chambouler

French edit

Etymology edit

Dialectal, probably a crossing of chambranler, chanceler (“to stagger”) and bouler (“to inflate”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʃɑ̃.bu.le/
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Verb edit

chambouler (informal, transitive)

to shatter; to shake
to turn upside down
Synonym: bouleverser
- 2019 January 11, Cécile Chambraud, “Loi de 1905 : Macron tranquillise les responsables des cultes”, in Le Monde‎^[1]:
  Le secrétaire général de la Conférence des évêques de France, Olivier Ribadeau Dumas, a mis en garde contre le risque politique inhérent à une retouche de la loi de 1905, qui est « pour certains un chiffon rouge ». « La loi de 1905 n’est pas un totem intouchable, un veau d’or, ironise François Clavairoly. Mais il ne s’agit pas non plus de tout chambouler. Entre les deux, il doit y avoir place pour la réforme. »
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(by extension) to upset
Synonym: bouleverser

Ça me chamboulait tellement que j’ai explosé de colère.
It bothered me so much that I exploded with anger.

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of chambouler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	chambouler
present participle or gerund¹	simple	chamboulant /ʃɑ̃.bu.lɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		chamboulé /ʃɑ̃.bu.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	chamboule /ʃɑ̃.bul/	chamboules /ʃɑ̃.bul/	chamboule /ʃɑ̃.bul/	chamboulons /ʃɑ̃.bu.lɔ̃/	chamboulez /ʃɑ̃.bu.le/	chamboulent /ʃɑ̃.bul/
	imperfect	chamboulais /ʃɑ̃.bu.lɛ/	chamboulais /ʃɑ̃.bu.lɛ/	chamboulait /ʃɑ̃.bu.lɛ/	chamboulions /ʃɑ̃.bu.ljɔ̃/	chambouliez /ʃɑ̃.bu.lje/	chamboulaient /ʃɑ̃.bu.lɛ/
	past historic²	chamboulai /ʃɑ̃.bu.le/	chamboulas /ʃɑ̃.bu.la/	chamboula /ʃɑ̃.bu.la/	chamboulâmes /ʃɑ̃.bu.lam/	chamboulâtes /ʃɑ̃.bu.lat/	chamboulèrent /ʃɑ̃.bu.lɛʁ/
	future	chamboulerai /ʃɑ̃.bul.ʁe/	chambouleras /ʃɑ̃.bul.ʁa/	chamboulera /ʃɑ̃.bul.ʁa/	chamboulerons /ʃɑ̃.bul.ʁɔ̃/	chamboulerez /ʃɑ̃.bul.ʁe/	chambouleront /ʃɑ̃.bul.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	chamboulerais /ʃɑ̃.bul.ʁɛ/	chamboulerais /ʃɑ̃.bul.ʁɛ/	chamboulerait /ʃɑ̃.bul.ʁɛ/	chamboulerions /ʃɑ̃.bu.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	chambouleriez /ʃɑ̃.bu.lə.ʁje/	chambouleraient /ʃɑ̃.bul.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	chamboule /ʃɑ̃.bul/	chamboules /ʃɑ̃.bul/	chamboule /ʃɑ̃.bul/	chamboulions /ʃɑ̃.bu.ljɔ̃/	chambouliez /ʃɑ̃.bu.lje/	chamboulent /ʃɑ̃.bul/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	chamboulasse /ʃɑ̃.bu.las/	chamboulasses /ʃɑ̃.bu.las/	chamboulât /ʃɑ̃.bu.la/	chamboulassions /ʃɑ̃.bu.la.sjɔ̃/	chamboulassiez /ʃɑ̃.bu.la.sje/	chamboulassent /ʃɑ̃.bu.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	chamboule /ʃɑ̃.bul/	—	chamboulons /ʃɑ̃.bu.lɔ̃/	chamboulez /ʃɑ̃.bu.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).