ferler

French

Etymology

Perhaps from Latin ferula, compare férule (“fennel”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

ferler

1. (nautical) to furl, to roll up (a sail)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ferler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ferler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ferlant /fɛʁ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ferlé /fɛʁ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ferle /fɛʁl/	ferles /fɛʁl/	ferle /fɛʁl/	ferlons /fɛʁ.lɔ̃/	ferlez /fɛʁ.le/	ferlent /fɛʁl/
	imperfect	ferlais /fɛʁ.lɛ/	ferlais /fɛʁ.lɛ/	ferlait /fɛʁ.lɛ/	ferlions /fɛʁ.ljɔ̃/	ferliez /fɛʁ.lje/	ferlaient /fɛʁ.lɛ/
	past historic2	ferlai /fɛʁ.le/	ferlas /fɛʁ.la/	ferla /fɛʁ.la/	ferlâmes /fɛʁ.lam/	ferlâtes /fɛʁ.lat/	ferlèrent /fɛʁ.lɛʁ/
	future	ferlerai /fɛʁ.lə.ʁe/	ferleras /fɛʁ.lə.ʁa/	ferlera /fɛʁ.lə.ʁa/	ferlerons /fɛʁ.lə.ʁɔ̃/	ferlerez /fɛʁ.lə.ʁe/	ferleront /fɛʁ.lə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ferlerais /fɛʁ.lə.ʁɛ/	ferlerais /fɛʁ.lə.ʁɛ/	ferlerait /fɛʁ.lə.ʁɛ/	ferlerions /fɛʁ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	ferleriez /fɛʁ.lə.ʁje/	ferleraient /fɛʁ.lə.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	ferle /fɛʁl/	ferles /fɛʁl/	ferle /fɛʁl/	ferlions /fɛʁ.ljɔ̃/	ferliez /fɛʁ.lje/	ferlent /fɛʁl/
	imperfect2	ferlasse /fɛʁ.las/	ferlasses /fɛʁ.las/	ferlât /fɛʁ.la/	ferlassions /fɛʁ.la.sjɔ̃/	ferlassiez /fɛʁ.la.sje/	ferlassent /fɛʁ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ferle /fɛʁl/	—	ferlons /fɛʁ.lɔ̃/	ferlez /fɛʁ.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).

Derived terms

• déferler
• referler

Related terms

• férule
• ferlet

Further reading

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