éveiller

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French esveiller, from Old French esveiller, esveillier, from Vulgar Latin *exviglāre < *exvigilāre, from Latin ēvigilāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.vɛ.je/ ~ /e.ve.je/

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Verb

éveiller

1. to stimulate
2. to kindle
3. to waken

Conjugation

Conjugation of éveiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	éveiller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	éveillant /e.vɛ.jɑ̃/ or /e.ve.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		éveillé /e.vɛ.je/ or /e.ve.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	éveille /e.vɛj/	éveilles /e.vɛj/	éveille /e.vɛj/	éveillons /e.vɛ.jɔ̃/ or /e.ve.jɔ̃/	éveillez /e.vɛ.je/ or /e.ve.je/	éveillent /e.vɛj/
	imperfect	éveillais /e.vɛ.jɛ/ or /e.ve.jɛ/	éveillais /e.vɛ.jɛ/ or /e.ve.jɛ/	éveillait /e.vɛ.jɛ/ or /e.ve.jɛ/	éveillions /e.vɛj.jɔ̃/	éveilliez /e.vɛj.je/	éveillaient /e.vɛ.jɛ/ or /e.ve.jɛ/
	past historic2	éveillai /e.vɛ.je/ or /e.ve.je/	éveillas /e.vɛ.ja/ or /e.ve.ja/	éveilla /e.vɛ.ja/ or /e.ve.ja/	éveillâmes /e.vɛ.jam/ or /e.ve.jam/	éveillâtes /e.vɛ.jat/ or /e.ve.jat/	éveillèrent /e.vɛ.jɛʁ/ or /e.ve.jɛʁ/
	future	éveillerai /e.vɛj.ʁe/	éveilleras /e.vɛj.ʁa/	éveillera /e.vɛj.ʁa/	éveillerons /e.vɛj.ʁɔ̃/	éveillerez /e.vɛj.ʁe/	éveilleront /e.vɛj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	éveillerais /e.vɛj.ʁɛ/	éveillerais /e.vɛj.ʁɛ/	éveillerait /e.vɛj.ʁɛ/	éveillerions /e.vɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ve.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	éveilleriez /e.vɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /e.ve.jə.ʁje/	éveilleraient /e.vɛj.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	éveille /e.vɛj/	éveilles /e.vɛj/	éveille /e.vɛj/	éveillions /e.vɛj.jɔ̃/	éveilliez /e.vɛj.je/	éveillent /e.vɛj/
	imperfect2	éveillasse /e.vɛ.jas/ or /e.ve.jas/	éveillasses /e.vɛ.jas/ or /e.ve.jas/	éveillât /e.vɛ.ja/ or /e.ve.ja/	éveillassions /e.vɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /e.ve.ja.sjɔ̃/	éveillassiez /e.vɛ.ja.sje/ or /e.ve.ja.sje/	éveillassent /e.vɛ.jas/ or /e.ve.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	éveille /e.vɛj/	—	éveillons /e.vɛ.jɔ̃/ or /e.ve.jɔ̃/	éveillez /e.vɛ.je/ or /e.ve.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: 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).

Derived terms

• réveiller

Further reading

• “éveiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• réveille, réveillé