conseiller

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French consellier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sɛ.je/, /kɔ̃.se.je/

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Noun

conseiller m (plural conseillers, feminine conseillère)

1. counsellor, advisor

Derived terms

• conseiller principal d’éducation

Verb

conseiller

1. to advise

   Je te conseille de me parler autrement !

   I advise you not to speak to me like that!

2. to counsel

Conjugation

Conjugation of conseiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	conseiller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	conseillant /kɔ̃.sɛ.jɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.se.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		conseillé /kɔ̃.sɛ.je/ or /kɔ̃.se.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	conseille /kɔ̃.sɛj/	conseilles /kɔ̃.sɛj/	conseille /kɔ̃.sɛj/	conseillons /kɔ̃.sɛ.jɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.se.jɔ̃/	conseillez /kɔ̃.sɛ.je/ or /kɔ̃.se.je/	conseillent /kɔ̃.sɛj/
	imperfect	conseillais /kɔ̃.sɛ.jɛ/ or /kɔ̃.se.jɛ/	conseillais /kɔ̃.sɛ.jɛ/ or /kɔ̃.se.jɛ/	conseillait /kɔ̃.sɛ.jɛ/ or /kɔ̃.se.jɛ/	conseillions /kɔ̃.sɛj.jɔ̃/	conseilliez /kɔ̃.sɛj.je/	conseillaient /kɔ̃.sɛ.jɛ/ or /kɔ̃.se.jɛ/
	past historic2	conseillai /kɔ̃.sɛ.je/ or /kɔ̃.se.je/	conseillas /kɔ̃.sɛ.ja/ or /kɔ̃.se.ja/	conseilla /kɔ̃.sɛ.ja/ or /kɔ̃.se.ja/	conseillâmes /kɔ̃.sɛ.jam/ or /kɔ̃.se.jam/	conseillâtes /kɔ̃.sɛ.jat/ or /kɔ̃.se.jat/	conseillèrent /kɔ̃.sɛ.jɛʁ/ or /kɔ̃.se.jɛʁ/
	future	conseillerai /kɔ̃.sɛj.ʁe/	conseilleras /kɔ̃.sɛj.ʁa/	conseillera /kɔ̃.sɛj.ʁa/	conseillerons /kɔ̃.sɛj.ʁɔ̃/	conseillerez /kɔ̃.sɛj.ʁe/	conseilleront /kɔ̃.sɛj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	conseillerais /kɔ̃.sɛj.ʁɛ/	conseillerais /kɔ̃.sɛj.ʁɛ/	conseillerait /kɔ̃.sɛj.ʁɛ/	conseillerions /kɔ̃.sɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.se.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	conseilleriez /kɔ̃.sɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /kɔ̃.se.jə.ʁje/	conseilleraient /kɔ̃.sɛj.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	conseille /kɔ̃.sɛj/	conseilles /kɔ̃.sɛj/	conseille /kɔ̃.sɛj/	conseillions /kɔ̃.sɛj.jɔ̃/	conseilliez /kɔ̃.sɛj.je/	conseillent /kɔ̃.sɛj/
	imperfect2	conseillasse /kɔ̃.sɛ.jas/ or /kɔ̃.se.jas/	conseillasses /kɔ̃.sɛ.jas/ or /kɔ̃.se.jas/	conseillât /kɔ̃.sɛ.ja/ or /kɔ̃.se.ja/	conseillassions /kɔ̃.sɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.se.ja.sjɔ̃/	conseillassiez /kɔ̃.sɛ.ja.sje/ or /kɔ̃.se.ja.sje/	conseillassent /kɔ̃.sɛ.jas/ or /kɔ̃.se.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	conseille /kɔ̃.sɛj/	—	conseillons /kɔ̃.sɛ.jɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.se.jɔ̃/	conseillez /kɔ̃.sɛ.je/ or /kɔ̃.se.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).

Related terms

• conseil
• conseilleur

See also

• recommander

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• corneilles

Middle French

Verb

conseiller

1. to advise; to counsel

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of conseiller

infinitive	simple	conseiller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	conseillant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		conseillé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	conseille	conseilles	conseille	conseillons	conseillez	conseillent
	imperfect	conseillois, conseilloys	conseillois, conseilloys	conseilloit, conseilloyt	conseillions, conseillyons	conseilliez, conseillyez	conseilloient, conseilloyent
	past historic	conseilla	conseillas	conseilla	conseillasmes	conseillastes	conseillerent
	future	conseillerai, conseilleray	conseilleras	conseillera	conseillerons	conseillerez	conseilleront
	conditional	conseillerois, conseilleroys	conseillerois, conseilleroys	conseilleroit, conseilleroyt	conseillerions, conseilleryons	conseilleriez, conseilleryez	conseilleroient, conseilleroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	conseille	conseilles	conseille	conseillons	conseillez	conseillent
	imperfect	conseillasse	conseillasses	conseillast	conseillassions	conseillassiez	conseillassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	conseille	—	conseillons	conseillez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).