit- “épeler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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