copier-coller

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.pje.kɔ.le/

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Verb

copier-coller

1. (computing) to copy and paste

Conjugation

Conjugation of copier-coller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	copier-coller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	copiant-collant
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		copié-collé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	copie-colle	copies-colles	copie-colle	copions-collons	copiez-collez	copient-collent
	imperfect	copiais-collais	copiais-collais	copiait-collait	copiions-collions	copiiez-colliez	copiaient-collaient
	past historic2	copiai-collai	copias-collas	copia-colla	copiâmes-collâmes	copiâtes-collâtes	copièrent-collèrent
	future	copierai-collerai	copieras-colleras	copiera-collera	copierons-collerons	copierez-collerez	copieront-colleront
	conditional	copierais-collerais	copierais-collerais	copierait-collerait	copierions-collerions	copieriez-collerions	copieraient-colleraient
(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	copie-colle	copies-colles	copie-colle	copions-collons	copiiez-colliez	copient-collent
	imperfect2	copiasse-collasse	copiasses-collasses	copiât-collât	copiassions-collassions	copiassiez-collassiez	copiassent-collassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	copie-colle	—	copions-collons	copiez-collez	—
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).

Noun

copier-coller m (plural copier-collers)

1. copy-paste

Alternative forms

• copié-collé