apeler

Old French

Etymology

From Latin appellāre, present active infinitive of appellō (“to address, to call by name”).

Verb

apeler

1. to call, to call out
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Tot maintenant la dameisele
     Un suen serjant privé apele[.]

     Right away, the lady
     Calls her own sergeant

   • Lanval, Marie de France 12th or 13th century AD

     Le chevaler avant ala, e la pucele l'apela.

     The knight went onwards, and the young girl called to him.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-els, *-elt are modified to eaus, eaut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of apeler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		apeler			avoir apelé
gerund		en apelant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		apelant
past participle		apelé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	apel	apeles	apele	apelons	apelez	apelent
	imperfect	apeloie, apeleie, apeloe, apeleve	apeloies, apeleies, apeloes, apeleves	apeloit, apeleit, apelot, apeleve	apeliiens, apeliens	apeliiez, apeliez	apeloient, apeleient, apeloent, apelevent
	preterite	apelai	apelas	apela	apelames	apelastes	apelerent
	future	apelerai	apeleras	apelera	apelerons	apeleroiz, apelereiz, apelerez	apeleront
	conditional	apeleroie, apelereie	apeleroies, apelereies	apeleroit, apelereit	apeleriiens, apeleriens	apeleriiez, apeleriez	apeleroient, apelereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	apel	apeaus	apeaut	apelons	apelez	apelent
	imperfect	apelasse	apelasses	apelast	apelissons, apelissiens	apelissoiz, apelissez, apelissiez	apelassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	apele	—	apelons	apelez	—

Descendants

• → Middle English: appelen
  • English: appeal
• French: appeler