appeler

Contents

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ap(ə)le/, /ap(ø)le/

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• Rhymes: -e
• Homophones: appelai, appelé, appelée, appelées, appelés, appelez

VerbEdit

appeler

1. (transitive) to call (out)

   J'ai appelé son nom.

   I called out her name.

2. (transitive) to call, phone, ring

   Appelle-moi ce soir.

   Call me this evening.

3. (transitive) to call for, summon

   Nous devrions appeler un médecin.

   We should call a doctor.

4. (intransitive) to call (out)

   Elle a appelé à l'aide.

   She called out for help.

5. (reflexive) to be called

   Je m'appelle James.

   My name is James.

ConjugationEdit

With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can also now be conjugated like amener.

  Conjugation of appeler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		appeler			avoir appelé
gerund		en appelant			en ayant appelé
present participle		appelant /a.plɑ̃/
past participle		appelé /a.ple/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	appelle /a.pɛl/	appelles /a.pɛl/	appelle /a.pɛl/	appelons /a.plɔ̃/	appelez /a.ple/	appellent /a.pɛl/
	imperfect	appelais /a.plɛ/	appelais /a.plɛ/	appelait /a.plɛ/	appelions /a.pə.ljɔ̃/	appeliez /a.pə.lje/	appelaient /a.plɛ/
	past historic1	appelai /a.ple/	appelas /a.pla/	appela /a.pla/	appelâmes /a.plam/	appelâtes /a.plat/	appelèrent /a.plɛʁ/
	future	appellerai /a.pɛl.ʁe/	appelleras /a.pɛl.ʁa/	appellera /a.pɛl.ʁa/	appellerons /a.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/	appellerez /a.pɛl.ʁe/	appelleront /a.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	appellerais /a.pɛl.ʁɛ/	appellerais /a.pɛl.ʁɛ/	appellerait /a.pɛl.ʁɛ/	appellerions /a.pɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	appelleriez /a.pɛ.lə.ʁje/	appelleraient /a.pɛl.ʁɛ/
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	appelle /a.pɛl/	appelles /a.pɛl/	appelle /a.pɛl/	appelions /a.pə.ljɔ̃/	appeliez /a.pə.lje/	appellent /a.pɛl/
	imperfect1	appelasse /a.plas/	appelasses /a.plas/	appelât /a.pla/	appelassions /a.pla.sjɔ̃/	appelassiez /a.pla.sje/	appelassent /a.plas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	appelle /a.pɛl/	—	appelons /a.plɔ̃/	appelez /a.ple/	—
1literary tenses

Derived termsEdit

• je m'appelle

Related termsEdit

• appel
• rappeler

AnagramsEdit

• rappelé

Further readingEdit

• “appeler” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).