accoler

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French acoler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (v) /a.kɔ.le/

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Verb

accoler

1. to place side by side
2. (typography) to bracket together

Conjugation

Conjugation of accoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	accoler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	accolant /a.kɔ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		accolé /a.kɔ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	accole /a.kɔl/	accoles /a.kɔl/	accole /a.kɔl/	accolons /a.kɔ.lɔ̃/	accolez /a.kɔ.le/	accolent /a.kɔl/
	imperfect	accolais /a.kɔ.lɛ/	accolais /a.kɔ.lɛ/	accolait /a.kɔ.lɛ/	accolions /a.kɔ.ljɔ̃/	accoliez /a.kɔ.lje/	accolaient /a.kɔ.lɛ/
	past historic2	accolai /a.kɔ.le/	accolas /a.kɔ.la/	accola /a.kɔ.la/	accolâmes /a.kɔ.lam/	accolâtes /a.kɔ.lat/	accolèrent /a.kɔ.lɛʁ/
	future	accolerai /a.kɔl.ʁe/	accoleras /a.kɔl.ʁa/	accolera /a.kɔl.ʁa/	accolerons /a.kɔl.ʁɔ̃/	accolerez /a.kɔl.ʁe/	accoleront /a.kɔl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	accolerais /a.kɔl.ʁɛ/	accolerais /a.kɔl.ʁɛ/	accolerait /a.kɔl.ʁɛ/	accolerions /a.kɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	accoleriez /a.kɔ.lə.ʁje/	accoleraient /a.kɔl.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	accole /a.kɔl/	accoles /a.kɔl/	accole /a.kɔl/	accolions /a.kɔ.ljɔ̃/	accoliez /a.kɔ.lje/	accolent /a.kɔl/
	imperfect2	accolasse /a.kɔ.las/	accolasses /a.kɔ.las/	accolât /a.kɔ.la/	accolassions /a.kɔ.la.sjɔ̃/	accolassiez /a.kɔ.la.sje/	accolassent /a.kɔ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	accole /a.kɔl/	—	accolons /a.kɔ.lɔ̃/	accolez /a.kɔ.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).

Further reading

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