conseiller

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French

Etymology

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

Verb

conseiller

1. to advise

   Je te conseille de me parler autrement !

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2. to counsel

Conjugation

Conjugation of conseiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

present participle		conseillant /kɔ̃.sɛ.jɑ̃/
past participle		conseillé /kɔ̃.sɛ.je/
infinitive
simple		conseiller
compound		avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple		conseillant /kɔ̃.sɛ.jɑ̃/
compound		ayant + past participle
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	conseille /kɔ̃.sɛj/	conseilles /kɔ̃.sɛj/	conseille /kɔ̃.sɛj/	conseillons /kɔ̃.sɛ.jɔ̃/	conseillez /kɔ̃.sɛ.je/	conseillent /kɔ̃.sɛj/
	imperfect	conseillais /kɔ̃.sɛ.jɛ/	conseillais /kɔ̃.sɛ.jɛ/	conseillait /kɔ̃.sɛ.jɛ/	conseillions /kɔ̃.sɛj.jɔ̃/	conseilliez /kɔ̃.sɛj.je/	conseillaient /kɔ̃.sɛ.jɛ/
	past historic2	conseillai /kɔ̃.sɛ.je/	conseillas /kɔ̃.sɛ.ja/	conseilla /kɔ̃.sɛ.ja/	conseillâmes /kɔ̃.sɛ.jam/	conseillâtes /kɔ̃.sɛ.jat/	conseillèrent /kɔ̃.sɛ.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/	conseilleriez /kɔ̃.sɛ.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/	conseillasses /kɔ̃.sɛ.jas/	conseillât /kɔ̃.sɛ.ja/	conseillassions /kɔ̃.sɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/	conseillassiez /kɔ̃.sɛ.ja.sje/	conseillassent /kɔ̃.sɛ.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/	conseillez /kɔ̃.sɛ.je/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• conseil
• conseilleur

References

Anagrams

• corneilles

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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

		simple			compound
infinitive		conseiller			avoir conseillé
gerund		en conseillant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		conseillant
past participle		conseillé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (may be i' before a vowel)	tu	il	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	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	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 ie	que tu	qu'il	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	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	conseille	—	conseillons	conseillez	—